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Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Specific issues are shown only where the LDA source assigned them to this lobbyist. Targets apply to the associated filing.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION via AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Source: Senate LDA
Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
COPS Improvements Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
COPS Improvements Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
COPS Improvements Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Paycheck Fairness Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Justice Integrity Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Justice Integrity Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Justice Integrity Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Justice Integrity Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Department of Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Access to Justice Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
New Employee Verification Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Healthy Families Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion, and Supporting Parents Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Democracy Restoration Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Democracy Restoration Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Respect for Marriage Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Respect for Marriage Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009
Client: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · Firm: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2009 · third_quarter · Q3
Legislation: HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification; HR 984 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, due process; HR 985 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process, detention conditions; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, surveillance; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech,restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2892 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2010 Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 State-Foreign Ops Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Federal Employees Health Benefits, DC abortion funding bans; HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3293 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Abstinence-only, comprehensive sex ed, Title X/PPFA funding; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3312 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; HR 3531 HELP Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3567 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; S 1390 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Mandatory Minimums, National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felon Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention conditions; S 1679 Health care reform - Issues Lobbied: Abortion restrictions, abstinence-only programs, comprehensive sex ed, gender rating, womens health amendment, immigration status, LGBT discrimination; S 1686 JUSTICE ACT - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; S 1756 Gross Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA; Other Congressional Matters: Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Civil Rights Act of 2009 draft legislation- Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: privacy/border security, Biometric ID, E-verify, immigration court reform, 287(g); Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: employment verification, immigration status; Health Care Reform - Issues Lobbied: Verification requirements; Immigration detention reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, due process; Iqbal/Twombley decision/ Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Medicaid family planning expansion - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act draft legislation(and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying; Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; TVPRA of 2008 draft bill - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Federal Agency Issues: Centers for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: Lift the HIV Travel Ban; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Privacy, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Attorney General Guidelines, Faith-Based Programs, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, DHS oversight, law enforcement oversight, domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Racial profiling concerns, opposing 287(g), HELP Separated Children Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: 287(g) agreements, local enforcement of immigration laws, detention conditions, due process; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Safe Schools Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel, Lobbying Restrictions, Open government, regulatory review, Executive Order 12886; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Federal websites cookies policy , Privacy, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Cyber-security Review, Faith-Based Programs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Office of Science and Technology and Scientific Integrity; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, over-classification
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Justice Program, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
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2009 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks
Filing targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Justice Program, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2009 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act
Filing targets: Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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2008 · fourth_quarter · 4A
HJR 0079 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Media Ownership. HR 0248 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy. HR 0281 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting. HR 0372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy. HR 0800 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Labor Rights. HR 0923 To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, DOJ prosecution of Civil Rights era crimes. HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers. HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1281 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain deceptive practices in Federal elections, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Voting Rights. HR 1338 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act. HR 1352 To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1383 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy, censorship. HR 1415 To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1416 To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1431 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights. HR 1889 To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. HR 1955 To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment. HR 2015 To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Issues Lobbied: civil rights. HR 2102 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, free press, censorship. HR 2831 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision . HR 3013 To provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issues Lobbied: attorney-client privilege. HR 3189 To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 power. HR 3356 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 3547 To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, gangs. HR 3773 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 3782 To reiterate the exclusivity of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as the sole authority to permit the conduct of electronic surveillance, to modernize surveillance authorities, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 3887 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 3971 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice. HR 4114 To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 4545 To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination. HR 4806 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification. HR 5035 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased penalties for cocaine offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base, to eliminate minimum mandatory penalties for offenses involving cocaine, to use the resulting savings to provide drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination. HR 5038 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, ban on voter caging. HR 5057 To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, arrestee testing. HR 5353 To establish broadband policy and direct the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a proceeding and public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: first amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. HR 5607 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, State Secrets Privilege. HR 5803 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, paper ballots . HR 5994 To amend the Clayton Act with respect to competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet. Issues Lobbied: first amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. HR 6098 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Fusion Center Funding. HR 6123 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to cyberbullying. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice. HR 6143 To make technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. HR 6193 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, controlled but unclassified information. HR 6304 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 6358 To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 6518 To increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination. HR 6575 To require the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification. HR 6932 To amend the Fair Housing Act to prevent discrimination relating to the display of religious symbols, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, religious liberty, discrimination. HR 7016 To prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 7033 To provide safeguards with respect to the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, background checks. HR 7136 To secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Sentencing Reform, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights. HR 7227 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Requiring federal detention facilities to report in-custody deaths to the attorney general. HR 7255 To reform immigration detention procedures, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions. HR 7296 To delay the implementation of agency rules adopted within the final 90 days of the final term a President serves. Issues Lobbied: Due Process. HR 7311 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 7322 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Free Speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporations). HRES 1211 Expressing the sense of the House that the Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigation as modified on May 30, 2002 ("Ashcroft Guidelines") should be rescinded and replaced by the former Guidelines ('Levi guidelines') to protect Americans from domestic Federal Bureau of Investigation spying in the absence of suspected criminal activity Issues Lobbied: National Security, First Amendment, Free speech. S 0020 A bill to prohibit the implementation or enforcement of certain regulations. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. S 0185 A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. Issues Lobbied: human rights. S 0215 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. S 0215 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. S 0274 A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers. S 0453 A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S 0456 A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice, gangs. S 0766 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act. S 1267 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, free press, reporters shield. S 1469 A bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. S 1548 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. S 1711 A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination. S 1780 A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, fleeting explatives. S 1843 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision . S 1927 A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. S 1959 A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment. S 2011 "The Protect America Act of 2007" Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. S 2035 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, free press, reporters shield. S 2088 A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 power. S 2111 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. S 2248 An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. S 2533 A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, State Secrets Privilege. S 2624 A bill to regulate political robocalls. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. S 2746 A bill to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform. S 2945 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice occurs on the date on which the aggrieved person knew or should have known that the person was affected by the decision or practice, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination. S 2977 A bill to create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of publications or speech in the United States. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S 3061 A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. S 3155 A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice, gangs. S 3182 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Free Speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporations). S 3209 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify the filing period applicable to charges of discrimination, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination. S 3217 A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, attorney-client protections. S 3245 A bill to increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination. S 3594 A bill to protect United States citizens from unlawful arrest and detention. Issues Lobbied: Immigration Due Process. S 3628 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodations in employment, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights. S 3640 A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Sentencing Reform, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights. S 3662 An original bill to establish the Controlled Unclassified Information Office, to require policies and procedures for the designation, marking, safeguarding, and dissemination of controlled unclassified information, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, controlled but unclassified information. S 576 A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. Issues Lobbied: human rights. SJR 0028 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, media ownership. Additional Congressional issues lobbied: FBI Background Check legislation, Attorney General Guidelines for FBI Activities, Universal Voter Registration, Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, Immigration Raids, E-Verify, Public Protection From False or Fraudulent Information and Science Act, Vote Caging bills, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Prison Re-entry Work Proposals, Restrictions on Public Advocacy Litigation. Other Issues Lobbied: Department of Defense Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Separation of Powers, Military Deployment/Posse Comitatus. Department of Homeland Security Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Government Spying, Information Sharing, E-Verify, detention conditions, and immigration due process. Department of Justice Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12333, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Government Spying, Regulation of intelligence agencies, Information Sharing, Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Oversight and Commutations for non-violent crack offenses. Executive Office for Immigration Review Issues Lobbied: improving pro bono representation before the agency. Federal Bureau of Investigations Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Constitutional rights and Attorney General Guidelines Federal Communications Commission Issues Lobbied: Internet filtering and Expanding use of white spaces and undeveloped areas of the broadcast spectrum. Health and Human Services Issues Lobbied: Refusal Regulation. Department of Housing and Urban Development Issues Lobbied: Streamlining Public Housing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards. National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Issues Lobbied: PREC Standards for Lockups, Juvenile and Community Corrections Facilities. Office of the Director of National Intelligence Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12333, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Government Spying, Regulation of intelligence agencies and Information Sharing. Office of Management and Budget Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties and Community-Based Abstinence Education Performance Progress Report. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, religious discrimination in prisons, felony enfranchisement
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
HJR 0079 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Media Ownership. HR 0248 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy. HR 0281 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting. HR 0372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy. HR 0800 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Labor Rights. HR 0923 To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, DOJ prosecution of Civil Rights era crimes. HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers. HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1281 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain deceptive practices in Federal elections, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Voting Rights. HR 1338 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act. HR 1352 To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1383 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy, censorship. HR 1415 To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1416 To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 1431 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights. HR 1889 To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. HR 1955 To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment. HR 2015 To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Issues Lobbied: civil rights. HR 2102 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, free press, censorship. HR 2831 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision . HR 3013 To provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issues Lobbied: attorney-client privilege. HR 3189 To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 power. HR 3356 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 3547 To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, gangs. HR 3773 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 3782 To reiterate the exclusivity of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as the sole authority to permit the conduct of electronic surveillance, to modernize surveillance authorities, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 3887 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 3971 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice. HR 4114 To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture. Issues Lobbied: human rights. HR 4545 To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination. HR 4806 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification. HR 5035 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased penalties for cocaine offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base, to eliminate minimum mandatory penalties for offenses involving cocaine, to use the resulting savings to provide drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination. HR 5038 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, ban on voter caging. HR 5057 To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, arrestee testing. HR 5353 To establish broadband policy and direct the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a proceeding and public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: first amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. HR 5607 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, State Secrets Privilege. HR 5803 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, paper ballots . HR 5994 To amend the Clayton Act with respect to competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet. Issues Lobbied: first amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. HR 6098 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Fusion Center Funding. HR 6123 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to cyberbullying. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice. HR 6143 To make technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. HR 6193 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, controlled but unclassified information. HR 6304 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. HR 6358 To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 6518 To increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination. HR 6575 To require the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification. HR 6932 To amend the Fair Housing Act to prevent discrimination relating to the display of religious symbols, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, religious liberty, discrimination. HR 7016 To prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 7033 To provide safeguards with respect to the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, background checks. HR 7136 To secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Sentencing Reform, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights. HR 7227 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Requiring federal detention facilities to report in-custody deaths to the attorney general. HR 7255 To reform immigration detention procedures, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions. HR 7296 To delay the implementation of agency rules adopted within the final 90 days of the final term a President serves. Issues Lobbied: Due Process. HR 7311 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. HR 7322 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Free Speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporations). HRES 1211 Expressing the sense of the House that the Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigation as modified on May 30, 2002 ("Ashcroft Guidelines") should be rescinded and replaced by the former Guidelines ('Levi guidelines') to protect Americans from domestic Federal Bureau of Investigation spying in the absence of suspected criminal activity Issues Lobbied: National Security, First Amendment, Free speech. S 0020 A bill to prohibit the implementation or enforcement of certain regulations. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. S 0185 A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. Issues Lobbied: human rights. S 0215 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. S 0215 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality. S 0274 A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers. S 0453 A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S 0456 A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice, gangs. S 0766 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act. S 1267 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, free press, reporters shield. S 1469 A bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. S 1548 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: human rights. S 1711 A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination. S 1780 A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, fleeting explatives. S 1843 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision . S 1927 A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. S 1959 A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment. S 2011 "The Protect America Act of 2007" Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. S 2035 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, free press, reporters shield. S 2088 A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 power. S 2111 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. S 2248 An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. S 2533 A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, State Secrets Privilege. S 2624 A bill to regulate political robocalls. Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties. S 2746 A bill to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform. S 2945 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice occurs on the date on which the aggrieved person knew or should have known that the person was affected by the decision or practice, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination. S 2977 A bill to create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of publications or speech in the United States. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S 3061 A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. S 3155 A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice, gangs. S 3182 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Free Speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporations). S 3209 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify the filing period applicable to charges of discrimination, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination. S 3217 A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, attorney-client protections. S 3245 A bill to increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Issues Lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination. S 3594 A bill to protect United States citizens from unlawful arrest and detention. Issues Lobbied: Immigration Due Process. S 3628 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodations in employment, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: civil rights. S 3640 A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Sentencing Reform, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights. S 3662 An original bill to establish the Controlled Unclassified Information Office, to require policies and procedures for the designation, marking, safeguarding, and dissemination of controlled unclassified information, and for other purposes. Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, controlled but unclassified information. S 576 A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. Issues Lobbied: human rights. SJR 0028 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, media ownership. Additional Congressional issues lobbied: FBI Background Check legislation, Attorney General Guidelines for FBI Activities, Universal Voter Registration, Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, Immigration Raids, E-Verify, Public Protection From False or Fraudulent Information and Science Act, Vote Caging bills, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Prison Re-entry Work Proposals, Restrictions on Public Advocacy Litigation. Other Issues lobbied: Department of Defense Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Separation of Powers, Military Deployment/Posse Comitatus. Department of Homeland Security Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Government Spying, Information Sharing, E-Verify, detention conditions, and immigration due process. Department of Justice Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12333, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Government Spying, Regulation of intelligence agencies, Information Sharing, Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Oversight and Commutations for non-violent crack offenses. Executive Office for Immigration Review Issues Lobbied: improving pro bono representation before the agency. Federal Bureau of Investigations Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Constitutional rights and Attorney General Guidelines. Federal Communications Commission Issues Lobbied: Internet filtering and Expanding use of white spaces and undeveloped areas of the broadcast spectrum. Health and Human Services Issues Lobbied: Refusal Regulation. Department of Housing and Urban Development Issues Lobbied: Streamlining Public Housing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards. National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Issues Lobbied: PREC Standards for Lockups, Juvenile and Community Corrections Facilities. Office of the Director of National Intelligence Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12333, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Government Spying, Regulation of intelligence agencies and Information Sharing Office of Management and Budget Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties and Community-Based Abstinence Education Performance Progress Report. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, religious discrimination in prisons, felony enfranchisement
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2008 · second_quarter · 2A
S 1548 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, habeas, detention S 1675 A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship S 1675 A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship S 1881 A bill to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to restore the intent and protections of that Act, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection, discrimination, ADA S 1927 A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy S 1959 A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil rights S 1965 A bill to protect children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice S 2011 A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007". . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2035 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, free press, reporters' shielf S 2088 A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2135 A bill to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child soldiers, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, immigration S 2248 An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2305 A bill to prevent voter caging. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, voting rights S 2344 A bill to create a competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate Internet education for children. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship S 2366 A bill to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical verification program. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, immigration, national security, everify S 2368 A bill to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, immigration, national security, everify S 2453 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify requirements relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination S 2481 A bill to prohibit racial profiling. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, equal protection, discrimination S 2495 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail bond forfeitures. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice S 2533 A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2624 A bill to regulate political robocalls. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, privacy S 2661 A bill to prohibit the collection of identifying information of individuals by false, fraudulent, or deceptive means through the Internet, a practice known as "phishing", to provide the Federal Trade Commission the necessary authority to enforce such prohibition, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, privacy S 2731 A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, due process S 2746 A bill to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, freedom of information, government oversight, national security S 2756 A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, privacy S 2767 A bill to provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice S 2869 A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to clarify the scope of the child pornography laws and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice S 2919 A bill to promote the accurate transmission of network traffic identification information. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, net neutrality S 2977 A bill to create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of publications or speech in the United States. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice S 3005 A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, immigration, criminal justice S 3014 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, privacy, criminal justice S 3016 A bill to direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice S 3074 A bill to establish a grant program to provide Internet crime prevention education. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice S 3114 A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, detention conditions S 3155 A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice S 3181 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil liberties, national security, REAL ID, everify S 3182 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on legal services corporations S 3219 A bill to enhance penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting seniors. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, discrimination, criminal justice S 3230 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, reproductive freedom, abstinence only education SCR 0070 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, reproductive rights, voter rights, discrimination, habeas, detention SJR 0028 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, media ownership Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Use of force regulations Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Psychiatric examinations of prisoners Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fingerprinting and background checks for employees, Department of Justice, Sex offender registry regulations Department of Education, Title I of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Department of Labor, Proposed FMLA changes United States Senate, briefing record on Chung Becker to lead Civil Rights Division of DOJ Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Detention Standards, Immigration Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Detainee Medical Care US Sentencing Commission, Sentencing Policy Report and Guidelines Amendments 16. Specific lobbying issues for this period: Criminal justice issues including:sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine, US Sentencing Commission guidelines, drug policy, attorney / client privilege, gangs legislation, juvenile justice, background checks. Church state measures including:free speech of churche. National Security measures including: FISA reauthorization, habeas corpus and detention issues, national security letters, torture, surveillance, extraordinary rendition, Background check legislation, watchlists. Privacy issues including:telecommunications industry immunity, medical records privacy, state secrets privlege, executive privilege, national ID proposals, fusion centers, genetic privacy, REAL ID funding. Immigration issues including:deportation proposals, detention standards, discriminatory treatment, documentation issues, ideological exclusions, employer verification SAVE act, "No Match" letters, Immigration raids, English literacy and US civics funding for states, Naturalization delays, Southern US border fence e-verify. Equal Protection Issues / Civil Rights Issues: Americans With Disabilities Act reform, Civil rights discrimination issues, Restoration of civil rights standards, No Child Left Behind proposal (racial justice issues, English language learning provisions, student privacy), domestic partner benefits proposals, election reform.employment discrimination, enforcement of civil rights laws, equal pay proposals, English Only proposals, hate crimes, Help America Vote Act, human trafficking, voter ID proposals, voter caging proposals, vote verification proposals, voting rights, proposed FMLA regulations. First Amendment issues including reporters shield, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations, robocalls, broadcast indecency, broadcast violence, whistleblowers protection, internet speech restrictions, media diversity and consolidation, internet neutrality. Reproductive Freedom issues including Family planning funding, Global gag rule, Funding for abstinence-only education. Oversight HearingsDHS, ICE denial of attorney / client privilege, DHS, FBI immigration name checks, USCIS immigration fee waivers, DHS, DOJ, Civil Rights Division oversight of Voting Section.
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2008 · second_quarter · Q2
HR 0079 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, equal protection, sentencing disparites HR 0248 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issue lobbied: First amendment, free speech, privacy HR 0281 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, discrimination HR 0372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issue lobbied: First amendment, free speech, privacy HR 0460 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, equal protection, sentencing disparities, mandatory minimums HR 0719 A bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of Internet access by sex offenders convicted under Federal law, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy HR 0818 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, voting rights, criminal justice HR 0980 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection, privacy HR 0281 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, discrimination HR 0372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issue lobbied: First amendment, free speech, privacy HR 0460 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, equal protection, sentencing disparities, mandatory minimums HR 0719 A bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of Internet access by sex offenders convicted under Federal law, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy HR 0818 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, voting rights, criminal justice HR 0980 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection, privacy HR 0372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issue lobbied: First amendment, free speech, privacy HR 0460 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, equal protection, sentencing disparities, mandatory minimums HR 0719 A bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of Internet access by sex offenders convicted under Federal law, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy HR 0818 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, voting rights, criminal justice HR 0980 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection, privacy HR 1117 To repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to reinstitute section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, national security, privacy HR 1281 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain deceptive practices in Federal elections, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights HR 1352 To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, torture, human rights HR 1383 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. Issue lobbied: Free speech, privacy, censorship HR 1415 To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. HR 1416 To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims. . Issue lobbied: criminal justice, national security, civil rights, habeas HR 1431 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, religious liberty HR 1889 To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, freedom of information, government transparency HR 1955 To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, privacy civil liberties HR 2015 To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, equal protection, women's rights, LGBT rights HR 2054 To reform the universal service provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship HR 2102 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, free press, reporters' shield HR 2275 To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship, separation of church and state HR 2517 To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, privacy, criminal justice HR 2642 Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, privacy, women's rights, reproductive freedom HR 2831 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, equal protection, disability rights HR 3013 To provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy HR 3189 To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, government oversight HR 3195 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, disability rights HR 3356 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance. . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 3546 To authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, HR 3547 To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, gangs HR 3559 To require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship, fleeting expletives HR 3773 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 3782 To reiterate the exclusivity of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as the sole authority to permit the conduct of electronic surveillance, to modernize surveillance authorities, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 3791 To modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, free speech, censorship HR 3845 To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy online predators HR 3971 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice HR 4088 To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, immigration, privacy, everify HR 4109 To provide for the redress of prison abuses, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice HR 4114 To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, human rights, torture HR 4120 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, free speech HR 4134 To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy HR 4137 To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice HR 4545 To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination HR 4611 To prohibit racial profiling. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination, government oversight HR 4806 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, government oversight, freedom of information HR 4835 To promote transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by the Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection, free speech, media ownership, government oversight and reform HR 5036 To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights HR 5038 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, voting rights, free speech, criminal justice HR 5157 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice HR 5353 To establish broadband policy and direct the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a proceeding and public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, net neutrality HR 5442 To provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, to ensure personal privacy, security, and confidentiality with respect to health related information in promoting the development of a nationwide interoperable health information infrastructure, to impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of personal health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, to protect States' rights, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy HR 5470 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship HR 5501 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, women's rights, reproductive freedom, family planning, global gag rule HR 5514 To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdiction over State laws restricting pornography, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, free speech, censorship, government oversight and reform HR 5515 To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, immigration, privacy HR 5524 To amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, privacy HR 5596 To extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, privacy, immigration, everify HR 5607 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. . Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, government oversight HR 5717 To establish a reward system to provide monetary awards to individuals who provide information relating to violations of the CAN-SPAM Act. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship, criminal justice HR 5747 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to restrict political robocalls, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship, civil rights, voting rights HR 5750 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the English language and the history, principles, and form of government of the United States as a requirement for naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, immigration HR 5769 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship, privacy HR 5886 To restrict the diplomatic travel of officials and representatives of state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection HR 5895 To require certain labeling of unsolicited commercial mail. Issue lobbied: Free speech, censorship HR 5950 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, immigration HR 5990 To require ratings label on video games and to prohibit the sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship HR 5994 To amend the Clayton Act with respect to competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, net neutrality HR 6023 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain forms of interference with military recruiting. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, free speech HR 6055 To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish requirements and issue a nationwide public safety broadband license, to establish a grant program to fund administrative and operational costs of the licensee, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech HR 6098 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil rights HR 6123 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to cyberbullying. . Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice HR 6167 To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice HR 6193 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, government oversight, freedom of information HR 6304 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, FISA HR 6331 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, reproductive freedom, abstinence only education HR 6350 To extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. Issue lobbied: civil rights, privacy, background checks HR 6357 To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote the adoption of health information technology, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, medical privacy HR 6367 To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities HR 6388 To provide additional authorities to the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: government oversight HR 6398 To impose a permanent prohibition on the use of funds by the Department of Defense for propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law and to require an investigation into possible violations of the annual Department of Defense Appropriations Act prohibition on such propaganda. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, government oversight HRES 1055 Recognizing the enduring value of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) as a cornerstone of global efforts to combat racial discrimination and uphold human rights, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, racial justice, discrimination, equal protection HJRES 79 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, free press, media diversity HJRES 96 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, death penalty S 0185 A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. . Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, discrimination, habeas, human rights S 0186 A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice, privacy S 0215 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, net neutrality S 0274 A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: free speech, civil rights, criminal justice, privacy S 0431 A bill to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, sex offender registry S 0453 A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, voting rights S 0456 A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, gangs S 0495 A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, civil liberties, criminal justice, privacy S 0519 A bill to modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice, privacy S 576 A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. . Issue lobbied: national security, criminal justice, civil rights, habeas, human rights S 0625 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship S 0717 A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. Issue lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy, REAL ID S 0819 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. Issue lobbied: first amendment, church-state separation S 0910 A bill to provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, equal protection, discrimination, FMLA S 1267 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. . Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, civil rights, free press, reporters shield S 1315 An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' insurance and housing benefits, to improve benefits and services for transitioning servicemembers, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship S 1383 A bill to reduce the disparity in punishment between crack and powder cocaine offenses, to more broadly focus the punishment for drug offenders on the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities S 1469 A bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, criminal justice, habeas
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2008 · first_quarter · Q1
Criminal Justice Issues including: sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine, US Sentencing Commission guidelines, drug policy, attorney/client privilege, gangs legislation, juvenile justice. Church State Measures including: free speech of churches. National Security Measures including: FISA reauthorization, habeas corpus and detention issues, national security letters, torture, surveillance, extraordinary rendition, PATRIOT Act section 215 powers, Protect America Act, Background Check Legislation. Privac Privacy Issues including: telecommunications industry immunity, medical records privacy, state secrets privilege, executive privilege, national ID proposals, fusion centers, genetic privacy, REAL ID funding. Immigration Issues including: deportation proposals, detention standards, discriminatory treatment, ideological exclusions, employer verification, SAVE act, "No Match" letters, immigration raids, English literacy and US civics funding for states, naturalization delays, southern US border fence. Equal Protection Issues / Civil Rights Issues including: Americans With Disabilities Act reform, civil rights discrimination issues, restoration of civil rights standards, No Child Left Behind proposals (racial justice issues, English language learning provisions, student privacy,) domestic partner benefits proposals, election reform, e-voting, employment discrimination, enforcement of civil rights laws, equal pay proposals, English only proposals, hate crimes, Help America Vote Act, human trafficking, voter ID proposals, voter caging proposals, vote verification proposals, post-Katrina discrimination (prison conditions, provisions of relief), voting rights, proposed FMLA regulations. First Amendment Issues including: reporters' shield, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations, robocalls, broadcast indecency, whistleblowers' protection, internet speech restrictions, media diversity and consolidation, internet neutrality. Reproductive Freedom Issues including: family planning funding, global gag rule, abstinence only funding. Oversight hearings: DHS, ICE - denial of attorney/client privilege. DHS, FBI - immigration name checks. USCIS - immigration fee waivers. DHS, DOJ, Civil Rights Division - oversight of voting section. Nominations: Grace Chung Becker, briefing civil rights record. BILLS LOBBIED: HR 79, to amend the controlled substances act and the controlled substances import and export act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offences. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, sentencing disparities) HR 248, To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do not call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech) HR 281, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voter5s to vote by mail in Federal elections. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, voter access.) HR 372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do not call registry to prohibit politically oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, robocalls, privacy) HR 460, To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, sentencing disparities) HR 719, A bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of internet access by sex offenders convicted under federal law, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, privacy, criminal justice) HR 811, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, e-voting, voter access, vote verification) HR 818, To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, civil rights, discrimination, voting rights) HR 985, To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms and agreements to the effect that such polices, forms and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil liberties, whistle blower protections.) HR 1117, To repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to reconstitute section7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper and counterfeit resistant drivers's licenses and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties, national security, privacy issues, REAL ID) HR 1352, To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhumane treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, torture) HR 13383, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. (Issue lobbied: free speech, robocalls) HR 1415, To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, habeas restoration) HR 1416, To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, habeas restoration) HR 1431, To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. (issue lobbied: civil rights, religious freedom, discrimination) HR 1540, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied, civil rights, discrimination, equal pay) HR 1592, To provide Federal assistance to states, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, equal protection, criminal justice, lgbt issues) HR 1955, To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, first amendment issues, civil liberties) HR 2015 To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, employment discrimination, equal protection, lgbt issues) HR 2102, to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, free press, reporters' shield) HR 2275, to restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. (Issue lobbied: free speech, separation of church and state) HR 2517, To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech, online censorship.) HR 3093, Making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties) HR 3013, To provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, civil rights, free speech) HR 3189, To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter powers, PATRIOT Act section 215 powers) HR 3195, To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. (Issue lobbied: civil rights) HR 3356, To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance. (Issue lobbied: national security, civil liberties, surveillance, FISA) HR 3547, To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice) HR 3559, To require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, fleeting expletives, broadcast indecency) HR 3685, To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, employment discrimination, equal protection, lgbt issues) HR 3773, To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy) HR 3845, To establish a special counsel for child exploitation prevention and interdiction within the office of the deputy attorney general, to improve the internet crimes against children task force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators. (Issue lobbied: free speech, online censorship, privacy) HR 3782, To reiterate the exclusivity of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as the sole authority to permit the conduct of electronic surveillance, to modernize surveillance authorities, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties, national security, surveillance, privacy, FISA) HR 3791, To modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes. (issue lobbied: free speech, censorship) HR 3845, To establish a special counsel for child exploitation prevention and interdiction within the office of the deputy attorney general, to improve the internet crimes against children task force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators. (Issue lobbied: free speech, online censorship, criminal justice) HR 3846, To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free and law-abiding lives. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice) HR 3887, To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties, immigration, criminal justice, human trafficking) HR 3971, To encourage states to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice) HR 4088, To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties, national security, e-verify) HR 4109, To provide for the redress of prison abuses, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice) HR 4120, To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship) HR 4134, To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for internet crime prevention education programs. (Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship) HR 4545, To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, sentencing disparities) HR 4137, To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination) HR 4611, To prohibit racial profiling. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, discrimination) HR 4835, To promote transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by the Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, civil rights, media diversity) HR 4882, To ensure broadcast station licenses are utilized to serve the public interest. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, civil rights, media diversity) HR 5036, To direct the administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdiction for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the re3sults of the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, e-voting, vote verification) HR 5038, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights) HR 5129, To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, employment discrimination, equal protection) HR 5157, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, criminal justice) HR 5222, to rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, CA, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. (Issue lobbied: first amendment. ) HR 5442, To provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, to ensure personal privacy, security, and confidentiality with respect to health related information in promoting the development of a nationwide interoperable health information infrastructure, to impose criminal and civil penaltie4s for unauthorized use of personal health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, to protect state's rights, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties, medical privacy) HR 5470, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, local broadcasting) HR 5514, to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit federal court jurisdiction over state laws restricting pornography, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech, criminal justice) HR 5515, To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such acts, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, immigration) HR 5607, To provide safe, fair and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. (Issue lobbied: national security, civil liberties, state secrets privilege.) HR 5747, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to restrict political robocalls, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech, robocalls) HRES 1055, Recognizing the enduring value of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) as a cornerstone of global efforts to combat racial discrimination and uphold human rights, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, racial justice) S 49, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the carriage of child pornography by video service providers, to protect children from online predators, and to restrict the sale or purchase of children's personal information tin interstate commerce. (Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, privacy, criminal justice) S 185, A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, habeas restoration) S 186 A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, civil rights, free speech) S 215, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. (Issue lobbied: free speech, net neutrality) S 274, A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the special counsel, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil liberties, whistle blower protections) S 456, A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, discrimination) S 431, A bill to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, privacy, free speech) S 519, A bill to modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, censorship, privacy) S 576, A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, due process, discrimination, criminal justice) S 717, A bill to repeal title !! of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides states additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper and counterfeit resistant driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties, national security, privacy issue, real ID) S 1105, A bill to provide federal assistance to states, local jurisdictions and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, equal protection, criminal justice, lgbt issues) S 1267, A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, reporters' shields) S 1383, A bill to reduce the disparity in punishment between crack and powder cocaine offenses, to more broadly focus the punishment for drug offences on the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, sentencing disparities) S 1464, A bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, habeas restoration, torture) S 1548, An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, torture) S 1685, A bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine violations, and to provide increased emphasis on aggravating factor relating to the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, sentencing disparities) S 1689, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, equal pay) S1693, A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, medical privacy) S 1711, A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, sentencing disparities) S 1738, A bill to establish a special counsel for child exploitation prevention and interdiction within the office of the deputy attorney general, to improve the internet crimes against children task force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute predators. (Issue lobbied: criminal justice, privacy) S 1745, An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, restrictions on legal services corporations) S 1780, A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, censorship, fleeting expletives) S 1829, A bill to reauthorize programs under the Missing Children's Assistance Act. (Issue lobbied: free speech, civil rights, privacy) S 1843, A bill to amend title VII of the civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, women's rights, employment discrimination, equal protection) S 1881, A bill to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to restore the intent and protections of that act and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination) S 1927, A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, civil liberties, surveillance, FISA) S 1959, A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, first amendment issues, civil liberties) S 1965, A bill to protect children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. (Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship, privacy, criminal justice) S 2011, A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007." (Issue lobbied: national security, civil liberties, surveillance, FISA) S 2035, A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (Issue lobbied: free speech, free press, reporters' shield) S 2088, A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter powers, PATRIOT Act section 215 powers) S 2248, An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties, national security, surveillance, privacy, FISA) S 2258, A bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to amend the definition of an eligible not-for-profit holder, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination) S 2305, A bill to prevent voter caging. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights) S 2344, A bill to create a competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate internet education for children. (Issue lobbied: free speech, censorship) S 2366, A bill to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical verification program. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties, national security, immigration ,e-verify) S 2368, A bill to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties, national security, immigration, e-verify) S 2481, A bill to prohibit racial profiling. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, discrimination) S 2533, A bill to enact a safe, fair and responsible state secrets privilege Act. (Issue lobbied: national security, civil liberties, state secrets privilege) S 2554, A bill to restore, reaffirm and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, employment discrimination, equal protection) S 2596, A bill to rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the city of Berkeley, CA, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Cops account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. (Issue lobbied: first amendment) S 2624, A bill to regulate political robocalls. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, robocalls) S 2661, A bill to prohibit the collection of identifying information of individuals by false, fraudulent or deceptive means through he internet, a practice known as "phishing," to provide the Federal Trade commission the necessary authority to enforce such prohibition, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech, privacy, criminal justice) S 2709, A bill to increase the criminal penalties for illegally reentering the United States and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, criminal justice, discrimination) S 2710, A bill to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to use an employer's failure to timely resolve discrepancies with Social Security Administration after receiving a "no match" notice as evidence that the employer violated section 274A of the immigration and nationality act. (Issue lobbied: national security, e-verify, privacy, immigration, discrimination) S 2711, A bill to improve the enforcement of laws prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, discrimination) S 2712, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the Southwest border by December 31, 2010, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, national security) S 2713, A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration) S 2714, A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorist activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, discrimination) S 2715, A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied, civil rights, discrimination) S 2716, A bill to authorize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, national security, immigration) S 2717, A bill to provide for enhanced federal enforcement of, and state and local assistance in the enforcement of, the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration) S 2718, A bill to withhold 10 percent of the federal funding apportioned for highway construction and maintenance from states that issue driver's licenses to individuals without verifying the legal status of such individuals. (Issue lobbied: immigration, civil rights, discrimination) S 2719, A bill to provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration) S 2720, A bill to withhold federal financial assistance from each country that denies or unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such country who have been ordered removed from the United States and to prohibit the issuance of visas to nationals of such country. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, deportation) S 2721, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prescribe the binding oath of affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States to become citizens, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration) S 2722, A bill to prohibit aliens who are repeat drunk drivers from obtaining legal status or immigration benefits. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, discrimination) S 2731, A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties, women's rights, family planning, global gag rule) S 2767, A bill to provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. (Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination) SJRES 28, A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. (Issue lobbied: first amendment, free speech, media diversity)
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* Criminal justice issues including: juvenile justice issues, sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine,drug policy, victims rights proposals, prison litigation reform. Church state measures including: religious freedom issues, free speech of churches, workplace religious freedom, religious funding issues, SAMHSA reauthorizatioin, employment discrimination by churches, PERA. Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, continued S 1 A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. (Issue lobbied: free speech, grassroots lobbying) Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, continued S 1 A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. (Issue lobbied: free speech, grassroots lobbying)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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* H.R.1964 To protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman’s freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R.2102 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). H.R.2015 To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R.2064 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available to all military health care treatment care facilities. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R.2316 To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: grassroots lobby provision). H.R. 2638 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). H.R.2764 Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: human rights provisions). H.R.985 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). H.R. 1117 A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper-and counterfeit-resistant driver’s licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by provided interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). H.R.1281 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain deceptive practices in Federal elections, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech and civil liberties provisions). H.R.1309 A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). H.R.1352 To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of person occurs, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: human rights provisions). H.R.1383 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). H.R.1415 A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties and human rights provisions). H.R.1416 To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R.1429 To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R.1431 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil rights provisions). H.R. 1592 To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R. 1653 A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to comprehensive sexual education). H.R.1851 To reform the housing choice voucher program under section 8 if the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Issue lobbied: Real ID provisions; privacy/civil liberties provisions). H.R.1943 To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). (Continued from earlier) H.R.923 To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R. 20 To provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to post-abortion syndrome). H.R. 79 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R. 101 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). (Issue lobbied: Entire bill). H.R. 253 To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense, to require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties provisions). H.R. 270 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to gender equity and human rights). H.R. 420 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 19071 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R. 460 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties provisions). H.R. 811 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes. (Issued lobbied: Civil Rights provisions relating to disabled and language-minority voters). H.R. 819 A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women’s health care. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to access to reproductive health). H.R.894 A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply certain requirements regarding the disclosure of identifying information within communications made through the Internet, to apply certain disclosure requirements to prerecorded telephone calls, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). H.R. 901 A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools’ athletic programs. (Issue lobbied: gender equity provisions). H.R.923 To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R.985 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). S.1469 A bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). S.1487 A bill to amend the Help America Act of 2002 to require an individual, durable, voter-verified paper record under title III of such Act, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: Civil Rights provisions relating to disabled and language-minority voters). S.1538 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). S.1548 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: human rights provisions). S.1639 A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). S.1644 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). S.1685 A bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine violations, and to provide increased emphasis on aggravating factors relating to the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties provisions). S.1710 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: provisions related to abstinence only, Title X, Weldon and VAWA.) S.1711 A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties provisions). S.1745 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: restrictions on Legal Services Corporations). S.1780 A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). S.Con.Res 40 A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 of each year to raise awareness of and opposition to human trafficking. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). H.R. 1 To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. (Issue lobbied: human rights provisions). S.518 A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools’ athletic programs. (Issue lobbied: gender equity provisions). S.535 A bill to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). S.576 A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties and human rights provisions). S.717 A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper-and counterfeit-resistant driver’s licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by provided interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). S.849 A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). S.972 A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to comprehensive sexual education). S.1082 An act to amend the Federal Food, drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech and civil liberties provisions). S.1105 To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). S.1136 A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). S.1173 A bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman’s freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to abortion rights). S.1267 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). S.1348 A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions; McConnell Voter ID Amendment). S.1383 A bill to reduce the disparity in punishment between crack and powder cocaine offenses, to more broadly focus the punishment for drug offenders on the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties provisions). Privacy issues including: Encryption restrictions Medical records privacy National ID proposals Privacy of information on the Internet Privacy of IRS records Privacy rights in the workplace Total Information Awareness (TIA) Reproductive rights including: Abortion restrictions and funding Abstinence only policies Adoption and foster care Contraceptive coverage in health insurance Family planning S.1 A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. (Issue Lobbied: grassroots lobby provision). S.4 A bill to make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). S.21 A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women’s health care. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to access to reproductive health). S.185 A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). S.186 A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. (Issue lobbied: civil liberties provisions). S.236 A bill to require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data mining. (Issue lobbied: privacy/civil liberties provisions). S.274 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: free speech provisions). S.358 A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. (Issue lobbied: provisions relating to fetal personhood). S.453 A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. (Issue lobbied: free speech and civil liberties provisions). S.456 A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. (Issue lobbied: entire bill). Deportation issues Designation of certain groups as terrorist organizations FISA reauthorization Habeas corpus and detention National security letters Rendition Torture Attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary Church-state measures including: Federal funds for religiously controlled institutions Religious freedom issues School prayer School vouchers Workplace religious freedom Criminal justice issues including: Asset forfeiture Attorney-client privilege Death penalty Drug policy Juvenile justice issues Mandatory-minimum sentences Race-based traffic stops and racial profiling Victim’s right proposals Equal Protection Issues and Civil Rights Issues including: Affirmative Action Americans with Disabilities Act Civil rights discrimination cases Civil rights issues in the No Child Left Behind Act Civil rights tax relief policies CEDAW Election Reform Enforcement of civil rights laws Executive Order 11246 Help America Vote Act Human Trafficking Genetic discrimination Marriage equality President’s Faith Based Initiative and government-funded religion Title IX Welfare reauthorization Women’s Health Services Act First Amendment issues including: 527 reform FOIA Lobby reform Reporters’ shield Television indecency Television violence Whistleblowers’ protection Immigration issues including: Deportation proposals Incarceration and legal representation of immigrants Summary exclusion proposals Anti-terrorism measures including: 9-11 Commission Reform Intelligence Legislation Amendments to the Patriot Act Airport passenger profiling 1
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Filing targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Filing targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Legal Services Corporation, SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Filing targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Filing targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office