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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1201 L Street, NW |
Address2 | Floor 2 |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 401104557-12
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6. House ID# 438060001
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Jennifer Podkul |
Date | 10/21/2019 4:26:51 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3524, Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization Act of 2019, provisions related to unaccompanied children, standards for children and use of child welfare professionals in federal facilities, expansion of refugee and asylum processing, root causes of migration
H.R. 2836/S. 1781, Central American Women and Child Protection Act of 2019, all provisions
S. 3540, Central American Reform and Enforcement Act, all provisions, including funding for efforts to address root causes of migration, expanding refugee processing and resettlement, providing legal counsel for children, supporting care of and services for unaccompanied children
H.R. 3729/S. 661, Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act, all provisions related to treatment and legal rights of migrant and refugee children at the border, training of staff, screening by child welfare professionals, conditions for children in custody, and tracking of families in immigration system.
S. 662, Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2019, all provisions
H.R. 541/S. 292, Keep Families Together Act, all provisions related to preventing separation and detention of migrant and refugee families and promoting family unity
H.R. 3452, Help Separated Children Act, provisions related to separated children
H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement Act, provisions related to ombudsperson
H.R. 3239/S. 2135, Humane Standards for Individuals in CBP Custody Act, provisions related to standards for children in custody
S.2219, Access to Counsel Act, all provisions
S. 2113, Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act, provisions related to access to counsel, family separation, standards for CBP facilities
S. 1494, Secure and Protect Act, all provisions
House, legislation related to processing of children and families
Senate, legislation related to hiring child welfare professionals to ensure safety and well-being of children in CBP facilities
Senate, legislation related to standards for influx facilities housing unaccompanied children
Senate, legislation related to refugee and asylum protections
House and Senate FY20 DHS appropriations-- provisions and report language related to preventing family separation, reporting on use of such practices, hiring child welfare professionals at the border, improving medical care for children, increasing the use of alternatives to detention, preventing the use of sponsor information for immigration enforcement purposes.
House and Senate FY20 SFOPs appropriations, provisions and report language related to addressing country conditions and root causes of migration; preventing and combating violence (including sexual and gender-based violence), corruption and impunity; increasing support services and safe shelter for survivors; funding to support strengthening asylum systems and access to protection in the region; funding for US Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
House and Senate FY20 LHHS appropriations, funding of UAC program, legal services for UACs, preventing use of sponsor information for immigration enforcement purposes, standards for influx facilities
H.R. 4378, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, funding for UAC program
Issues
-Access to legal representation for migrant and asylum-seeking children in federal custody
-Detention of and enforcement against migrant and refugee families and children (including separation of families at the border and related oversight; family reunification process; use of family detention and alternatives to detention; separations of extended family members; DHS-HHS Memorandum of Agreement/screening of and potential ICE enforcement against sponsors; release of children from detention)
-Treatment of children and conditions in CBP custody (hiring of child welfare professionals for screening, improved care and medical care for children; monitoring and oversight of facility conditions, compliance with standards, and treatment of children; standards for separations; prevention of abuse)
-Use, monitoring and oversight, standards for and conditions in ORR influx facilities; oversight of ORR facilities housing unaccompanied children
Protections for immigrant and refugee youth and unaccompanied children (including the Flores Settlement Agreement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; determinations of unaccompanied child status; Central American Minors Program)
-Administration of the immigration courts/immigration proceedings
-Administration of benefits, procedures, and protections for child asylum seekers, child victims of trafficking or severe crime, and those seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile status
-Root causes of migration/regional stability (funding and policies to address country conditions and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, and corruption/impunity; enhancing capacity of protection systems and access to protection)
-Ability of unaccompanied children and asylum seekers to access ports of entry to request humanitarian protection (use of metering, turn-backs, Migrant Protection Protocols)
-Availability of asylum protection and applicable standards/scope of review for survivors of domestic and gang violence, and families; barriers to accessing asylum protection (third country transit ban (interim final rule), safe third country and asylum agreements)
-USCIS initial jurisdiction over unaccompanied children's asylum claims, policies related to protections for UACs and asylum claims
-Prevention of abuse and sexual harassment, abuse and sexual assault in facilities housing migrant and refugee children
-DHS and HHS proposed and final rule on the Flores Settlement Agreement
-Proposed safe third country agreements, asylum agreements with Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), State - Dept of (DOS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Shindel |
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Jennifer |
Podkul |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
House and Senate FY20 DHS appropriations-- provisions and report language related to preventing family separation, reporting on use of such practices, hiring child welfare professionals at the border, improving medical care for children, increasing the use of alternatives to detention, preventing the use of sponsor information for immigration enforcement purposes.
House and Senate FY20 SFOPs appropriations, provisions and report language related to addressing country conditions and root causes of migration; preventing and combating violence (including sexual and gender-based violence), corruption and impunity, increasing support services and safe shelter for survivors; funding to support strengthening asylum systems and access to protection in the region; funding for US Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
House and Senate FY20 LHHS appropriations, funding of UAC program, legal services for UACs, preventing use of sponsor information for immigration enforcement purposes, standards for influx facilities
H.R. 4378, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, funding for UAC program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Shindel |
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Jennifer |
Podkul |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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2 | 4 | 6 |
CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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