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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 915 15TH STREET, NW, 9TH FL |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2024 |
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
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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: Terence Dougherty |
Date | 4/19/2024 9:54:38 AM |
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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislation:
S.3663-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, civil rights, civil liberties. S.1207-Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 or the EARN IT Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, womens rights. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.701-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.2624-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.1999-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. S.3351-FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023-FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.3234-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.3565-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband. S.2033-American Innovation and Choice Online Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.4-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1-Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, democracy. S.3361-Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.441-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.3961-Security and Freedom Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.1541-Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering. S.3409- End Solitary Confinement Act-Issues Lobbied: Solitary confinement. S.3900-Justice for Breonna Taylor Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing. S.2313-Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Traffic decriminalization. S.1306-COPS Reauthorization Act 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. S.516-Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.518-Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.508-Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.517-Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Prison labor exploitation. S.2646-HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. S.3196-Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S.2625-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, interior enforcement, removals, military neutralization.
H.R.1325-Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, immigration, employment authorization for asylum seekers. H.R.4365-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.4367-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4665-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4368-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.4366-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, fentanyl provisions, immigration, racial justice, reproductive rights. H.R.15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1399-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5894-Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5601-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.4394-Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4664-Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4821-Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4820-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5893-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.6570-Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.4454-To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.6262-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.815-National Security and Border Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, interior enforcement, deportation, border enforcement, asylum, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.5798-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.4972-End Solitary Confinement Act-Issues Lobbied: Solitary confinement. H.R.1525-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, civil asset forfeiture. H.R.7511-Laken Riley Act-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement, immigration, detention. H.R.2882-Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement, immigration, detention, fentanyl provisions, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights. H.Res.957-Denouncing the Biden administrations open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administrations open-borders policies-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement. H.R.7521-Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.6592-Fight Book Bans Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6943-No AI FRAUD Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, artificial intelligence. H.R.6881-AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.6886-Transparent Automated Governance Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. H.R.7520-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.7534-Verifying Kids Online Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.1041-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.6451-Mental Health Justice Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Federal appropriations. H.R.895-Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Combatting criminalization. H.R.6985-BOP Release Card ID Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Banking access for justice-impacted individuals. H.R.1062-EQUAL Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. H.R.459-SAFER Health Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Combatting criminalization. H.R.7530-DC CRIMES Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.3686-SHIELD Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.7187-Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4364-Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.6918-Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.6914-Pregnant Students Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.4121-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.561-EACH Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive freedom. H.R.7573-Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.4734-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization.
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Senate bill version-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. GUARD Act-Issues Lobbied: Freedom of speech, privacy. High School Voter Empowerment Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Next Step Home Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Environmental Health in Prisons Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform, prison conditions. Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, reproductive freedom. National Defense Authorization Act, 2025-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, military naturalizations, civil rights, civil liberties. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, fiscal year 2025 appropriations, omnibus appropriations, consumer privacy, patenting of genes, gene research, net neutrality, broadband access, deep fakes, revenge porn, equity online, digital discrimination, elections funding, federal funding for elections, free speech, defining antisemitism in education programs, artificial intelligence, use of artificial intelligence in hiring and healthcare, algorithmic justice, watchlists, border enforcement, immigration, detention, CBP medical care and oversight, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants, insular cases, self-determination of U.S. territories, criminal justice reform, clemency, community safety, prison conditions, prisoners rights for pregnant people, abortion, reproductive freedom, medication abortion, reproductive healthcare, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, foster care data collection, family policing, womens rights, civil rights, civil liberties.
Agencies:
Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, CBP policing policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, language access for migrants, CBP One mobile application, Office of Intelligence Analysis practices, clemency, Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiatives recipients, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Customs and Border Protection-Migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Immigrant detention, detention of Mauritanian asylum-seekers. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Clemency, sentencing reform, clemency for federal death row prisoners; Office of the Pardon Attorney-Clemency, Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative recipients. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office-Clemency, executive clemency, Proclamation 10467, clemency for federal death row prisoners, Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, National Security and Border Act, protecting asylum and immigrant rights in funding negotiations, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, temporary protected status, immigration, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, Kids Online Safety Act, civil liberties, civil rights, Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies, oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination, deep fakes, revenge porn, broadband, Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Domestic Policy Counsel-Criminal justice reform; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act notice of proposed rulemaking. Agency-Office of the Vice President-Issues Lobbied: Clemency. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: Artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, Section 1557 regulation, electric shock therapy, disability rights. Agency-FCC-Issues Lobbied: Prison profiteering, continued funding for broadband subsidies, broadband, net neutrality, Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024, digital discrimination, equity. Agency-CMS-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights. Agency-Treasury-Issues Lobbied: Banking access for justice-impacted individuals. Agency-VA-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, comprehensive care for transgender veterans. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, Title IX regulation, definition of antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections. Agency-HUD-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, 30-Day notification requirement prior to termination of lease for nonpayment of rent notice of proposed rulemaking. Agency-FAA-Issues Lobbied: Flight crew pumping breast milk, womens rights, workplace discrimination.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of the Vice President of the United States, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Treasury - Dept of, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Education - Dept of, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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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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