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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 333 SEVENTH AVENUE |
Address2 | 13th FLOOR |
City | NEW YORK |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10001 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | 805 15th St, NW, Suite 900 |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 293494-12
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6. House ID# 373890000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: Cynthia Burns, Program Operations Manager |
Date | 01/22/2013 |
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
Seeking improved mechanisms to expedite resettlement for refugees who face imminent risks.
Seeking increased protections for LGBTI refugees.
Reforming the U.S. immigration detention system, including efforts to discontinue use of jails and jail-like facilities, improve custody/release procedures and expand alternatives to detention.
Reforming the current asylum system related to detention, the one year filing deadline, and terrorism related grounds of inadmissibility.
Seeking increased appropriations to help repair the immigration detention system.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Executive Office of the President (EOP),
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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Ibrahim |
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Epstein |
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Breen |
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Lieberman |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4192: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to provide for the trial of covered persons detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force and to repeal the requirement for military custody.
S. 2175: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to provide for the trial of covered persons detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force and to repeal the requirement for military custody.
S. 2003: To clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and for other purposes.
S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act for the 2013 Fiscal Year.
Section 1031: Extension of certain prohibitions and requirements relating to detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
FOR Mark Udall Amendments 3115 and 3116
Amendment 3115 would ban indefinite military detention for individuals picked up within the United States and reverse the mandatory military custody provision.
Amendment 3116 would make clear that nothing in the 2001 AUMF or 2012 NDAA can be construed as authorizing the military detention of individuals picked up within the United States.
AGAINST Graham Amendment (never introduced)
The amendment would affirm that the power to indefinitely detain under the laws of war would apply to any individual who (1) joins al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or an associated force; and (2) plans or participates in a belligerent act against the United States on behalf of such forces anywhere within the United States and its territories.
AGAINST Feinstein Amendment 3018
Amendment 3018 amends the Non-Detention Act to make clear that Authorizations for the Use of Military Force or similar authorities cannot be construed to authorize the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents unless an Act of Congress expressly does so.
AGAINST Inhofe Amendment 2976
Amendment 2976 would change counterterrorism law to require that any high-value enemy combatant be detained at the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
AGAINST Ayotte Amendment 2998
Amendment 2998 would prohibit the use of DOD funds to transfer Guantanamo detainees to the United States for any reason, including prosecution in federal courts.
AGAINST Sessions Amendment 3012
Amendment 3012 would prohibit the use of DOD funds to transfer Guantanamo detainees to the United States for any reason, including prosecution in federal courts.
AGAINST Ayotte Amendment 2999
Amendment 2999 requires the Department of Defense to identify or establish a facility outside the United States as the location for the long-term detention by the United States, consistent with the laws of war, of foreign members of al Qaeda and associated forces who are captured outside Afghanistan.
AGAINST Ayotte Amendment 3005
Amendment 3005 would prohibit the use of government funding to construct, modify, or purchase facilities within the United States to hold Guantanamo detainees.
Disclosure of guidelines, policy and legal rationale for targeted killing program.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence adoption and public release of report on United States use of torture in the past 12 years.
Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework, as proposed by U.N. Special Representative John Ruggie.
Consistent policy on Internet freedom.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Security Council (NSC), State - Dept of (DOS), Defense - Dept of (DOD)
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 |
Raha |
Wala |
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Lieberman |
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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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Presidential Study Directive 10/PSD-10: Creating and implementing an interagency Atrocities Prevention Board.
S.RES.494: A resolution condemning the Government of the Russian Federation for providing weapons to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
S. 3254: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
S.AMDT.3262: To require a report on military activities to deny or significantly degrade the use of air power against civilian and opposition groups in Syria.
Discontinuing contracts with companies arming the Syrian regime.
Designating sanctions for companies providing material support for the commission of atrocities in Syria.
22 USC Chapter 39- Arms Export Control.
Presidential Memorandum --International Initiatives to Advance Human Rights of LGBT persons.
H.R.4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
Sec. 803. Prohibition on contracting with persons that have business operations with State sponsors of terrorism.
Applicability of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (Leahy Laws): Section 620M Limitation on Assistance to Security Forces.
To elevate the priority placed on the promotion of human rights in China, and maximize the potential for progress by developing a comprehensive, integrated approach to U.S.-China relations that advances the human rights agenda.
To prioritize the protection of human rights defenders in Bahrain, and to advocate for the release of political prisoners.
Policy in Egypt focused on enhancing U.S embassy engagement with civil society to help build institutions that promote the rule of law and protect womens rights, religious tolerance, freedom of expression and association, and telecommunications reform.
Sought to fully fund the Presidents requests for United Nations funding, to support aid to Egypt, to reaffirm commitment to the Leahy Law on arms sales to foreign military units that have grossly abused human rights.
Combatting xenophobic and other bias-motivated violence that affects migrants, refugees, stateless and displaced persons around the world.
Instituting public guidelines for U.S. embassy interaction with human rights defenders.
S. 1039: Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012.
U.S. policy on religious freedom and blasphemy.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Security Council (NSC), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Lieberman |
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Neil |
Hicks |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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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