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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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5. Senate ID# 1901-12
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6. House ID# 321890000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2023 |
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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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 | 10/20/2023 11:22:04 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. S.686-Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.1207-Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 or the EARN IT Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.673-Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2022-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.441-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.1912-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.1974-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.701-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.2226-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, farmland purchase bans by nationality, civil rights, civil liberties. S.2439-Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.2576-Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act-Issues Lobbied: Data privacy, preventing law enforcement and intelligence purchases by data brokers. S.2597-Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.2624-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.2219-PUMP Technical Corrections Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, workplace discrimination. S.412-SHIELD Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Federal sentencing reform.
H.R.14-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, racial discrimination. H.R.2374-New Way Forward Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. H.R.1041-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issued Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.3988-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. H.R.2670-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, border issues, reproductive rights, data privacy, banning defense agencies from purchasing personal information via data brokers, LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, civil liberties. H.R.3887-Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1325-Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, immigration. H.R.4365-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, border issues, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4108-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.4569-Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, citizenship, immigrants rights, veterans affairs, immigrant veterans. H.R.5525-Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies. H.R.5860-Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions-Issues Lobbied: Government funding, border provisions. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies. H.R.4367-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4665-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4368-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Diversity and inclusion, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.R.1839-Combating Illicit Xylazine Act-Issues Lobbied: FDA authority. H.R.4366-Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.3074-Due Process Continuity of Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive healthcare. H.R.4796-Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.R.4639- Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act-Issues Lobbied: Data privacy, preventing law enforcement and intelligence purchases by data brokers. H.R.15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1399-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.J.Res.82-Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay-Issues Lobbied: Equal 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.2891-SAFE Banking Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.2677-HOPE Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.5736-Federal Accountability in Interviews Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing. 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.4364-Legislative Branch 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.5347-Protecting Our Kids Act-Issues Lobbied: Federal drug criminalization.
Legislation with No Bill Number:
Senate bill version-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, racial discrimination. Native American Voting Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting protections for Indigenous communities, Indigenous justice, voting rights. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978-Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization of Section 702, civil liberties, national security. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. Prison Rape Elimination Act-Issues Lobbied: Federal sentencing reform. GUARD Act-Issues Lobbied: Freedom of speech, privacy. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill)-Issues Lobbied: Mifepristone access. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, potential Israeli admission to the visa waiver program, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, national security, District of Columbia non-citizen voting, District of Columbia self-governance, District of Columbia self-governance, consumer privacy, patenting of genes, gene research, Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting, immigration, asylum, southern border enforcement, treatment of migrants in Texas, extension and re-designation of temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants, equity, free speech, affordable connectivity, protestors rights, freedom of the press, reproductive rights, abortion, electoral college reform, Israel boycotts, net neutrality, broadband access, Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voter registration access, artificial intelligence, algorithmic justice, privacy, cross-border data transfer, drug criminalization, drug-induced homicides, appropriations, defender funding, executive clemency, civil rights, civil liberties.
Agencies:
Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, 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, immigration enforcement, immigration detention, CBP accountability, Executive Order 14074-Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety, policing, CBP policing policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Customs and Border Protection-Medical care for migrants, use of force, CBP accountability. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Abortion access, legal interventions in abortion-related prosecutions in Texas and Idaho, pardons, clemency, executive clemency, notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways; Office of the Pardon Attorney-Pardons, clemency; Executive Office for Immigration Review-Notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-Notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office-Immigration, reproductive rights, 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, notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, District of Columbia Criminal Code reform, District of Columbia policing reforms, due process considerations, self-governance, veto override attempt, civil liberties, civil rights, counterterrorism policies and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay; White House Counsel-Clemency; Domestic Policy Counsel-Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voter registration access; Gender Policy Counsel-Abortion; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants. Agency-EEOC-Issues Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Agency-CFPB-Issues Lobbied: Financial harms to incarcerated individuals. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: Artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties.
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. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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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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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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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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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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