Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

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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.

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16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025: This bill authorizes FY2025 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill authorizes appropriations, but does not provide budget authority, which is provided by appropriations legislation.

Amendment # 302, Donalds (TX): Requires that people seeking protection be detained in detention facilities to the maximum extent before any person can be placed in the alternatives to Detention (ATD) program.
Amendment # 403, Arrington (TX), Fallon (TX), Tenney (NY), Luttrell (TX): Requires that any person crossing the border that storms against the National Guard or a defensive border barrier is automatically ineligible for claiming asylum or requesting any other type of immigration status and must be deported within 72 hours after apprehension.
Amendment # 616, Greene (GA): Authorizes funding for the use of military force at the southern border.
Amendment #731, Miller-Meeks (IA): Would allow Afghans on humanitarian status who submit to additional vetting, including an in-person interview, to apply for permanent legal status.
Amendment #866, Crow (CO): Extends the Afghan SIV program, provides an eligibility exemption for those injured or killed in the line of duty, requires a strategy for more efficient processing, and requires senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials across multiple departments.
Amendment # 889, Buchanan (FL): Expresses that the United States should not prioritize spending more money to house undocumented immigrants over housing for American military families.
Amendment #944, Titus (NV): Authorizes the office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts in the State Department for three years. Identical to H.R. 8368.
Amendment #1066, Nunn (IA): Requests an additional 4,000 Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Afghan Allies.
Amendment # 1214, Arrington (TX), Tenney (NY), Jackson (TX): Prohibits DOD funds from being used for the operation of aircraft to transport Palestinian refugees to the U.S.
Amendment # 1252, Wallberg (MI): This amendment requires a report from the Secretary of Defense within 180 days and on an annual basis thereafter regarding the number of instances in which undocumented immigrants attempt to enter a military installation.

H.R.7755 - Stateless Protection Act of 2024: To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes.

S.3987 - Stateless Protection Act of 2024: To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes.

H.R.1325 - Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023: This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, such individuals are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice.

H.R. 3602 - End The Border Catastrophe Act: To secure the borders of the United States, and for other purposes.

S.4361 - Border Act of 2024: A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combating fentanyl for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Refugee Protection Act of 2024 (not yet introduced): To provide for the admission and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable individuals, to provide for the processing of refugees and asylum seekers in the Western Hemisphere, and to modify certain special immigrant visa programs, and for other purposes.

Destination Reception Act (not yet introduced) - Establish the Destination Reception Services Program New Arrival Services Board in the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and to authorize a grant program to provide funding for medium-term services to asylum seekers and parolees in destination States and localities. The grant program would promote self-sufficiency; reduce costs of extended emergency shelter; maximize benefit to new arrivals and host communities; provide diversion from homelessness; and promote the effective navigation and compliance of the immigration process.

A Proclamation on Securing the Border and IFR: Encouraged the administration to rescind the rule. The new policy will bar access to asylum for most people arriving between ports of entry when the number of apprehensions reaches a certain level. It imposes additional uncertainties and obstacles to asylum building upon existing restrictive policies already in place. The Rule flouts domestic asylum law and the United States obligations under the Refugee Convention, and will face immediate legal challenge in the courts.

Affirmative Asylum Processing: urged a number of recommendations to improve processing of affirmative asylum claims before USCIS.

Asylum Ban (Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule): Encouraged the administration to terminate the rule, increase processing of asylum seekers at ports of entry.

Humanitarian parole processing improvements and humanitarian parole programs: Encouraged the State Department to improve humanitarian parole process, including adjudication and ensuring that USCIS adjudicators receive special training.

Asylum Processing Rule: Encouraged the administration to make amendments and crucial updates in finalizing the asylum processing rule. Requested data regarding operation of the policy.

Families in Expedited Removal Program: encouraged the administration to cease use of expedited removal for families or if continuing to use this program to lengthen time deadlines for people to have meaningful access to counsel. Requested data regarding operation of the policy.

Credible Fear in BP Custody: Encouraged administration to cease conducting credible fear interviews for individuals in BP custody. Requested data regarding operation of the policy.

Funding to Panama for deportations: Encouraged the administration and State Department to not provide funding to Panamas government to conduct deportations, and to ensure oversight of any removals are done with observance of non-refoulement obligations.

ICE Detention: Urged end to use of solitary confinement in ICE custody, reduction in bed numbers, and individualized case release consideration.

Work Permit Processing: Urged the publication of a final rule to extend the automatic validity period of work permits.

Haiti: Urged end of interdiction policy to screen and return Haitians interdicted at sea, end of detention of Haitians at Guantanamo, redesignation and extension of TPS, halt all deportation flights due to conditions on ground.

Mali: Urged designation of TPS and Special Student Relief (SSR) due to ongoing armed conflict.

Yemen: Urged the administration to provide an 18-month extension and redesignation of TPS due to the ongoing armed conflict and other extraordinary and temporary conditions preventing a safe return for Yemenis currently in the United States.

Lebanon: Urged the administration to designate Lebanon for TPS due to the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions afflicting the country.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office, Defense - Dept of (DOD), State - Dept of (DOS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

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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.

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S.3854 - International Freedom Protection Act: To combat transnational repression abroad, to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and development, and for other purposes

H.R.8282 - Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act: To impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.

S.224 - Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act of 2023: To impose sanctions with respect to associates of the International Criminal Court engaged in investigations of personnel in the United States and its allies

Global Magnitsky sanctions: Encouraged improved use of Global Magnitsky sanctions domestically and coordination with foreign governments implementing similar-style sanctions programs.

Section 7031(c): Called for greater transparency around the use of visa restrictions under the Section 7301(c) authority.

Civil society engagement in targeted sanctions: Encouraged Treasury and State Department officials to engage regularly with civil society groups on recommendations for potential sanctions targets for foreign individuals and entities involved in serious human rights abuses and/or corruption.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office

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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.

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16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 463: Children Have Opportunities in Classrooms Everywhere Act This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with elementary or secondary school. The bill also allows certain federal funds for elementary and secondary education to follow a student from a low-income household to the public school that the student attends or for tax-exempt educational expenses.

H.R. 734: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls. Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls.

H.R. 6031: Safe Schools Improvement Act To address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.

H.Res. 733: Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States. This resolution expresses concern about the practice of book banning in the United States.

H.R. 6830: "Books Save Lives Act To require certain libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6576: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2023 To improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.

S. 3214: Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for law enforcement officers in schools. It also establishes a grant program to replace law enforcement officers in schools with personnel and services that support mental health and trauma-informed services.

H.R.5936: Protecting Students Civil Rights Act his bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to take certain actions to ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs or activities. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to designate at least one employee to coordinate compliance with federal civil rights.

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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.

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16. Specific lobbying issues

S.4638 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025: This bill authorizes FY2025 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill authorizes appropriations, but does not provide budget authority, which is provided by appropriations legislation.

Amendment #34, Rosendale (MT): Prohibits TRICARE from covering and the Department of Defense from furnishing sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone treatments for individuals that identify as transgender.
Amendment #188, Banks (IN): Amends Sec. 529B of the FY2024 NDAA to make the hiring freeze for diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs in the Department permanent.
Amendment #195, Hageman (WY): Prohibits reassignment for the purpose of providing service members or their dependents with access to gender transition procedures
Amendment #245, Davidson (OH), Ogles (TN), Biggs (AZ): Reduces the diversity, equity, and inclusion personnel grade cap in Public Law 118-31 from GS-10 to GS-1.
Amendment #253, Davidson (OH), Duncan (SC), Ogles (TN), Nehls (TX): Requires the Secretary of State to ensure no United States diplomatic or consular post flies any flag other than the United States flag over such post. Identical to H.R. 146, the Old Glory Only Act (118th Congress).
Amendment #254, Alford (MO): Abolishes the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office within the Department of Defense and any DEI offices within the military services.
Amendment #425, Steube (FL): This amendment would restrict DoD social media from endorsing any holiday or time period celebrating LGBTQ+ activity.
Amendment #467, Norman (SC): Elimination of race-based courses at the Service Academies.
Amendment #471, Norman (SC): Prohibits the provision of gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Medical Program.
Amendment #476, Norman (SC): Eliminates any offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Armed Forces and Department of Defense along with the personnel in said offices.
Amendment #634, Grothman (WI): This amendment prohibits Service Academies from utilizing funds authorized in the bill to create or operate offices that practice or promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Amendment #656, Tiffany (WI): Prohibits the Department of Defense, or any entity receiving funding from the Department of Defense, from intentionally discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any person or entity based in whole or in part on race
Amendment #674, Greene (GA): Prohibits funding for DEI.
Amendment #719, Grothman (WI): Prohibits the Department from interpreting merit to include consideration of race.
Amendment #742, Higgins (LA), Roy (TX), Duncan (SC) Tenney (NY): Eliminates the position of Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense and prohibits the establishment of any substantially similar position
Amendment #1036, Banks (IN): Terminates the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACODAI) and prohibits renewing the committee until a report with extensive details about the committee's cost and actions are provided.
Amendment #1052, Steube (FL): This amendment prohibits the availability of funds for race-based theories in Department of Defense education activity schools.
Amendment #1060, McCormick (GA): Prohibits funds authorized by this Act from being used by Military Service Academies to award academic degrees or certificates in the subjects of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Amendment #1081, Gosar (AZ): Prohibits drag shows and drag story hours on military bases
Amendment #1089, Williams (TX): Prohibits funding of companies who function to demonetize domestic entities based on their lawful speech.
Amendment #1120, Steube (FL): Prohibits DODEA from purchasing, displaying, or maintaining material that promotes radical gender ideology or pornographic content.
Amendment #1134, Brecheen (OK): Prohibits drag shows, drag queen story hours, and similar events.
Amendment #1137, Steube (FL): Prohibits the use of DEI practices within the DoD for selection, recruitment, retention, or any other duty- or service-oriented assignment.
Amendment #1164, Aderholt (AL), Tenney (NY): Provides conscience protections for TRICARE coverage of assisted reproductive technology.
Amendment #1200, Mills (FL): Directs Secretary of Defense to submit a report regarding the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion to include an overview of the appointment process, how the Department ensures views are "fairly balanced," and other items.
Amendment #1243, Boebert (CO): Abolish the office of the Deputy Inspector General for Diversity and Extremism
Amendment ##1244, Boebert (CO): Prohibition on federal funding for pornographic and radical gender ideology books at DoDEA schools
Amendment ##1245, Boebert (CO): Require DoD to produce a report regarding the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on Pride Month celebrations compared to Veterans Day and Memorial Day celebrations.
Amendment ##1247, Boebert (CO): Reinstate President Trumps presidential memorandum Military Service by Transgender Individuals
Amendment ##1248, Boebert (CO): Prohibit GSA from considering access to gender-affirming care when picking federal site locations.
Amendment #1321, Luna (FL), Banks (IN): Prohibits promotion of CRT and race-based theories.
Amendment #1327, Boebert (CO): Prohibits federal funding for Countering Extremist Activity Working Group or implement any recommendations from them.
Amendment #1382, Mills (FL): Strikes exemption that allows military chain of command or senior civilian leadership to approve the display of unapproved flags at military installations (anti-LGBTQ+).

Insurrection Act Reform

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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.

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H.R. 8035 - Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024: Making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Amendment #49, Greene (GA): Reduces every dollar amount in the bill to zero.
Amendment # 137, Cammack (FL): Eliminate all non-military funding related to Ukraine.

These amendments strike some or all funding from the bill, including the section of the supplemental that provides vital funds for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance (REA) account and extends authorization of refugee and mainstream benefits for arriving Ukrainians entering through the Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program.

H.R. 8752 - Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

Ensure key programs are funded adequately to support processing and benefits to people seeking asylum, and the functioning of relevant agencies including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within DHS
and against funding to increase immigration detention and increase in the number of Border Patrol agents, or to otherwise undermine the due process and fair functioning of the asylum system.

H.R. 8771 - Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

In support of robust funding for refugee protection, resettlement, and related accounts including the Migration Refugee Assistance (MRA), Emergency Refugee Migration Assistance (ERMA) and International Development Assistance (IDA) accounts that would support the refugee admissions program, provide overseas humanitarian assistance to displaced people, and bolster integration programs for refugees, Ukrainian and Afghan parolees, and others.

Amendment #90, Crow (CO) - Authorizes 20,000 visas for the Afghan SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) Program.
Amendment #91, Crow (CO) - Ensures funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and fees available for obligation during FY25 in the Consular and Border Security Programs account shall be made available for additional Department of State personnel necessary to eliminate processing backlogs and expedite adjudication of Afghan SIV cases.
Amendment #94, Crow (CO) - Amends Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to extend the SIV program through 2029.

H.R. 9026 - Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

Support the due process and fair functioning of relevant agencies including the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) and legal orientation programs.

Advocate for funding to improve our hate crime prevention response.

H.R. 9029 - Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

Support funding for the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).

Oppose all provisions in and amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations bills that would impede the federal governments ability to effectively serve all Americans and advance equal opportunity and civil rights. Federal programs that increase access to opportunity for Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Indigenous people; women; people with disabilities; LGBTQ+ people; and people from minority religious communities are necessary to strengthen our economy and secure our multi-racial democracy. This includes opposing any anti-LGBTQ+ language or language that would prohibit federal agencies from funding diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) programs.

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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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