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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 7525 8th St NW |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20012 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Denver |
State | CO |
Zip Code | 80203 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 401103457-12
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6. House ID# 427340001
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2020 |
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: Rachel Graber |
Date | 10/2/2020 8:39:35 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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.2259/H.R.5041, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019 - reauthorization of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), which is core funding for domestic violence shelters, state/territorial domestic violence coalitions (seeking to add tribal coalitions), the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH), and population-specific resource centers. We are seeking an increase in authorization and changes to the formula to improve access for all communities. We are also attempting to both authorize and secure supplemental funding for a new program through the FVPSA office in ACF for culturally-specific organizations that provide domestic violence and/or sexual assault services.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we successfully sought supplemental funding for FVPSA and NDVH and continue to seek supplemental funding for FVPSA.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rachel |
Graber |
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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 FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, contains firearms-related provisions: prohibiting dating violence misdemeanants and respondents to dating violence protective orders from possessing firearms; prohibiting stalking misdemeanants from possessing firearms; prohibiting respondents to ex parte domestic and dating violence protective orders from possessing firearms; clarifying that convictions under municipal law for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence triggers the prohibitor; requiring the FBI to notify local and state law enforcement and prosecutors when someone fails a firearms background check due to a domestic violence or stalking prohibitor; adding a purpose area to the STOP and Improving the Criminal Justice Response grants to allow law enforcement to develop policies and protocols to recover, store, and return firearms in domestic violence cases when ordered by a judge; appointing domestic violence points of contact in the US Attorney's and ATF field offices; and cross-deputizing local prosecutors and local law enforcement as Special Assistant US Attorneys and ATF agents respectively for the purpose of enforcing federal domestic violence firearms prohibitors. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives; it has stalled in the Senate.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rachel |
Graber |
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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 IND
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, contains a tribal title, which expands special tribal jurisdiction to include sexual assault, child abuse that co-occurs with domestic violence, and assaults on tribal law enforcement officers. It also aims to increase tribal access to federal criminal databases and to research the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. S.2920, another VAWA reauthorization bill, undermines the integrity of Tribal courts, and we oppose it. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives. We are also promoting supplemental funding for tribal governments during the COVID-19 emergency to provide domestic violence and sexual assault services.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rachel |
Graber |
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2019, reauthorizes grant programs that fund law enforcement, including the STOP and Improving the Criminal Justice Response grants, and adds new purpose areas. These include the use of grant funds to develop policies and protocols to recover, store, and return firearms in domestic violence cases in accordance with court orders and to provide alternatives to the traditional justice system when doing so desired by the victim and when such alternatives do not compromise victim or community safety. It also establishes new crimes (dating violence and stalking firearms prohibitors) and discourages compelling victim testimony in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases. It also addresses reforming the prison system to be more responsive to the needs of women. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives. We also support S.2843, which is the companion to H.R.1585. We are on hiatus from working with the Senate on a bipartisan compromise bill.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are also seeking supplemental appropriations for STOP grants to distributed exclusively to victim service providers and other Violence Against Women Act grants to improve survivors' access to safety and justice. Moreover, we are seeking provisions in the next supplemental appropriations bill to increase deposits into the Crime Victims Fund and waive grant matching requirements. We are also preparing to push it through other mechanisms, including in appropriations bills. We are expanding the bill to also increase the percentage of state victim compensation funds that the federal government matches from 60% to 75%, plus an extra 7.5% that would result from a change in the way OVC addresses state restitution.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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 |
Rachel |
Graber |
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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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843 includes a number of provisions to improve housing access for victims and survivors of domestic violence. It clarifies what a covered housing provider is, prohibits covered housing providers from evicting survivors based on the criminal activities of abusive partners, and, in case of a 'family breakup,' requires covered housing providers to allow survivors to establish their eligibility for housing assistance or give them 180 days to establish eligibility or find new housing. It requires HUD to establish an emergency transfer process that prioritizes emergency transfers over non-emergency transfers and waiting lists and to establish a Violence Against Women Director within HUD. It prohibits jurisdictions receiving VAWA grants from penalizing survivors who call law enforcement, and developing memoranda of understanding re: emergency transfers between covered housing providers participating in local continua of care. It also reauthorizes transitional housing grants. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives, and S.2843 is its companion bill.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we are asking for supplemental funding for programs that provide housing for survivors such as VAWA transitional housing and the HUD DV bonus.
We have also submitted comments opposing HUD's rollback of the equal access rule.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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Graber |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843 reauthorizes funding for ensuring healthcare providers are able to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking across the lifespan. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives, and S.2843 is its companion bill.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we are asking that all people, regardless of immigration status, have access to free COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination.
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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Rachel |
Graber |
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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
We lobby to raise the budget caps, to increase funding for non-defense discretionary funding, to have a high 302(b) allocation for CJS and LHHS, for full funding for VAWA and FVSPA, and for a disbursement from the Crime Victims Fund of at least the average of the previous three years' deposits with a set-aside for Tribes. We are also hoping to include a provision to increase deposits into the Crime Victims Fund in the FY'21 CJS bill.
During the COVID-19, we are also lobbying for supplemental appropriations for both VAWA and FVPSA to improve domestic violence programs' capacity to serve more survivors while also following guidelines about social distancing.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rachel |
Graber |
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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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843 increases the authorization for grants to campuses to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. It also requires a GAO study into best practices for campus responses to sexual assault and prohibits DOE from promulgating rules until the study has been completed. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives, and S.2843 is its companion bill.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rachel |
Graber |
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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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843 includes provisions providing employment protections for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. It increases the authorization to the National Resource Center on Workplace Responses, and provides that states cannot deny unemployment compensation to someone who voluntarily leaves their job as a result of experiencing violence. It also requires two studies, one on the impact of gender-based violence on higher education retention rates and one on barriers survivors face to maintaining economic security. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives, and S.2843 is its companion bill.
In response to COVID-19, we are asking that Congress includes a mechanism to ensure survivors in undisclosed locations and survivors who have recently separated from an abuser receive their stimulus check and to provide stimulus checks to people who pay taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. We are also asking that survivors have access to paid safe leave.
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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Rachel |
Graber |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1585/S.2843 includes provisions providing employment protections for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. It increases the authorization to the National Resource Center on Workplace Responses, and provides that states cannot deny unemployment compensation to someone who voluntarily leaves their job as a result of experiencing violence. H.R.1585 passed the House of Representatives, and S.2843 is its companion bill.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we are also advocating for access to paid safe leave for survivors.
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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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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
During the COVID-19 crisis, we are asking that immigration enforcement be halted, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide more flexibility with regard to immigration procedural requirements, that deportation of survivors with pending humanitarian applications be prohibited, and that DHS automatically extend or renew the statuses and work authorization that have expired or will expire during the crisis.
We have also recently submitted multiple comments on proposed USCIS rules that are harmful for survivors.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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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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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