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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 25 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 330 |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 14256-12
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6. House ID# 300530000
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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
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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: Julie Kirchner, Executive Director |
Date | 01/25/2013 |
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
See attached.
S. 3639 by Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jon Kyl, and John McCain: creates a new, tiered nonimmigrant visa program, the W-visa, that puts illegal aliens on a path to a green card and subsequent citizenship.
S. 1925 by Sen. Pat Leahy: contained a provision that would increase the number of U visas by tens of thousands over the course of several years.
H.R. 6429 by Rep. Lamar Smith: eliminates the visa lottery by reallocating the 55,000 green cards available under the program to two new employment-based visa categories, the EB-6 and EB-7
H.R. 6025 by Rep. Candice Miller: requires the DHS Secretary to update Congress on the number of miles of land and maritime border that are under operational control. The bill also requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the estimated number of unlawful entries along land and maritime borders of the United States using the same methodology and terminology as was used during fiscal years 2008 to 2010 to guarantee consistency in reporting methods
H.R. 915 by Rep. Henry Cuellar: legislation that authorizes the appropriation of $10 million for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 for the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) program within the Department of Homeland Security.
H.R. 5855 by Rep. Robert Aderholt: annual funding bill through which Congress appropriated money to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Funding is used to pay for the salaries and expenses of all DHS employees, as well as all programs implemented by the department.
H.R. 4119 by Rep. Silvestre Reyes: legislation that makes it a federal crime to attempt or conspire to use, construct, or finance underground tunnels that bypass U.S. international borders. Penalties for attempt and conspiracy are the same as existing penalties for use, construction, and financing of border tunnels. The bill also amends existing federal law to add activities relating to construction or use of international border tunnels to the list of offenses which can be investigated via wiretapping by federal agencies.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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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Stein |
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Kirchner |
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Dansereau |
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Allison |
Burzlaff |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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
27. Add the following 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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2 | 4 | 6 |