LD-2 Disclosure Form

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

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

2. Address

Address1

1156 15TH STREET, NW, SUITE 915

Address2

City

WASHINGTON

State

Zip Code

20005

Country

USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City

Baltimore

State

Zip Code

21215

Country

USA

4a. Contact Name		b. Telephone Number	c. E-mail
Mr.	HILARY O. SHELTON	2024632940	hoshelton@naacpnet.org

5. Senate ID#

48975-12

7. Client Name	Self	Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

6. House ID#

345850000

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.

Support S. 331 / HR 963, which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assetts
Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB
Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance
Support HR 4254, the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019. This legislation will address the most abusive provisions of todays typical overdraft coverage
Support the development of any proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are developed carefully and refrain from enacting reforms that would undercut CRAs effectiveness
Support the letter drafted by Senator Brown to the CFPB regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). Urge the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators
Support real-time payments; support efforts by the Federal Reserve to develop a real-time payment plan; support the inclusion of civil right protections in any and all real-time payment plans

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System

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Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding
Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020
Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program
Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations and that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act
Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations; that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act; full funding for the Second Chance Act; increase funding for the Comprehensive Opioid assisted treatment; and expand access to the medication-assisted treatment. Oppose funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; the COPS hiring program; the Byrne-JAG program; and the Drug Enforcement Administration / Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force program
Support lifting the budget caps to increase funding above sequestration levels (lower than FY19 funding) that are in place now for FY20, and to provide a robust FY20 funding allotment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill that supports important criminal justice reform programs including the Violence Against Women Office, the COPS office, and the Second Chance Act
Support the House-passed $8.45 billion for the Census Bureau, which includes $7.5 billion in dedicated funding for the 2020 Census. This funding recommendation reflects what stakeholders believe the Census Bureau needs to conduct a successful 2020 Census, enabling the agency to meet unique challenges facing the nations first high-tech census.
Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program.
Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems
Support an increase of $69 million in funding for the Department Of Labors Wage and Hour Division
Support the Ocasio-Cortez amendment to the House Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations bill which would increasing funding for overdose treatment while reducing funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Oppose the proposal by the Senate Appropriators to cut $1.3 billion from the Pell Grant program.

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL)

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Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis
Oppose the proposed reconsideration of the supplemental finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants
Support H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would require that the United States remain a partner in and part of the 2016 Paris agreement on climate change.
Oppose the revised definition of Waters of the United States

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), White House Office

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Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination
Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation
Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation
Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions
Support Reparations for Americans of African decent; support HR 40 / S.1038
Support HR 5 / S 788, which expands civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community; support the Equality Act;
Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561
Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591
Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645
Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
Support HRes 41, a resolution rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy
Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act
Support Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and oppose attacks against her
Support S. Res. 253 / H Res 448, commemorating Juneteenth (June 19)
Support Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib against racist attacks from President Trump.
Support H.J.Res. 38,which would remove the deadline put on the 1972 ERA to allow ratification after the 38th state votes to ratify
Support major technology companies to make the following commitments: create a real plan to address the fostering of hate on their online platforms. Companies must implement consistent and sophisticated content policies that clarify how they will address white nationalism and white supremacy. They must share how these policies will be implemented to ensure users due process rights are upheld; Condemn President Trumps hate-filled statements and actions toward people of color, immigrants, Muslims and other religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQ community; Acknowledge that so-called predictive technologies are not able to predict instances of mass violence and that these technologies have often been damaging to marginalized communities; Acknowledge that foreign actors, including Russian operatives, have and continue to use online platforms to influence our elections, have used platforms to suppress voting in violation of U.S. law, and may attack the integrity of the 2020 Census; Reaffirm their commitment to increasing the diversity of employment in the tech industry in all jobs so that marginalized communities are part of the creation and implementation of online products
Support H.Con.Res. 59, which recognizes the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Black women in comparison to men.
Oppose the Hold their Feet to the Fire event held by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and call on Members of Congress not to validate the event by participating and call on all members to denounce the anti-immigrant positions.
Support Spier amendment A003 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A003 would require that eligibility to serve in the armed services be gender-neutral and not depend on n individual's race, color, natural origin religion or gender (including gender identity or sexual preference.)
Support H. Res. 489, condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress. Oppose the motion to strike the Speaker's words from the record regarding this resolution
Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Education - Dept of, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)

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Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation.
Support Lifeline.
Oppose the proposed cap on the Universal Services Fund
Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people.
Support S. 2344, legislation which would to direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry
Support major technology companies to make the following commitments: create a real plan to address the fostering of hate on their online platforms. Companies must implement consistent and sophisticated content policies that clarify how they will address white nationalism and white supremacy. They must share how these policies will be implemented to ensure users due process rights are upheld; Condemn President Trumps hate-filled statements and actions toward people of color, immigrants, Muslims and other religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQ community; Acknowledge that so-called predictive technologies are not able to predict instances of mass violence and that these technologies have often been damaging to marginalized communities; Acknowledge that foreign actors, including Russian operatives, have and continue to use online platforms to influence our elections, have used platforms to suppress voting in violation of U.S. law, and may attack the integrity of the 2020 Census; Reaffirm their commitment to increasing the diversity of employment in the tech industry in all jobs so that marginalized communities are part of the creation and implementation of online products
Regarding a reply comment to MB Docket No. 18-349; FCC 18-179 - 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review: oppose the Commissions proposals to modify or eliminate the Local Radio Ownership Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network Rule

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), White House Office

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Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB
Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule
Support HR 3948, the The Debt Collection Harmonization Act which expands consumer protection laws to include debts owed to the US government and ensures that civil damages awarded for abusive practices are adjusted for inflation. Finally, the bill also bars private debt collectors from going after debts related to natural disasters.
Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office

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Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program
Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51 / S. 631
Support the House Oversight Committee moving forward with H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admissions Act for consideration by the full United States House of Representatives.

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - Dept of, White House Office

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Any reauthorization of the Higher Education act (HEA) must: ensure that students have a clear and straightforward path to complete loan discharges when the school they attended has been engaged in widespread misconduct, including misrepresentation or fraud; allow for the gainful employment regulation to be maintained and fully implemented; maintain the existing protections of the 90-10 rule and should restore the 85-15 threshold while closing the Department of Defense /Veterans Affairs loophole; Prohibit abusive sales tactics by colleges; and minimizes waste, fraud and abuse in higher education, as well as protects students, their families and the taxpaying public from predatory colleges
Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people
Support S. 672 / HR 1571, the Debt-Free College Act of 2019 which proposes a state-federal partnership which leverages the nations public higher education system to make debt-free college access a reality.
Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program
Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process
Support public school construction, repair and renovation; support HR 865 / S 266
Support the rmoval of the question regarding minor drug infractions from the Financial Aid Form; support provisions in HR 1571 / S 672
Support expanding Pell Grant availability and funding, including allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants; Support HR 2068 / S1074
Support making college more affordable and limiting the amount of debt accumulated; support HR 1571 / S 672
Support HR 3887 / S 2235, the Student Loan Debt Relief Act, which would cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for every borrower.
Suppot S. 867 / HR 3512, the PROTECT Students Act, to boost consumer protection and accountability by codifying the student borrower defense rule; the gainful employment rule, by closing the DI loophole and restoring the 90/10 rule to 85/15, strengthening the employment compensation ban and limiting the use of funds for marketing to and recruitment of students; and creating new rules for colleges that convert from for-profit companies to non-profit schools
Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program.
Support the S. 888 / HR 2321, Understanding the True Cost of College Act, which, would solve the major problem in that colleges are too often unclear about the amount, type, and obligations of aid they're providing to students.
Support HR 1591, the 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act. This bill would create a $40 million grant program for local districts and schools to improve the participatiThe final guidance interpreting the Opportunities and Responsibilities for State and Local Report Cards under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 should 1) require that all data included in the report cards be disaggregated by student group; 2) provide clearer guidance on how to report per-pupil expenditures; 3) ensure that report cards are uniformly formatted and accessible to families and communities; and 4) reinsert information (from previous guidance proposal) that clarifies ESSA requirements and best practices for supporting educational equity.on of girls and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.
Support S. 1338 / HR 2563 , the Ban the Box for Higher Education Act, which would remove barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal or juvenile justice histories
Support S. 1337 / HR 2353 ,the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The legislation would authorize and fund the prison education reforms started by the Obama Administration, as well as expand on those reforms to ensure equitable access to education programs across all as federal prisons. The bill would also provide resources to state departments of corrections as those agencies expand prison education opportunities, and it would address eligible incarcerated veterans access to education benefits.
Support S. 1911, THE 21ST Century SKILLS Act, which establishes accounts for American workers to access skilled training opportunities.
Support HR 3667 / S 2070, the Summer Meals and Learning Act, which allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months, with support from public librarians.
Support safe, healthy, and inclusive environment for school cultures including: ensuring the rights of students, encouraging schools to implement comprehensive and supportive discipline practices; addressing childhood trauma; enhancing protections against harassment and discrimination at school; ensuring accountability through accurate and comprehensive data collection; investing in school infrastructures that support positive school climates; eliminating school-based law enforcement; and eliminating threats to students health and safety
Support HR / S ,the Eliminating Discrimination and Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success (Ed ACCESS) Act of 2019, which would remove the lifetime ban on the American Opportunity Tax Credit (HOPE Scholarship Tax Credit) for individuals convicted of a drug felony
Support HR 4584, the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act, or FAFSA, which rescinds current law delaying or denying federal financial aid to students convicted of drug offenses
Oppose the proposal by the Senate Appropriators to cut $1.3 billion from the Pell Grant program
Support H.R. 2486, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act. This legislation will ensure a continued funding of $288 million annually for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
Support S 2235 / H.R.3387, the Student Loan Debt Relief Act. Upon enactment, this bill would help eliminate up to $50,000 in student loan debt for as many as 42 million Americans, providing debt relief to 95% of student borrowers, including cancelling student debt entirely for 75% of borrowers

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - Dept of, White House Office

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Support S. 331 / HR 963 which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets
Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB
Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis Support the ATR-QM rule coinciding with the expiration of the GSE Patch; support the elimination Eliminate the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio threshold and the associated Appendix Q; Support maintaining and enhancing the existing ATR regulatory language; and maintaining the existing QM statutory safe product restrictions that prohibit certain risky loan features (e.g., no terms over 30 years, no negative amortization, no interest-only payments, no balloon payments, documented and verified income, etc.).to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance
Support HR 4254, the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019. This legislation will address the most abusive provisions of todays typical overdraft coverage
Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA)
Support the development of any proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are developed carefully and refrain from enacting reforms that would undercut CRAs effectiveness
Support the letter drafted by Senator Brown to the CFPB regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). The letter urged the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators
Oppose the CFPBs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). Urge the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators
Support a letter by Congressman Meeks and Senator Brown to OCC Comptroller Otting, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, and FDIC Chair McWilliams which says that any updates to the Community Reinvestment Act must be consistent with its original purpose of bringing financial services and credit access to low-income and underserved communities that continue to bear the legacy of redlining and blatant discrimination
Support real-time payments; support efforts by the Federal Reserve to develop a real-time payment plan; support the inclusion of civil right protections in any and all real-time payment plans

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), White House Office, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

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Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111
SuupportHR 2404, to end all trade and travel embargoes against Cuba

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

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Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.
Support H.R. 1186, the Keep Americans Safe Act, which would establish a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD)
Support H.R. 1236, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 which encourages states to allow family members or law enforcement officials to petition a judge to temporarily remove firearms from an individual in crisis
Support H.R. 2708, the Disarm Hate Act which closes the Violent Hate Crimes Loophole that permits the sale of firearms to individuals who have been convicted of threatening with a deadly weapon or assaulting someone based on their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), White House Office

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Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm
Support the provision in HR 1, the Voting Rights / Election protection bill which mirrors the Democracy Restoration Act which restores the right to vote to formerly incarcerated people
Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20
Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1
Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites
Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561
Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591
Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645
Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote
Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51
Support campaign Finance Reform; support HR1
Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196
Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 111
Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act
Support the House-passed $8.45 billion for the Census Bureau, which includes $7.5 billion in dedicated funding for the 2020 Census. This funding recommendation reflects what stakeholders believe the Census Bureau needs to conduct a successful 2020 Census, enabling the agency to meet unique challenges facing the nations first high-tech census.
Support the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which would end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S.
Support a bipartisan and independent U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
Support S. Res. 253 / H Res 448, commemorating Juneteenth (June 19)
Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of honor posthumously to Damon Keith
Support HR 3654, the Correct the Census Act, which prohibits prison gerrymandering and requires incarcerated people to be counted by the deciannual census at their last known residence rather than at their prison location.
Support HR 3509 / s 1980, the LGBT Data Inclusion Act which requires federal agencies to gather information on sexual orientation and gender identity when conducting federal population surveys, including the critical decennial census
Oppose any amendments to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill for FY2020 which may take money away from the Census Bureau
Support HR 2722, the Securing Americas Federal Elections or SAFE Act. As drafted, the SAFE Act provides resources to ensure that our elections are secure and accurate for the foreseeable future.
Support H. Res. 2, the Democracy for All Amendment, which would be the 28th amendment to the Constitution, and would overturn Supreme Court cases such as Citizens United, which have created the system of pay-to-play big money politics
support the House Administration Committee hold a hearing that features representatives from the voting system vendors to answer questions regarding their security and marketing practices
Support H. Res. 556, to designate this September as National Voting Rights Month AND to urge Congress to pass H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, and H.R. 2722, the Securing Americas Federal Elections (SAFE) Act and to require the US Department of Treasury to issue a special stamp honoring Fannie Lou Hamer stamp during the month of September and to recognize Americans who fought for voting rights
Oppose nomination of Steven Menashi to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Support H. Res. 489, condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress. Oppose the motion to strike the Speaker's words from the record regarding this resolution
Support H. Res. 497, which recommends that the House find Attorney General William P/ Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena relating to the 2020 Census.
Support H Res 576, which demands the immediate transmittal to the congressional intelligence committees of the whistle-blower complaint received by the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community on August 12, 2019
Support S J res. 54, which terminates the national emergency related to the U.S.-Mexico border, declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
Oppose the nominations of Steven Grimberg to the Northern District of Georgia and Ada Brown to the Northern District of Texas
Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), White House Office, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Bureau of the Census, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

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Support the finalization of the proposed rule by the FDA that would ban electric skin shock devices
Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities
Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions
Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) programs
Support the Affordable Care Act; oppose all attempts to repeal it either in part or in whole
Oppose the Medicaid provisions in the proposed safe harbor rule and support keeping the safe harbor in place for supplemental rebates negotiated by Medicaid MCOs
Support Congressman Pallones bill to reverse the youth tobacco epidemic by putting graphic warnings on cigarette packages; extends the rules around advertising and sales commonly associated with traditional cigarettes to the sale, distribution, and use of all cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes extends the FDAs authority to all tobacco products; raises the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product to 21; prohibits remote retail sales of all tobacco products; prohibits the flavoring of all tobacco products, including menthol; provides the FDA with new authority to collect fees from all tobacco products; regulates products containing synthetic nicotine; makes it illegal to market e-cigarettes to individuals under the age of 21
Support HR 207, the Stop the Violence Act. HR 207 would require the Secretary of HHS to select 10 existing violence prevention programs to receive federal dollars in the form of a grant. These organizations provide wraparound services for victims of violent crime while they are recovering from their injuries.
Support S 1129 / HR 1384, which would allow Medicare for all
Support the concepts that Health care is a human right; Systemic issues preventing health equity must be dismantled; Individuals must not be discriminated against in the delivery or quality of health care; Health care coverage must be affordable for all people; Benefit design must not be discriminatory; Health care should be high quality and patient-centered; and Health reform must address social determinants of health.
Support the RISE (Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion) from Trauma Act (S.1770/H.R. 3180), which would expand and support trauma-informed workforce in schools, health care settings, social services, first responders, and the justice system, and increase resources for communities to address the impact of trauma.
Oppose Section 207 of S 1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019. Section 207 seeks to remove long-standing quality standards requirements for the most advanced prescription medicines sold in the United States, biologics and biosimilars
Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments

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Oppose the separation of families who are seeking asylum in the U.S.
Support HR 3106, the Domestic Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act or the Domestic Terrorism DATA Act which requires the FBI, DOJ, and DHS to produce an annual, unclassified joint report that provides the following: data on domestic terrorist incidents; assessments, investigations, indictments, prosecutions, and convictions with a domestic terrorism nexus; and the number of full-time staff working on domestic terrorism employed by DOJ and DHS
Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE
Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments.

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Support S. 331 / HR 963, which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
Support S. 787 / HR 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill
Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions.
Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149
Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems
Support FHFAs activities to make their mortgage loan products more accessible to Americans with Limited English Proficiency.
Support $5 billion for the National Low Income Trust and $15 billion to rehabilitate the public housing stock and that housing be included in any omnibus infrastructure plan
Support s. 2076 / hr 3685 which is a comprehensive reform of eviction and screening policies for federal housing assistance.
Oppose the CFPB proposal to raise the threshold for financial institutions to submit Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA) data. Support a letter by Chair Waters and Chair Velasquez in opposition to these changes. Support a letter by Ranking Member Brown in opposition to these changes
Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA.
Oppose the decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to remove the question about a borrowers language preference from the revised Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA)
FHA mortgages play a crucial role in providing and maintaining access to affordable and sustainable homeownership for LMI families and communities of color. If the Loan Sale Program continues in its current unregulated form, FHA borrowers and their communities remain at risk of further harm from non-compliant servicers and private equity loan purchasers. It is crucial that HUD implement strong protections both before and after loans are sold to prevent needless borrower displacement and neighborhood instability. HUD must develop and enforce robust protections for FHA borrowers and former borrowers affected by loan sales and mandate comprehensive data collection, including on fair housing issues, so that the impact of loan sales can be properly evaluated and problems addressed
Support the view that any effort to comprehensively reform Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs)-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-must recognize the importance of preserving and strengthening access to stable, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for American families. Oppose the Presidential Memorandum on the issue
Support the ATR-QM rule coinciding with the expiration of the GSE Patch; support the elimination Eliminate the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio threshold and the associated Appendix Q; Support maintaining and enhancing the existing ATR regulatory language; and maintaining the existing QM statutory safe product restrictions that prohibit certain risky loan features (e.g., no terms over 30 years, no negative amortization, no interest-only payments, no balloon payments, documented and verified income, etc.)
Oppose the Presidential Memorandum on Federal Housing Finance Reform released on 9-5-19 as it will increase the cost of a mortgage for everyone, especially families of color, low- to moderate-income families, and rural families
Any effort to comprehensively reform Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs)-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-must recognize the importance of preserving and strengthening access to stable, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for all American families
Support a letter by Senator Cortez Masto to FHFA Director Mark Calabria opposing his decision to remove the language preference and housing counseling information from the Uniform Residential Loan Application form
Support the administration continuing to make contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund as housing finance reform efforts move forward, including any capital restoration plan.

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Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation
Support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would put immigrant youth known as Dreamers and long-time beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on a roadmap to citizenship
Support the NO Ban Act, S. 1123, by Senator Coons (DE) and 2214 by Congresswoman Chu (CA) which prohibits the Muslim ban, the asylum ban, and extreme vetting
Oppose the Social Security Administration sending no match letters (letters sent to employers when the name and SSN on an employers records do not match those at SSA).
Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others; support HR 5
Support DREAMERs; support HR 5 / S 874
Support Alejandra, a 44-year-old transgender woman from El Salvador who requested asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border in November 2017 but has been held in immigration detention by ICE ever since.
Oppose Julie Kirchner for the position of Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Oppose H.R. 2820, the Dream Act of 2019, unless the discretionary bars based on juvenile adjudications or alleged or actual gang affiliation are removed.
Oppose nomination of Ken Cuccinelli to be Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)
Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA.
Support ending immigration detention without bail; support an end to the automatic deportation of individuals who have had contact with the criminallegal system; support ending the entanglement of local policing and immigration enforcement; and support decriminalizing migration by repealing laws that make migration a crime
Support Due Process Rights of Migrants in ICE custody
Oppose the Hold their Feet to the Fire event held by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and call on Members of Congress not to validate the event by participating and support Members of Congress releasing a public statement denouncing anti-immigrant bigotry.
Support Garcia (TX) amendment A051 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A051 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain unaccompanied minor children.
Support Ocasio-Cortez Amendment A052 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A052 would prohibit the President from deploying troops to the southern border to bolster immigration efforts.
Support Ocasio-Cortez amendment A053 to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A053 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain undocumented immigrants
Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE
Support HR 3239, which established humanitarian standards for individuals held in detention by ICE
Support HR 549, which extended Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan nationals
Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments.

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Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites

Support legislation to sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised on October 6, 1979; support HR 1514
Support HR 1585, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act, and oppose any weakening amendments
Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to add a priority to fund private school education with federal dollars through the Tribal Consultation on the Office of Indian Educations Demonstration Grants for Indian Children Program.
Support H.R. 1514, which would sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation.

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Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available
Oppose the private prison industry
Support HR 494, the Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program
Reauthorization Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program
Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people
Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1
Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding
Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms
Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020
Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs
Support Sentencing Retroactivity; support the elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences; support the establishment of a Second Look process that would allow anyone who has served 10 years or more to apply for resentencing before a decision-making body; support a further limitation on life without parole; support the elimination of juvenile life without parole; the expansion and increase in penalties for crimes involving synthetic drugs or increase mandatory minimums for fentanyl distribution make the flawed assumption that we can enforce and incarcerate our way out of the overdose crisis; support fixing the trial penalty (The trial penalty refers to the substantial difference between the sentence offered in a plea offer prior to trial versus the sentence a defendant receives after trial. This penalty is now so severe and pervasive that it has virtually eliminated the constitutional right to a trial); support reforms that should be considered include requiring meaningful overt acts to be held liable as a co-conspirator, support criminal sanction fees and fines do not exacerbate poverty by establishing national standards that enforce the Supreme Courts requirement that fines and fees account for a defendants ability to pay; support oversight and regulation of the use of confidential informants; support a close examination of supervision practices and sex and other public conviction registries; support the decriminalization of migration
Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process.
Support comprehensive sentencing reform; support HR 1047 / S 399
Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.
Support requiring sensitivity training of all law enforcement agents and independent reviews of the deadly use of force. Support HR 125 / S. 1938, the Police Training and Independent Review Act, which authorizes the U.S. Department of Justice to provide grants to States that: (a.) require training for law enforcement officers on fair and impartial policing and (b.) have enacted statutes that require an independent investigation and prosecution in cases where a law enforcement officers use of deadly force resulted in a death or injury.
Support the making lynching a hate crime, support HR 35 / S488
Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387
Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196
Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations and that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act
Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations; that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act; full funding for the Second Chance Act; increase funding for the Comprehensive Opioid assisted treatment; and expand access to the medication-assisted treatment. Oppose funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; the COPS hiring program; the Byrne-JAG program; and the Drug Enforcement Administration / Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force program
Oppose forced arbitration
Support HR 1585, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act, and oppose any weakening amendments
Support lifting the budget caps to increase funding above sequestration levels (lower than FY19 funding) that are in place now for FY20, and to provide a robust FY20 funding allotment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill that supports important criminal justice reform programs including the Violence Against Women Office, the COPS office, and the Second Chance Act
Support that the Department of Justice, when implementing the First Step Act of 2018, must be committed to implementing the bill in a manner consistent with the text of the statute and Congressional intent. Therefore, we urge the Department to ensure that: (1) An appropriate non-partisan non-profit host organization is selected to appoint and convene the members of the Independent Review Committee as required by the statute; (2) Neither the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) security classification system nor the current version of PCRA is adopted as a substitute for the new Risk and Needs Assessment System required by the statute; and (3) The Bureau of Prisons immediately begins providing rehabilitative programming
Support the Police Exercising Adequate Care With Everyone (PEACE) Act of 2019. This legislation would change the use of force standard from reasonable to necessary.
Support HR 207, the Stop the Violence Act. HR 207 would require the Secretary of HHS to select 10 existing violence prevention programs to receive federal dollars in the form of a grant. These organizations provide wraparound services for victims of violent crime while they are recovering from their injuries.
Support S. 1337 / HR 2353 ,the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The legislation would authorize and fund the prison education reforms started by the Obama Administration, as well as expand on those reforms to ensure equitable access to education programs across all as federal prisons. The bill would also provide resources to state departments of corrections as those agencies expand prison education opportunities, and it would address eligible incarcerated veterans access to education benefits.
Support S. 1338 / HR 2563 , the Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act, which would remove barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal or juvenile justice histories
Support S. 1557 / HR 2865, the Reverse Mass Incarceration bill , which incentivizes states to decrease their levels of incarceration. Specifically, states that reduce their prison population by 7% over 3 years without substantial increase in the overall crime rate would be eligible for grants disbursed by the Department of Justice.
Support HR 1456, the Marijuana Justice Act is groundbreaking legislation that would end the federal marijuana prohibition AND provide restorative justice for the communities that have been impacted the most by mass criminalization and over-incarceration.
Support 1455, the REFER (Restricting Excessive Federal Enforcement and Regulations of Cannabis) Act is legislation that would prevent federal agencies from using tax payer funds to interfere in state and local cannabis laws. It would also ban the use of federal funding by any agency to intrude in states and local municipalities that have updated their laws regarding cannabis use, possession, cultivation and distribution.
Support H Res. 163, the REPSECT (Realizing Equitable & Sustainable Participation in Emerging Cannabis Trades) Resolution will help communities of color benefit from and expand their foothold in the cannabis industry.
Support a moratorium on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology
Support H.R. 1949, which addresses the use of mandatory minimum sentences on all children in the federal criminal justice system. Under this measure, judges will consider how children are different from adult offenders prior to sentencing and will be allowed to depart up to 35 percent away from the otherwise applicable mandatory minimum sentence. Support H.R. 1950 - also known as Saras Law - which will allow judges to depart from any mandatory minimum sentence or suspend any portion of a sentence when a child has committed a crime against someone who has previously sex trafficked or sexually abused them. Support H.R. 1951, which will allow children sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for crimes committed before their 18th birthday to petition the original sentencing court for review of their sentence after they have served 20 years of their sentence.
Support Amendments to Increase Juvenile Justice Funding in H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020.
Support S. 2043 / HR 3545, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act which would promote more accurate hate crime data collection and assist hate crime victims and their communities.
Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people.
Oppose S.1622 - Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA) because rather than focusing resources on reducing overdose deaths from synthetic drugs, the bill would grant the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) broad authority within the scheduling process, increase sentences, and expose many more individuals to harsh penalties, including mandatory minimum sentences.
Support S 2434, the National Criminal Justice Act which would create a national commission with an 18-month timeline to examine and review the myriad of problems that exist in our current criminal justice system.
Support S. 2227 / H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act which will de-schedule marijuana and fund social equity programs for individuals and communities most harmed by the war on drugs. The bill would also provide a process for courts to expunge marijuana convictions and re-sentence people with marijuana convictions and establish that no person will be denied federal benefits on the basis of use or possession of marijuana. The bill prohibits immigration penalties based on marijuana. Finally, the bill creates a Cannabis Opportunity Trust Fund from federal marijuana tax revenue that will establish (1) the Community Reinvestment Grant Program to fund community organizations providing services in communities most harmed by the war on drugs; (2) the Cannabis Opportunity Program to fund Small Business Administration loans to support socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who own marijuana businesses; and (3) the Equitable Licensing Grant Program to provide jurisdictions with funds to develop and implement equitable marijuana licensing programs targeting individuals most adversely impacted by the war on drugs
Support the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act), H.R.1423 / S. 610, legislation which would prevent companies from forcing individuals to give up their day in court and instead use the secretive, business-controlled process of arbitration for resolving disputes.
Support equity and accountability in the criminal-legal system; support a restorative system of justice; and support rebuilding communities.
Support HR / S ,the Eliminating Discrimination and Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success (Ed ACCESS) Act of 2019, which would remove the lifetime ban on the American Opportunity Tax Credit (HOPE Scholarship Tax Credit) for individuals convicted of a drug felony
Support S. 2355, the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act, which would define and prohibit racial and religious profiling, enforceable by declaratory or injunctive relief
Support HR 4018, which is a technical fix that simply gives good time credit to eligible individuals of the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program of the First Step Act
Support S2043 / HR 3545, the NO HATE Act, which would improve hate crime statistics and promote a better response to hate crime within our communities
Support S. 2146 / HR 3795, the Second Look Act, which would allow judges to consider petitions for sentence reductions after a person has served at least 10 years. To grant release, the court must find that the person is not a danger to public safety and demonstrates readiness for reentry, and that the interests of justice warrant a sentence modification. Petitioners who are 50 or older would have a rebuttable presumption of release
Support HR 4584, the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act, or FAFSA, which rescinds current law delaying or denying federal financial aid to students convicted of drug offenses
Oppose nomination of Steven Menashi to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
Support HR 4022, HR 4052 and S 2390, all of which would abolish the federal death penalty.

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Support the H.R. 582 / S. 150, the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $8.55 this year and increase it over the next five years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2024; after 2024, adjust the minimum wage each year to keep pace with growth in the typical workers wages; phase out the outdated subminimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since 1991; sunset the much-criticized ability of employers to pay workers with disabilities a subminimum wage through certificates issued by DOL; and, phase out the subminimum wage for workers under the age of 20
Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination
Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program
Support S. 1082, the Bringing an End to Harassment Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act (BE HEARD in the Workplace Act)
Support protecting and expanding social security; Support HR 860 / S 269
Support 6 weeks of paid sick and maternity leave for all employees; support the FAMILY Act; Support HR 1185 / S 463
Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation
Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act
Support s. 1911, THE 21ST Century SKILLS Act, which establishes accounts for American workers to access skilled training opportunities.
Support an increase of $69 million in funding for the Department Of Labors Wage and Hour Division
Oppose the petition by the American Bus Association to preempt Californias longstanding meal and rest break laws as applied to passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles
Support HR 3463 / S 1970, the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, legislation that sets a minimum nationwide standard of collective bargaining rights that states must provide public service workers.
Support HR 4101 / S 2404, the Build Local Hire Local Act which proposes new requirements and support for close to $100 billion in annual federal infrastructure spending
Support HR 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to ensure that workers can get the accommodations they need- like a stool to sit on or water bottle to carry-and remain safe and healthy on the job
Support the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act (S. 1082, H.R. 2148), legislation that will advance equality, safety, and dignity for millions of individuals
Support H.Con.Res. 59, which recognizes the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Black women in comparison to men
Support an additional 60 day comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the RIN number 1250-AA09 and titled Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clauses Religious Exemption.
Oppose the proposed rule, Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption, which the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2019. The proposed rule would vastly expand the existing, narrow religious exemption in Executive Order 11246 that allows religiously affiliated federal contractors to employ only workers who share their faith. It should not be finalized. Indeed, Executive Order 11246 should be amended to strike the religious exemption altogether.
Support HR 3862, which prohibits a consumer reporting agency from furnishing an employer with a consumer credit report containing information on the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity if the employer intends to use that information for any decision made for employment purposes

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Support updating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination / support HR 1450 / S 593
Oppose the proposed rule, Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption, which the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2019. The proposed rule would vastly expand the existing, narrow religious exemption in Executive Order 11246 that allows religiously affiliated federal contractors to employ only workers who share their faith. It should not be finalized. Indeed, Executive Order 11246 should be amended to strike the religious exemption altogether.

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Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill
Support an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit; support S 1138
Support S. 1138 / HR 3157, the Brown - Bennet - Durbin / Kildee - Evans Working Families Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC)
Support the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which would end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S.

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Support Lifeline
Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people.
Oppose the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) recent proposals to impose an overall budget cap on the Universal Service programs
Support the limited and targeted petition seeking a pause in the decline in support for voice-only service and increases in minimum service standards pending completion of the Commissions forthcoming marketplace report on the Lifeline marketplace
Oppose a cap on the FCC's Universal Service Fund
Support S. 2344, legislation which would to direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry
Support major technology companies to make the following commitments: create a real plan to address the fostering of hate on their online platforms. Companies must implement consistent and sophisticated content policies that clarify how they will address white nationalism and white supremacy. They must share how these policies will be implemented to ensure users due process rights are upheld; Condemn President Trumps hate-filled statements and actions toward people of color, immigrants, Muslims and other religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQ community; Acknowledge that so-called predictive technologies are not able to predict instances of mass violence and that these technologies have often been damaging to marginalized communities; Acknowledge that foreign actors, including Russian operatives, have and continue to use online platforms to influence our elections, have used platforms to suppress voting in violation of U.S. law, and may attack the integrity of the 2020 Census; Reaffirm their commitment to increasing the diversity of employment in the tech industry in all jobs so that marginalized communities are part of the creation and implementation of online products

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), White House Office

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Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office

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Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm

Support legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal of honor posthumously to Damon Keith

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Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available
Support Spier amendment A003 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A003 would require that eligibility to serve in the armed services be gender-neutral and not depend on n individual's race, color, natural origin religion or gender (including gender identity or sexual preference.
Support Garcia (TX) amendment A051 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A051 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain unaccompanied minor children.
Support Ocasio-Cortez Amendment A052 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A052 would prohibit the President from deploying troops to the southern border to bolster immigration efforts
Support Ocasio-Cortez amendment A053 to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A053 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain undocumented immigrants
Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD), White House Office

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Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
Support HR 4101 / S 2404, the Build Local Hire Local Act which proposes new requirements and support for close to $100 billion in annual federal infrastructure spending

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office

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Support S. 1138 / HR 3157, the Brown - Bennet - Durbin / Kildee - Evans Working Families Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC)
Support $15 million dollars in FY 2020 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers program.
Support HR 860 / S.269 the Social Security 2100 Act to preserve and expand social security

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Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opening its consumer complaint procedure to accept complaints about Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office

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Support HR 2339 which would reverse the youth tobacco epidemic by putting graphic warnings on cigarette packages; extends the rules around advertising and sales commonly associated with traditional cigarettes to the sale, distribution, and use of all cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes extends the FDAs authority to all tobacco products; raises the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product to 21; prohibits remote retail sales of all tobacco products; prohibits the flavoring of all tobacco products, including menthol; provides the FDA with new authority to collect fees from all tobacco products; regulates products containing synthetic nicotine; makes it illegal to market e-cigarettes to individuals under the age of 21

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office

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Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office

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Support HR 860 / S.269 the Social Security 2100 Act to preserve and expand social security

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Support H Res. 163, the REPSECT (Realizing Equitable & Sustainable Participation in Emerging Cannabis Trades) Resolution will help communities of color benefit from and expand their foothold in the cannabis industry. Due to decades of inequitable enforcement and discriminatory sentencing for cannabis offenses, communities of color are being locked out of the burgeoning cannabis industry

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Economic Development Administration, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office

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Support HR 2426, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 which addresses the practical inability of many individual and small business copyright owners to seek legal redress for copyright infringement by creating a Copyright Claims Board to provide a simple, quick and less expensive forum for small copyright owners to protect their livelihood and enforce their rights

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23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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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Hilary	Shelton

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Hilary	Shelton

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Hilary	Shelton

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Hilary	Shelton

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Hilary	Shelton

Address	4805 Mt. Hope Drive
City	Baltimore	State	MD	Zip Code	21215	Country	USA