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

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code GOV

16. Specific lobbying issues

Inclusive Democracy Act (S. 3423/H.R. 6643) guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense;

Washington, D.C. Admission Act (S. 51/ H.R. 51) provides for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union;

DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes;

Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics;

John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4/H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act;

American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech;

Protecting Our Democracy Act (H.R. 5048) protects our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference;

Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Initiatives Act (H.R. 6471) prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections;

Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks;

Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770/H.R. 8384) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office;

AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875/H.R. 8668) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements;

Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S. 3897/H.R. 8353) requires the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and risks of artificial intelligence technologies;

Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR) Elections Act (S. 4714) prohibits the distribution of false AI-generated election media and to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit the removal of names from voting rolls using unverified voter challenge databases;

Right to Vote Act (S. 3916/H.R. 8825) protects the right to vote in elections for Federal office;

Restoring Integrity to Americas Elections Act (S. 3844/H.R. 7497) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the number of members of the Federal Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of selection and terms of service of members of the Commission, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair and the remaining members;

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (H.R. 8281) amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office;

Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now (CLEAN) Act (H.R. 9355) enacts House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics) into permanent law;

Political Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 9392) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the restrictions on the use of campaign funds for personal use to the funds of leadership PACs and other political committees, to clarify the treatment of certain coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, to require the sponsors of certain political advertisements to identify the source of funds used for the advertisements;

Foreign Political Influence Elimination Act (H.R. 9393) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat certain foreign-owned corporations and business organizations as foreign nationals for purposes of the ban on campaign activity, to prohibit foreign-affiliated section 501(c)(4) organizations from making contributions to super PACs or disbursing funds for independent expenditures or electioneering communications, to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to reform the procedures for the registration of agents of foreign principals under such Act;

Ranked Choice Voting Act (S. 5048/H.R. 9578) establishes the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress;

Stop Illegal Campaign Coordination Act (H.R. 9589) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat expenditures as coordinated with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a committee of a national, State, or local political party if the making of the expenditures is materially consistent with instructions, directions, guidance, and suggestions from such candidate or committee;

AI Ads Act (H.R. 9639) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that the prohibition under such Act against the fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority and the fraudulent solicitation of funds includes misrepresentation through the use of content generated in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI);

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (S. 359) amends title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States;

Legislation to be introduced including a bill that creates Senate OCE (Senator Warren); a bill that addresses election subversion threats (Rep. Morelle); a bill to implement safeguards for mass challenges to voter registration; and the pending Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act.
Miscellaneous topics discussed with Hill offices including AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political advertisements, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections, addressing the use of AI in election administration, preventing AI-assisted voter intimidation and mass voter challenges; creating a Senate OCE; strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations; limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections; foreign spending on state and local ballot initiatives; Supreme Court ethics reform; scam PACs; oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote; oversight of USPSs role and performance in timely delivering election mail; protecting election workers; pushing back on false claims of noncitizen voting; implementation of the Electoral Count Reform Act; election certification issues at the state and local level; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions; addressing deregulatory trends at the FEC; addressing the personal use loophole with leadership PACs; preparing for the January 6th joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes from the 2024 election; addressing redboxing and candidate-super PAC coordination; requiring the disclosure of campaign payments to social media influencers; categorically banning the circumvention of campaign finance reporting requirements; requiring the reporting of campaign and PAC payments to sub vendors; prohibiting federal candidates and political party committees from soliciting soft money on behalf of ballot measure committees; providing statutory guidance regarding the conduct of joint fundraising committees; providing attorneys fees for private VRA lawsuits; reforming the Lobbying Disclosure Act; and Congressional defense of DCs RCV ballot initiative (Initiative 83) under the Home Rule Act.

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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

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ISSUE UPDATE

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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

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

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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