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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2023 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: David A. Taboh |
Date | 8/29/2023 12:06:23 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders;
H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court;
H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders;
H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants;
H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions;
H.R. 743, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death;
H.R. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP);
H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers;
H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees;
H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program;
H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use;
H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement;
H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking;
S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;
H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers;
H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments;
H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses;
H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans;
H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain;
H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence;
H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety;
H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information;
H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council;
H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council;
H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them;
S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation;
S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding;
S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence;
S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols;
S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program;
S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS);
S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community;
S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA);
S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ);
S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions;
S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet;
S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029;
S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments;
S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety;
S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates;
S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily;
S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts;
S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers;
S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden;
S. 2313, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees;
S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement;
S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 82/S.597, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law;
H.R. 957, the Public Safety Health Care Retirees Act, which would update the Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Safety (HELPS) Retirees Act in current Federal law;
H.R. 1322/S. 1658, the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act, which would expand the definition of law enforcement officer as it applies to salary and retirement benefits so that all Federal law enforcement officers will have access to them;
S. 311, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Corrections Act, which would recognize the officers impacted by a detrimental retirement mix-up at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and award them the retirement benefits they paid for and were initially guaranteed;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.738, the Tax Fairness for Workers Act, which would establish an above-the-line deduction for law enforcement and other public safety officers for certain employee-related expenses, including union dues;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1294/S. 569, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, which would appropriate over $2 billion in additional funding and make a number of technical corrections to the way the program is administered;
S. 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024"
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 354/S/ 1462, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), which exempts qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities;
H.R. 2620/S.1907, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would make Federal Firearms Licensee thefts a Federal offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison;
H.R. 3091/S. 1585, the Federal Law Enforcement Service Weapon Purchase Act, which allows Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons;
H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3539, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, which guarantees public safety officers the right to form and join unions and bargain collectively with their employers over wages, hours, and working conditions;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code VET
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H.R. 4278, the Restore VA Accountability Act, which would reinforce the continued use of the substantial evidence standard in disciplinary review and prevent the United States Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) or any arbitrator to mitigate any punishment they consider excessive
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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