lobbying_filings_raw: cb73ebc0-6c19-4c30-b4f0-06ca482ac6d7

Raw lobbying disclosure filings from the Senate Office of Public Records (SOPR). Each row is a single filing — registrations, quarterly reports, amendments, and terminations. Includes registrant and client names, reported income/expenses, filing period, and the full raw JSON from the API.

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Richardson, Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "CSP", "general_issue_code_display": "Consumer Issues/Safety/Products", "description": "H.R. 906 (Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act); amends title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos.\n\nH.R. 1563 (Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017); amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a mesothelioma patient registry.\n\n\nH.R. 575 (Cosmetic Modernization Amendments of 2017); amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new procedures and requirements for the registration of cosmetic manufacturing establishments, the submission of cosmetic and ingredient statements, and the reporting of serious cosmetic adverse events.\n\nS. 1113 (Personal Care Products Safety Act); amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics.\n\n\nH.R. 832 (Arbitration Transparency Act); amends title 9 of the United States Code to require that arbitration proceedings in certain disputes involving consumer financial products and services be open to the public.\n\nS. 542 (Safety Over Arbitration Act of 2017); amends title 9, United States Code, with respect to arbitration where the claim or controversy alleges facts relevant to a hazard to public health or safety.\n\nS. 552/H.R. 1414 (Justice for Victims of Fraud Act); amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to provide justice to victims of fraud.\n\nS. 550/H.R. 1396 (Restoring Statutory Rights Act); invalidates arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution.\n\nS. 646/H.R. 2631 (Justice for Servicemembers and Veterans Act); amends title 38, United States Code, to improve the enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protection of members of the uniformed services.\n\nS. 647 (Mandatory Arbitration Transparency Act); amends title 9, United States Code, with respect to arbitration.\n\nS. 537/H.R. 1374 (Arbitration Fairness Act); prohibits mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration in employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes.\n\nS. 2203/H.R. 4734/H.R. 4570 (Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017); prohibits a pre-dispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a sex discrimination dispute.\n\n\nH.R. 3857 (PASS Act of 2017); amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to lower standards of conduct for brokers and dealers that are in the best interest of their retail customers.\n\nS. 534/H.R. 1973 (Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017); prevents the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities\n\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the Education Departments borrower defenses rule. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the CMS long term care rule. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to warranties of Energy Star-rated products and ability of consumers to bring a class action against manufacturers of Energy Star-rated products.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to pesticide regulations.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to amending Telephone Consumer Protection Act liability.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to attorney advertising issues. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to asbestos exposure and related health and environmental issues.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42547, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JULIA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "DUNCAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42548, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "SUSAN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "STEINMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; 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Richardson, Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58673, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ANDREW", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "ROGERS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42547, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JULIA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "DUNCAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42548, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "SUSAN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "STEINMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 63265, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "KATE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ILAHI", "last_name": "DEGRAVELLES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Legislative Assistant; Rep. 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L. Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TRU", "general_issue_code_display": "Trucking/Shipping", "description": "H.R. 1568 (Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2017); creates a national hiring standard for motor carriers.\n\nS. 1655/H.R. 3353 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018); making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.\n\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to preemption of state laws governing meal and rest breaks. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to increasing the minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; Reps. L. Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "MMM", "general_issue_code_display": "Medicare/Medicaid", "description": "H.R. 938 (Medicaid Third Party Liability Act); amends title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide clarification with respect to the liability of third party payers for medical assistance paid under the Medicaid program.\n\nH.R. 3921 (HEALTHY KIDS Act); extends funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program and otherwise revises CHIP, Medicaid, and Medicare.\n\nH.R. 1122 (SPARC Act); amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for clarification and rationalization of Medicare prescription drug plan recovery rules for certain claims.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the Medicaid Third Party Liability statute.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the Medicare Secondary Payer statute.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 63265, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "KATE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ILAHI", "last_name": "DEGRAVELLES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Legislative Assistant; Rep. 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L. Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "BUD", "general_issue_code_display": "Budget/Appropriations", "description": "S. 1519/H.R. 2810 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018); authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy.\n\nH.R. 3354 (Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018); makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.\n\nS. 1655/H.R. 3353 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018); making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.\n\nH.R. 3921 (HEALTHY KIDS Act); extends funding through FY2022 for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project.\n\nH.R. 3922 (CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act); extending funding for certain public health programs.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the Children's Health Insurance Program. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to extending the provisions of the 2013 Bipartisan Budget Act Third Party Liability Provisions. \n\nGeneral lobbying with respect to consumer issues in the budget.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to policy riders in the budget. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to implementation of budget reconciliation instructions.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the appropriations process and policy riders.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42548, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "SUSAN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "STEINMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; Reps. 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Richardson, Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42547, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JULIA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "DUNCAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58673, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ANDREW", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "ROGERS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 63265, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "KATE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ILAHI", "last_name": "DEGRAVELLES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Legislative Assistant; Rep. Melancon", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 66230, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "GABRIEL", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "WOFFORD", "last_name": "LEZRA", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "AVI", "general_issue_code_display": "Aviation/Airlines/Airports", "description": "S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017); amends title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nH.R. 2997 (21st Century AIRR Act); transferring operation of air traffic services currently provided by the Federal Aviation Administration to a separate not-for-profit corporate entity, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nS. 1431/S. 1432 (Volunteer Pilot Protection Act of 2017); provides liability protection for volunteer pilots who fly for the public benefit.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to consumer use and safety of unmanned aerial systems.\n\nGeneral lobbying on aviation safety.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to preemption of common law remedies in aviation cases.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42548, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "SUSAN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "STEINMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; Reps. L. Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "GOV", "general_issue_code_display": "Government Issues", "description": "H.R. 985 (Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015); amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from certifying any proposed class unless the party seeking to maintain a class action affirmatively demonstrates through admissible evidentiary proof that each proposed class member suffered an injury of the same type and extent as the injury of the named class representatives.\n\nH.R. 2359 (FCRA Liability Harmonization Act); amends the civil liability requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to include requirements relating to class actions.\n\nH.R. 725 (Innocent Party Protection Act); amends title 28, United States Code, to affect claims of fraudulent joinder.\n\nH.R. 720 (Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act); amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to make sanctions mandatory.\n\nH.R. 3487; amends section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that the requirement for diversity of citizenship jurisdiction is met if any one party to the case is diverse in citizenship from any one adverse party in the case.\n\nH.R. 2660 (APPEAL Act); provides exclusive original jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for cases regarding an executive order, action, or memorandum.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to federal judicial nominations. \n\n\nS. 951/H.R. 5 (Regulatory Accountability Act); amends the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which is the law that governs how federal agencies propose and establish regulations. \n\nS. 21/H.R. 26 (REINS Act); provides that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.\n\nS. 34/H.R. 21 (Midnight Rules Relief Act); amends chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules.\n\nS. 56 (RED Tape Act of 2017); prohibits a federal agency from issuing a rule that causes a new financial or administrative burden on businesses or people in the United States unless the agency has repealed or amended two or more such existing rules.\n\nS. 69 (Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2017); sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations.\n\nS. 584/H.R. 33 (Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act); amends chapter 6 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules.\n\nH.R. 74 (REVIEW Act of 2017); prohibits a final agency rule from being published or taking effect until the agency submits the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), and the OIRA makes a determination as to whether the rule is a high-impact rule. \n\nH.R. 75 (ALERT Act of 2017); amends title 5, united States Code, to provide for the publication, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information relating to rulemakings.\n\nH.R. 76 (Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017); modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies.\n\nH.R. 78 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require new standards to issue new rules and mandating a review of existing regulations.\n\nH.R. 978 (Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017); establish an independent advisory committee to review certain regulations.\n\nS. 288 (Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017); requires notice and comment for certain interpretative rules.\n\nS. 579 (Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017); requires agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules.\n\nH.R. 2887 (No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017); stipulates that a State may tax or regulate a persons activity in interstate commerce only when such person is physically present in the State during the period in which the tax or regulation is imposed.\n\nS. 119/H.R. 469 (Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017); establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government.\n\nH.R. 1430 (HONEST Act); prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible.\n\n\nS. 378/H.R. 1033 (Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act); amends titles 5 and 28, United States Code, to require the maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a party.\n\nS. 328/H.R. 968 (Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017); enforces the Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of effective counsel at all stages of the adversarial process, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide declaratory and injunctive relief against systemic violations of such right.\n\nS. 333/S. 522/H.R. 732 (Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017); limits donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party.\n\n\nH.R. 620 (ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017); amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to promote compliance through education, to clarify the requirements for demand letters, to provide for a notice and cure period before the commencement of a private civil action.\n\nH.R. 1493 (ADA Lawsuit Clarification Act of 2017); amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to impose notice and a compliance opportunity to be provided before commencement of a private civil action.\n\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to alternative litigation funding.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to clarifying state and federal court jurisdiction in certain cases.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to settlement disclosures.\n\nGeneral lobbying with respect to diversity jurisdiction and potential changes to the jurisdiction rules. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the emoluments clause.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to nominations to executive agencies.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to regulatory reform.\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to Federal judicial selection. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to injunctive relief. \n\nGeneral lobbying related to federalizing the treatment of non-disclosure agreements.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42548, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "SUSAN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "STEINMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42547, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JULIA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "DUNCAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; 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L. Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58673, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ANDREW", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "ROGERS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 63265, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "KATE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ILAHI", "last_name": "DEGRAVELLES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Legislative Assistant; Rep. Melancon", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 66230, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "GABRIEL", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "WOFFORD", "last_name": "LEZRA", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 66217, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "CHARLOTTE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "CHINNERY", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TOR", "general_issue_code_display": "Torts", "description": "H.R. 1215 (Protecting Access to Care Act); establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits, including limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. \n\nS. 808/H.R. 302 (Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act); provides protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.\n\nH.R. 1565 (Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act); establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services.\n\nH.R. 1704 (ACCESS Act of 2017); affects healthcare lawsuits by limiting liability and capping noneconomic damages, among other measures.\n\nH.R. 1118 (Innocent Sellers Fairness Act); limits liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products during the regular course of trade or business.\n\nS. 781/H.R. 1876 (Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act); limits the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster.\n\nS. 1134/H.R. 2437 (Back the Blue Act); alters rules governing criminal and civil rights cases against government entities.\n\nH.R. 1103 (Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act); amends title 10, United States Code, to provide for garnishment pursuant to a court order to satisfy a judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child.\n\n\nS. 1693 (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking.\n\nH.R. 1865 (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes.\n\nH.R. 459 (Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017); provides for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.\n\nS. 1426 (United States Center for Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017); amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to expand the purposes of the corporation, to designate the United States Center for Safe Sport.\n\n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to preemption of state common law. \n\nGeneral lobbying opposing the federalization of tort reform.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42548, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "SUSAN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "STEINMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; Reps. L. Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42547, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JULIA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "DUNCAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58673, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ANDREW", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "ROGERS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 63265, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "KATE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ILAHI", "last_name": "DEGRAVELLES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Legislative Assistant; Rep. Melancon", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 66230, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "GABRIEL", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "WOFFORD", "last_name": "LEZRA", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 66217, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "CHARLOTTE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "CHINNERY", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "SCI", "general_issue_code_display": "Science/Technology", "description": "H.R. 1224 (NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017); amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to implement a framework, assessment, and audits for improving United States cybersecurity.\n\nLobbying with regard to the FCC Broadband Internet Access Service providers and cybersecurity, with specific regard to customer notification, multi-factor authentication, and third party accountability. \n\nGeneral lobbying with regard to the Internet of Things.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; Reps. 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Richardson; Wass.-Schultz", "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "NAT", "general_issue_code_display": "Natural Resources", "description": "H.R. 2936 (Resilient Federal Forests Act); affects forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 42545, "prefix": "ms", "prefix_display": "MS.", "first_name": "LINDA", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "APRIL", "last_name": "LIPSEN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58673, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ANDREW", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "ROGERS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 62670, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "JACQUELINE", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "FRANCES", "last_name": "KAPPLER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 49133, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "JOHN", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "ROBERT", "last_name": "BOWMAN", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "Chief of Staff; Reps. 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