Lobbying Relationship

Client

Friends Committee on National Legislation

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Lobbying firm

Ms. Ruth Flower

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  • Senate Bills S. 254: Esther Martinez Native American Language Preservation Act S. 343: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act, to repeal obsolete laws such as those that prohibit an Indian from arresting and detaining a white man, or threaten the loss of food assistance to a family that declines to send their children to an Indian boarding school. S. 747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Reauthorization. S. 1400: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act S. 2837: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. 3040: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. 2844: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S. 3068: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. House bills: H.R. 5393: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. 5926: Making appropriations for the Departments of Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. 5394: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. H.R. 5538: Making appropriations for the Departments of the Interior and Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

Duration: to

General Issues: Indian/Native American Affairs, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $30,020 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.254: Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

S.343: RESPECT Act

Sponsor: Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

S.508: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.747: Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

S.943: Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

Sponsor: Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

S.1047: Lumbee Recognition Act

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

S.1294: Native American Education Opportunity Act

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

S.1400: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.130: To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

H.R.131: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

H.R.228: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

H.R.292: HOT-R Act

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

H.R.984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of...

Sponsor: Robert J. Wittman (R-Va.)

H.R.1169: Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

Sponsor: Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

H.R.1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.1455: Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.1491: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.)

H.R.1630: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.2352: Lumbee Recognition Act

Sponsor: Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.)

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.RES.222: Expressing support for designation of May 5, 2017, as "National Day of...

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

S.35: Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

S.465: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of...

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

S.612: WIIN Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.1443: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.1979: Bring the Ancient One Home Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.2636: Reservation Land Consolidation Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

S.2717: DRIFT Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.2796: RESPECT Act

Sponsor: Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

S.2837: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)

S.2956: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.3068: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.3127: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2016

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

S.3222: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.CON.RES.122: PROTECT Patrimony Resolution

Sponsor: Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)

H.R.2028: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

H.R.3764: Tribal Recognition Act of 2015

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

H.R.4131: Bring the Ancient One Home Act of 2015

Sponsor: Denny Heck (D-Wash.)

H.R.5054: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.5393: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: John Culberson (R-Texas)

H.R.5538: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

H.R.5780: Utah Public Lands Initiative Act

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

H.R.5811: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.5067: Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

H.R.3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.759: Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

S.2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.24: Due Process Guarantee Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.116: Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

S.192: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.220: Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.230: A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.246: Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act

Sponsor: Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

S.258: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

S.279: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Sponsor: Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)

S.3234: Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.3261: Native American Business Incubators Program Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.329: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2016

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

H.R.2174: Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

H.R.4744: SAFETY Act

Sponsor: Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.)

H.R.5412: To provide the right of American Indians born in Canada or the United...

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

S.170: CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.474: Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

H.R.217: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.191: Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

S.292: 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

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