1st Quarter - Report — AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA, INC. for AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC (2009)

Firm

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA, INC.

Client

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC

Income

—

Expenses

$90,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Foreign Operations Appropriations, Defense Appropriations, Conditioning of Foreign Military Aid, Increased funding for IHS and BIA, Interior and Environment Appropriations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ARIELA BLATTER	—
ZAHIR JANMOHAMED	—
T KUMAR	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
RENATA RENDON	—
KATHRYN STRIFFOLINO	—

Contacted: U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Indian Health Service; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Immigration IMM

Immigrant Rights, Conditions in detention, Detention Reform, Legality of detention, Judicial standards and review, Asylum, Refugee status, Access to legal assistance and aid, Access to medical care

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH BURNS	—
DARYL GRISGRABER	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
SARNATA REYNOLDS	—

Contacted: White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Indian Health Service; SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Foreign Relations FOR

Women and Children in Armed Conflict, Bilateral Human Rights Policy Resolutions, Defense Authorization Act, HIV/AIDS and health, Leahy Law, Human Rights Defenders, Political Prisoners, IVAWA, DOD contracting, Individuals at Risk, LGBT Issues, Private Military Contractors oversight, UN Relations, Foreign Operations Appropriations, Internet Freedom, Honor Killings, Death Penalty, War on Terror, Religious and Ethnic Minority Rights, Countries: China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Liberia, Sudan/Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mexico, Colombia, Israel, Gaza/OPT, Zimbabwe, DRC, Thailand, India, Vietnam, North Korea, Iran, Libya

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ARIELA BLATTER	—
CATHERINE BROWN New	Legislative Assistant for Congressman Chris Shays
ZAHIR JANMOHAMED	—
DAPHNE JAYASINGHE	—
T KUMAR	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
KATHRYN STRIFFOLINO	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; SENATE; Indian Health Service; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Homeland Security HOM

Treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, Extraordinary Rendition, Secret Detention, Guantanamo, Bagram, Use of Torture, Accountability for the use of torture and abuse, Illegal Detention, Habeas Corpus, Right to Judicial Review, Repeal of the Military Commissions Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ZAHIR JANMOHAMED	—
GENEVE MANTRI	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
THOMAS PARKER	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Indian Health Service; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Rights for Native American and Alaskan Native Women, Sexual Violence against Native American and Alaskan Native Women, Increased funding for Indian Health Services and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Appropriations, Tribal Law and Order Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
RENATA RENDON	—

Contacted: White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Indian Health Service; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Government Accountability Office (GAO); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.