4th 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

$336,167

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

The Stafford Act, disaster recovery (Hurricane Katrina)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH BURNS	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANGELA T CHANG	—
BETSY WRIGHT HAWKINGS	—
T KUMAR	—
KATHRYN STRIFFOLINO	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); White House Office

Foreign Relations FOR

Defense Authorization Act, Leahy Law, Human Rights Defenders, Political Prisoners, IVAWA, DOD contracting, Individuals at Risk, LGBT Issues, UN Relations, Foreign Operations Appropriations, Internet Freedom, Honor Killings, Death Penalty, War on Terror, Religious and Ethnic Minority Rights, Treaties, Foreign Assistance Reforms, Women's Issues Countries: China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Burma, India, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Chad, Nigeria, Mozambique, Kenya, Guinea, DRC, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Gaza/OPT, Iran, Libya, Mexico

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANGELA T CHANG	—
SCOTT EDWARDS New	—
CRISTINA MARIE FINCH New	—
BETSY WRIGHT HAWKINGS	—
DAPHNE JAYASINGHE	—
T KUMAR	—
GENEVE MANTRI	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
THOMAS PARKER	—
KATHRYN STRIFFOLINO	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
GENEVE MANTRI	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
THOMAS PARKER	—
SARNATA REYNOLDS	—

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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	—
CHRIS MCGRAW	—
SARNATA REYNOLDS	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

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, House and Senate CJS and Interior Appropriations, Tribal Law and Order Act 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANGELA T CHANG	—
BETSY WRIGHT HAWKINGS	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

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.