2nd Quarter - Report

WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION, INC. for WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION, INC.

Period 2nd Quarter 2020 Filed Jul 24, 2020 Signed by Svati Shashank

Official filing
Firm
WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION, INC.
Client
WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION, INC.
Income
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Expenses
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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Advocacy on the issues of policies and practices affecting asylum seekers, and especially asylum-seeking women, children, and families, at the U.S. southern border, including protections, education, appropriations, immigration detention and release, and post release services; advocacy relating to continued funding for WHO, increased foreign assistance to address COVID pandemic, and importance of access to sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID pandemic. Legislations include: FY2021 DHS Appropriations and Refugee Protection Act (S.2936/H.R.5210), Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act (S.4011/H.R.7569), the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together Act (S.3645/H.R.6537), and the Asylum Seeker Protection Act (H.R.2662), HEROES Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY Chief of staff/ Director of congressional relations - Peace Corps

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 7569 (116th), S. 3645 (116th), S. 2936 (116th), S. 4011 (116th), H.R. 5210 (116th), H.R. 6537 (116th), H.R. 2662 (116th)

Immigration IMM

Advocacy on the issues of policies and practices affecting asylum seekers, and especially asylum-seeking women, children, and families, at the U.S. southern border, including protections, education, appropriations, immigration detention and release, and post release services; advocacy relating to continued funding for WHO, increased foreign assistance to address COVID pandemic, and importance of access to sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID pandemic. Legislations include: FY2021 DHS Appropriations and Refugee Protection Act (S.2936/H.R.5210), Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act (S.4011/H.R.7569), the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together Act (S.3645/H.R.6537), and the Asylum Seeker Protection Act (H.R.2662), HEROES Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY Chief of staff/ Director of congressional relations - Peace Corps

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2662 (116th), H.R. 6537 (116th), S. 3645 (116th), S. 4011 (116th), S. 2936 (116th), H.R. 7569 (116th), H.R. 5210 (116th)

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.