2nd Quarter - Amendment — INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE for INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (2012)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Client

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$41,592

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
2nd Quarter - Report	Jul 20, 2012	$41,592	Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Jul 20, 2012	$41,592	Replaced
2nd Quarter - Report	Oct 19, 2012	$48,381	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

Increase funding authorized for IDA and other accounts in the USAID budget, increase funding to Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the MRA and ERMA accounts. Support for authorization bills that address humanitarian crises, development issues, and other IRC priorities.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director of Detention & Asylum, WRC
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, WRC
ROXANNE PAISIBLE	Advocacy Officer
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Increase funding to Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA) and Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) accounts. Increased funding for USAID, especially disaster and development assistance. Increased funding for international affairs budget/function 150.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director of Detention & Asylum, WRC
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, WRC
ROXANNE PAISIBLE	Advocacy Officer
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Immigration IMM

Increase funding for the Department of State's MRA and ERMA accounts; improve the refugee admissions program; issues relevant to immigration services, asylum and detention in DHS, refugee resettlement role of HHS and immigration review in DOJ. Prevent the enactment of legislation that would restrict the rights of refugees or asylum seekers and amend all post-911 anti-terrorism provisions that are having unintended consequences for refugee and asylum seekers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director Detention & Asylum, WRC
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, WRC
ROXANNE PAISIBLE	Advocacy Officer
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

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.