1st Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE for INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (2012)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Client

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$58,148

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

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
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, WRC
ROXANNE PAISIBLE New	Advocacy Officer
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

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

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
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, WRC
ROXANNE PAISIBLE New	Advocacy Officer
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; 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
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum, WRC
ROXANNE PAISIBLE New	Advocacy Officer
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

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

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.