1st Quarter - Amendment — INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE for INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (2008)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Client

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$160,000

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
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 18, 2008	$160,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 3, 2009	$160,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Apr 3, 2009	$160,000	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 for IDFA 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 and support for authorization bills that address humanitarian crises.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Dir, Detention & Asylum, Women's Commissio
NATHANIEL HURD	Gov't Relations & Adv. Officer
JANA MASON	Director, Gov't Relations & Advocacy
NICKY SMITH	Deputy Director, Gov't Relations and Advocacy
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director, Advocacy, Women's Commission

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Please see additional page 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 affiars budget/function 150.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director, Detention and Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Gov't Relations and Adv. Officer
JANA MASON	Director, Government Relations & Advocacy
NICKY SMITH	Deputy Director, Advocacy
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director, Advocacy, Women's Commission

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

Immigration IMM

Please see additional page Increase funding for the Department of State's MRA and ERMA accounts; increase the refugee admissions ceiling; 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	Dir, Detention & Asylum, Women's Commissio
NATHANIEL HURD	Gov't Relations and Adv. Officer
JANA MASON	Director, Gov't Relations & Advocacy
NICKY SMITH	Director, Gov't Relations & Advocacy
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director, Advocacy, Women's Commission

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

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.