Draft legislation to establish clear criteria for when a Medicare set-aside may be reviewed by Medicare, to provide a time frame for CMS to review set-aside submissions, and to provide an optional direct payment of set-aside amounts to Medicare.
Issues relating to ensuring market access for U.S. lawyers and law firms in foreign countries.
Activity in support of a technical fix to ensure that a new tiered Standard Repayment option for student loans is an eligible repayment plan for PSLF purposes. S. 5676, the Strengthening Civics Education Act.
Issues relating to treatment of the homeless.
Monitoring developments on issues related to reproductive choice.
FY27 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations - funding for the Legal Services Corporation; Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Legal Orientation Program, and domestic violence survivors program. FY27 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations - funding for the Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children Program. FY27 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations - funding for foreign assistance related to democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs. FY27 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - funding for for the Defender Services Office of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. FY27 Legislative Branch Appropriations - funding for the Library of Congress and the Law Library of Congress. Activity in support of the release of federal FY2026 Department of Justice grant funds for domestic violence assistance programs.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Withdrawal of Bureau Guidance, Interpretive Rules, Policy Statements, and Advisory Opinions; 12 CFR Chapter X; 90 Fed. Reg. 20084 (May 12, 2025) [withdrawing numerous CFPB guidance documents, including CFPB Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices; Docket No CFPB-2023-0018; 88 Fed. Reg. 21883 (April 12, 2023)-provisions that could require creditor attorneys and law firms to act in the interests of consumers instead of their creditor clients in violation of the attorneys' existing ethical obligations or that would conflict with other existing state court ethical obligations]. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Final Rule on Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers; Document No. 2024-19198; RIN 1506-AB54, 89 Fed. Reg. 70258 (August 29, 2024). H.J.Res. 55, S.J.Res. 15, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network relating to "Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers". H.R. 3213, the Restoring Court Authority Over Litigation Act; and Section 204 of H.R. 10184, the Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act [which includes key provisions of the Restoring Court Authority Over Litigation Act]. Support favorable assessment of United States laws, regulations, and efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing and oppose any new proposed regulations on US lawyers in upcoming Financial Action Task Force 2026 Mutual Evaluation Report for the US.
Funding for foreign assistance agencies and programs that promote democracy, human rights, and rule of law. U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Singapore Convention on Mediation). U.S. funding, engagement, and leadership in international organizations. Issues related to protecting independence of international courts and judges.
S. 2379, H.R. 4602 - the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act. H.R. 1181, the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act (Inspector General for Judiciary). S. 1206, the Judicial Relief Clarification Act (To prevent issuance of national injunctions). Issues relating to authorizing new judgeships and filling existing judicial vacancies. Comments on Proposed Rule which would fundamentally revise 2 C.F.R. Part 200, commonly known as the Uniform Guidance. Issues relating to ensuring that Administrative Law Judges receive similar security protections as their state and federal counterparts. S. 2993, the Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act (research to extend the right to guns at courthouses to state judges). H.R. 9401, S. 4865, the LaTonya Reeves Freedom Act as it relates to Disability Rights.
H.R. 7836, the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act Issues related to a proposed rule that would impose stricter sponsor vetting requirements for unaccompanied immigrant children. Issues related to the operation and funding for the Department of Health and Human Service's Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children Program. Issues related to the operation and funding for the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review's Legal Orientation Program.
H.R. 7491, S. 3850, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act, which would ensure that attorney-client confidentiality extends to email for those in the federal prison system, just as it does for other modes of communication. Related activity in support of Appropriations Committee report language acknowledging the issue in H. Rept. 119-652. Activity in support of full funding in FY2027 for the Defender Services Office of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. Activity in support of the release of federal FY2026 Department of Justice grant funds for domestic violence assistance programs. Activity on issues involving grand juries. Activity on issues related to the treatment of the homeless. Activity on issues related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys; Docket No. OAG199; AG Order No. 6653-2026-A; RIN 1105-AB82, 91 Fed. Reg. 10780 (March 5, 2026).
H.R. 20 and S. 852, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act-provisions in Section 202 that would amend Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. 433(c), to require attorneys to report certain confidential client information to the Department of Labor.