To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.

1) Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies appropriations bills (H.R. 2847) Title II, Appropriations for NOAA 2) H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act 3) Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 4) S. 858, National Oceans Protection Act 5) Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 (HR 1584 and S 1255) 6) Discussions of ecosystem based management of ocean resources 7) Sea turtle conservation (unnumbered draft of bill) 8) HR 81 and S. 850, Shark Conservation Act of 2009 9) HR 860, Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 10) Discussions with Ocean Policy Task Force on national ocean policy and marine spatial planning 11) HR 2996, Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, specifically oil and gas exploration on outer continental shelf

Client expense: $24,785 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Action on S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title IV Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Title II Sabinosos Wilderness, and acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act, including specific provisions relating to fire suppression emergency funding; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation and Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; H.R. 860, To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; Proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; In conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, met with Senate and House staff to promote conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX; Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act; Develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and administrative implementation of NOAAs consultation authorities/responsibilities related to possible impacts to fishery resource, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other NOAA trust resources due to upcoming build up of US Department of Defense on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. Covered officials contacted: Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; National Fire Plan Director, Department of Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire and Aviation Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.

Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

1) Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies appropriations bills (H.R. 2847) 2) H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act 3) Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 4)HR 81 and S. 850, Shark Conservation Act of 2009 5)HR 860 To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 6)HR 14 Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 7) Sea turtle conservation (unnumbered draft of bill)

Client expense: $12,343 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE