Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

America's Priorities Bill (S. 3297) Federal Ocean and Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007 (H.R. 4174 & S. 1581) Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008 (H.R. 6537) Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (H.R. 1187 & S. 2635) Reauthorization of the Coral Reef Conservation Act (S. 2020 & H.R. 2185)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision, advance notice of significant incidents provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; S.3204, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act 2008, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security; S.2881, Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; Monitored H.R. 3195, ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Section 506 and section 6 G; S. 3204, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R.6408, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.RES 652, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of protecting American cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensuring that the perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice, Monitoring resolution in its entirety; H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R. 2989, To amend provisions of title 46, United States Code, popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of those provisions to maritime accidents, and for other purposes, Monitoring bill in its entirety; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, Section 405 and Section 711

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $330,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Marine sanctuariues act reauthorization - HR 6537, Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008; definition of personal watercraft (PWC) - Marine Sanctuary (Monterrey Bay) Resolutions; HR 1187, Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act; personal watercraft access - Biscayne National Park; Biscayne Pilot Project; personal watercraft access New York's Gateway National Recreational Area . Recreational fishing and boating access - Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuiary (FKNMS) Partnership; Water infrastructiure development in 2009 stimulus package and Presidential Proclamation on Marine Protected Areas in Western/Central Pacific Ocean..

Client expense: $213,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, White House Office

Bioacoustics and marine animals; Aquaculture: S1609, H2010, HR 2161, HR 2419, HR 21, HR 1187, S 2635; Aquaculture: HR 3161 AG FY09 Appropriations Bill (CSREES); HR3074 TTHUDD FY09 Appropriations Bill; Ocean Replenishment and Ocean Health: HR 3093 CJS FY09 Appropriations Bill; Beluga Whales in Alaska; Polar Bear Hearing & Seals and Sea Lions of the CA Channel Islands: HR 3074 Interior FY09 Appropriations Bill; Oceans 21; Hawaiian Monk Seals, Rigs to Reefs; aquaculture permits: Sec 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 OCS Renewable Energy and Alternative Energy Use Program; Rigs to Reefs, 2009 Stimulus package

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Designation of expanded marine sanctuary in No. California. HR 1187 and S.2635. Lobbying Dept of Commerce (National Marine Fisheries Service and NOAA) on two rulemakeings: Annual Catch Limits/Revisions to National Standard 1 and Environmental Reviews (NEPA) of Fishery Management Plans.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 The Keep Our Waterfronts Working Act of 2007, and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects. U.S. Coast Guard Issues: S 1892 / HR 2830 Coast Guard Authorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Definition of a PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay) Amendments. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act and HR 6537 - Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008.

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

HOUSE H.R. 39 - The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 359 - Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act (All Sections) H.R. 860 - California Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) HOUSE (continued) H.R. 886 - Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 1187 - Guld of the Farallones & Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Act (All Sections) H.R. 2016 - National Landscape Conservation System Act (All Sections) H.R. 2593 - Borderless Conservation & Security Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3022 - Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3287 - Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3513 - Copper Salmon Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3682 - California Desert & Mountain Heritage Act (All Sections) H.R. 4292 - Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007 (Sections: Polymet Land-Swap) H.R. 6156 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections especially boundary issues) H.R. 6566 - American Energy Act. - (All Sections) H.R. 6728 - Everglades National Park Land Exchange Act of 2008- (All Sections) H.R. 6830 - Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008- (All Sections) SENATE S. 570 - Virginia Ridge & Valley Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 647 - Lewis & Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1170 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1774 - Sequoia Kings Canyon Wilderness (All Sections) S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (aka: Whitehouse-Boxer) (All Sections) S. 2229 - Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2284 - Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2568 - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (aka: Kerry Polar Bear Bill) (All Sections) S. 2635 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (All Sections) S. 2739 - Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (All Sections) (aka: Senate Wilderness Package 3 Wild Sky Wilderness & Chavez National park) S. 2834 - Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008 (All Secitons - Oppose) S. 3069 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) S. 3202 - Gas Price Reduction Act (All Sections) S. 3213 - Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 (All Sections) NYI (Not Yet Introduced) Mining (All Sections) Interior Appropriations Bill Funding for National Parks, Funding for Tongass national forest, Funding Limitations for Teshekpuk Lake, Limitations for Oil Shale Developments and Offshore Drilling Preston Amdt Nevada Wilderness (All Sections) Utah Wilderness (All Sections) Western Arctic (All Sections) Softwood lumber agreements/ forests (All Sections)

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Bioacoustics and marine animals; Aquaculture: S1609, H2010, HR 2161, HR 2419, HR 21, HR 1187, S 2635; Aquaculture: HR 3161 AG FY09 Appropriations Bill (CSREES); HR3074 TTHUDD FY09 Appropriations Bill; Ocean Replenishment and Ocean Health: HR 3093 CJS FY09 Appropriations Bill; Beluga Whales in Alaska; Polar Bear Hearing & Seals and Sea Lions of the CA Channel Islands: HR 3074 Interior FY09 Appropriations Bill; Oceans 21; Hawaiian Monk Seals, Rigs to Reefs; aquaculture permits: Sec 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 OCS Renewable Energy and Alternative Energy Use Program; Rigs to Reefs

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

America's Priorities Bill (S. 3297) Federal Ocean and Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007 (H.R. 4174 & S. 1581) Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008 (H.R. 6537) Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (H.R. 1187 & S. 2635) Reauthorization of the Coral Reef Conservation Act (S. 2020 & H.R. 2185)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

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

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision, advance notice of significant incidents provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; S.3204, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act 2008, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security; S.2881, Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; Monitored H.R. 3195, ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Section 506 and section 6 G; S. 3204, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R.6408, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.RES 652, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of protecting American cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensuring that the perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice, Monitoring resolution in its entirety; H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R. 2989, To amend provisions of title 46, United States Code, popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of those provisions to maritime accidents, and for other purposes, Monitoring bill in its entirety; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, Section 405 and Section 711

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $330,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

H.R. 3663 - Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2007 S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act H.R. 2337 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act H. Con. Res. 70 H. Con. Res. 312 Funding for: Endangered species protection, National Wildlife Refuge System, land acquisition, state wildlife grants, wildlife and habitat protection on public lands, international wildlife conservation, impacts of illegal immigration and related enforcement on SW borderlands S.2875 Livestock Loss Mitigation Act ESA Bill to provide tax incentives for endangered species H.R. 1422 Endangered Species Recovery Act S. 700 Endangered Species Recovery Act National Forest Management Act Regulations H.R. 4775 Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act H.R. 1187 California Marine Sanctuary Bill Lacey Act Invasive Animal Legislation H.R. 3639 The Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act H.R. 1464 Great Cats and Rare Canids Act H.R. 5534 Bear Protection Act Multinational Species Conservation Fund Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife Testified in oversight hearing entitled, Planning for a Changing Climate and its Impacts on Wildlife and Oceans: State and Federal Efforts and Needs. HR 5756 -- Reauthorization of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act H.R. 767 Fund wildlife eradication programs on National Wildlife Refuges to kill native and non-native species

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

S. 2568, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit pre-leasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas, provisions relating to oil and gas development; H.R. 2016, National Landscape Conservation System Act, provisions relating to national conservation system; H.R. 2643, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, amendments relating to oil and gas development in the outer continental shelf; S. 2739, Consolidated Natural Resources Act, provisions restricting access to energy development; H.R. 3058, Public Land Communities Transition Act, Section 5, provisions relating to conservation of resource fees. Whole Bills: H.R. 6066, Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act; H.R. 1187, Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act; H.R. 5451, Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act; H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act. Regulatory efforts concerning designation of Gulf of Mexico as Marine Sanctuary under Monument and Antiquities Act.

Client expense: $1,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

HOUSE H.R. 39 - The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 359 - Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act (All Sections) H.R. 860 - California Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) HOUSE (continued) H.R. 886 - Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 1187 - Guld of the Farallones & Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Act (All Sections) H.R. 1919 - America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 2016 - National Landscape Conservation System Act (All Sections) H.R. 2593 - Borderless Conservation & Security Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 2632 - Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3022 - Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3287 - Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3513 - Copper Salmon Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3682 - California Desert & Mountain Heritage Act (All Sections) H.R. 4292 - Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007 (Sections: Polymet Land-Swap) H.R. 6156 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections especially boundary issues) SENATE S. 570 - Virginia Ridge & Valley Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 647 - Lewis & Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1170 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1680 - Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement Act of 2007 (Sections: Izembek Road - Oppose) S. 1774 - Sequoia Kings Canyon Wilderness (All Sections) S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (aka: Whitehouse-Boxer) (All Sections) S. 2229 - Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2284 - Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2568 - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (aka: Kerry Polar Bear Bill) (All Sections) S. 2635 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (All Sections) S. 2739 - Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (All Sections) (aka: Senate Wilderness Package 3 Wild Sky Wilderness & Chavez National park) S. 2833 - Owyhee Public Land Management Act of 2008 (All Sections) S. 2834 - Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008 (All Secitons - Oppose) S. 3069 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) NYI (Not Yet Introduced) Mining (All Sections) Interior Appropriations Bill Funding for National Parks, Funding for Tongass national forest, Funding Limitations for Teshekpuk Lake, Limitations for oil shale developments and offshore drilling Preston Amdt Nevada Wilderness (All Sections) Utah Wilderness (All Sections) Western Arctic (All Sections) Softwood lumber agreements/ forests (All Sections)

Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security; S.2881, Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R. 3195, ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Section 506 and section 6 G; S. 3204, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R.6408, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.RES 652, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of protecting American cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensuring that the perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice, Monitoring resolution in its entirety; H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R. 2989, To amend provisions of title 46, United States Code, popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of those provisions to maritime accidents, and for other purposes, Monitoring bill in its entirety; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, Section 405 and Section 711

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security; S.2881, Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R. 3195, ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Section 506 and section 6 G; S. 3204, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R.6408, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.RES 652, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of protecting American cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensuring that the perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice, Monitoring resolution in its entirety; H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008, Monitored bill in its entirety; H.R. 2989, To amend provisions of title 46, United States Code, popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of those provisions to maritime accidents, and for other purposes, Monitoring bill in its entirety; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, Section 405 and Section 711

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $330,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007 (H.R. 4174 & S. 1581) Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21) Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sancturaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (H.R. 1187 & S. 2635) Reauthorization of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (H.R. 1205, S. 1580, S. 1583) Reauthorization of the National Marine Sactuaries Act Reauthorization draft bills

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Client expense: $217,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, H.R.2830, ballast water provision, penalty wage provision; Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, S.1892, penalty wage provision; Monitored Vessel Discharge Evaluation and Review Act, S.2645, all provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries; Boundary Modification and Protection Act, S.2635, boundary adjustment provisions; Monitored the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act, H.R.1187, boundary adjustment provisions; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007, S.1578, all provisions; Monitored pending waste water legislation in both houses of Congress; Monitored Hawaiian Coastwise Cruises, USCBP-2007-0098, entire regulation; Monitored Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, provision pertaining to closed loop cruises and the necessity for passports; Briefing Members and their staff on issues of cruise ship security

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $310,000

HOUSE H.R. 39 - The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 359 - Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act (All Sections) H.R. 860 - California Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) HOUSE (continued) H.R. 886 - Wild Sky Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones & Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Act (All Sections) H.R. 2016 - National Landscape Conservation System Act (All Sections) H.R. 2593 - Borderless Conservation & Security Act (All Sections) H.R. 3022 - Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3287 - Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3513 - Copper Salmon Widerness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3682 - California Desert & Mountian Heritage Act (All Sections) H.R. 5610 - Protecting America's Wild Places Act (AKA: House Wilderness Package) (All Sections) SENATE S. 493 - California Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) S. 570 - Virginia Ridge & Valley Act (All Sections) S. 647 - Lewis & Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act (All Sections) S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act (All Sections) S. 1770 - America's Red Rock Wilderness Act (All Sections) S. 1774 - Sequoia Kings Canyon Wilderness (All Sections) S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (All Sections) S. 2229 - Wyoming Range Legacy Act (All Sections) S. 2483 - National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act (AKA: Omnibus Wilderness Bill) (All Sections) S. 2568 - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (AKA: Kerry polar Bear Bill) (All Sections) S. 2593 - The Borderlands Conservation and Security Act (All Sections) S. 2616 - National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act (All Sections) (AKA: Senate Wilderness Package 2) S. 2739 - Consolidated Natural Resources Act (All Sections) (AKA: Senate Wilderness Package 3) NYI (Not Yet Introduced) Eastern Sierra Bill (All Sections) Mining (All Sections) Nevada Wilderness (All Sections) Pacific Northwest Legacy Act (Forest Thinning Proposal) (All Sections) Softwood Lumber Agreement/Forests (All Sections) Utah Wilderness (All Sections) Western Arctic (All Sections) Teshekpuk Lake Authorization Bill (All Sections) Interior Appropriations - Teshekpuk Lake funding limitations

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act HR 1187. Expansion of marine sanctuary off coast of CA in HR 1187 and S 2635. Lobby visits about HR 5425, a bill adding flexibility to rebuilding plans for overfished fish stocks. Appropriations for NOAA in the Dept. of Commerce budget.

Client expense: $65,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007 (H.R. 4174 & S. 1581) Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21) Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sancturaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (H.R. 1187 & S. 2635) Reauthorization of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (H.R. 1205, S. 1580, S. 1583) Reauthorization of the National Marine Sactuaries Act Reauthorization draft bills

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Whole Bills: HR 21 Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act; HR 802 Maritime Pollution Prevention Act; HR 1187 Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act; HR 1907 Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act; S 1142 Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act.

Client expense: $2,360,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

Whole Bills: HR 21 Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act; HR 802 Maritime Pollution Prevention Act; HR 1187 Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act; HR 1907 Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act; S 1142 Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act.

Client expense: $2,360,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

Sec 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 OCS Renewable Energy and Alternative Energy Use Program Rigs to reefs Bioacoustics and Marine Animals Aquaculture: S 1609,HR 2010, HR 3161, HR 2419, HR 21, HR 1187

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE

(4) Deep-Sea Corals Research Program - Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (5) Recovery of the Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal (6) Protection of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (1) The American COMPETES Act (S.761) (2) Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) by the US (3) Reauthorization of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (H.R. 1205) (4) The Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank Boundary Modification and Protection Act (H.R. 1187)

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Marine Mammal Commission, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)