Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008

Action on the development of the upcoming reauthorization of the Sikes Act, including specific provisions relating to natural resource management on or in the vicinity of Department of Defense lands; and H.R. 6537, Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to Marine Natural Monuments. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Secretary, Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; and Associate Director for Habitat, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), 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. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

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

HR 1464, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2008. HR 1947, Hayley's Act - To Promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes. HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008. HR 6537, Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008 - Issues related to the reauthorization and amendment of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to establish a National Marine Sanctuary System, to strengthen and clarify management authorities, and for other purposes. S 1033, Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007. S 3333, Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2008 - Issues related to the amendment of the Whaling Convention Act so that it expressly applies to aboriginal subsistence whaling, and in particular, authorization of the Secretary of Commerce to set bowhead whale catch limits in the event that the International Whaling Commission fails to adopt such limits.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 6537, To reauthorize and amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to establish a National Marine Sanctuary System, to strengthen and clarify management authorities, provisions relating to access to energy production.

Client expense: $1,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

Antiquities Act; Marine Monuments; HR21; HR6537

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

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

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

Action on the development of the upcoming reauthorization of the Sikes Act, including specific provisions relating to natural resource management on or in the vicinity of Department of Defense lands; and H.R. 6537, Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to Marine Natural Monuments.

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), 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), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)