To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jointly carry out a study on the use of thorium-liquid fueled nuclear reactors for naval power needs, and for other purposes.

Action on H.R. 1533/S.843, To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program; H.R.1534/S. 906, To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes; S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, climate adaptation strategy and grants; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership; administrative action to review introduction of non-native oysters into the Chesapeake Bay; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered officials contacted: Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Program Examiner, 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

Action on H.R. 1533/S.843, To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program; H.R.1534/S. 906, To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes; S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, climate adaptation strategy and grants; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership; administrative action to review introduction of non-native oysters into the Chesapeake Bay; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered officials contacted: Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.

Client expense: $850,000 · 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