To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent.

Legislative Actions: H.R. 1 -- Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 BUD; FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578: Title XIV--National Security And Federal Lands Protection Act) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904); American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 (HR 2489) - NAT, BUD; Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 2555) TAX; A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to preserve the historical integrity of Zoar, Ohio, while carrying out any study relating to or construction of flood damage reduction measures, including levees (S. 3580) NAT; Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act 2012 (HR 6151/S. 1685) TAX; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (S. 2209/HR 5982) TAX ; any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT. Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD; Coast Guard Authorization bill (S. 1665) - BUD. Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE); Section 106 of NHPA Department of the Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; cultural and historic resource funding BLM and NPS; Section 106 of NHPA National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument; Cesar Chavez National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation; Green Mountain Lookout; Arizona Land Exchange (HR 1904); cultural resource budget clarity Council on Environmental Quality - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Cesar Chavez National Monument; Harriet Tubman National Monument Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - Executive action to use Antiquities Act, Section 106 of NHPA, 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act and 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; Cesar Chavez National Monument; Harriet Tubman National Monument Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations Army Corp of Engineers ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures

Client expense: $41,280 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Legislative Actions: FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT;; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904); American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 (HR 2489) - NAT, BUD; Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 2555) TAX; A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to preserve the historical integrity of Zoar, Ohio, while carrying out any study relating to or construction of flood damage reduction measures, including levees (S. 3580) NAT; Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act 2012 (HR 6151/S. 1685) TAX; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (S. 2209/HR 5982) TAX. Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE) Department of the Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; cultural and historic resource funding BLM and NPS National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument; Cesar Chavez National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation; Green Mountain Lookout; Arizona Land Exchange (HR 1904); cultural resource funding Council on Environmental Quality - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Cesar Chavez National Monument Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - Executive action to use Antiquities Act Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations

Client expense: $36,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Railroad and transportation matters; federal MAGLeV program matters; S. 1813, including sections regarding MAGLeV programming matters; H.R. 4348, including conference report 112-557 and sections regarding MAGLeV matters; H.R. 5982, including MAGLeV reprogramming provision

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $12,960

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE