American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle NHS Establishment Act HR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment of Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resources Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1996, S 2363. S 1335 Sportsmen's Act S 2604 A bill to reauhthorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia HR 4551 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 1875, HR 3992 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act HR 4858 San Gabriel National Recreation Act HR 5074 Land Adjacency Notification and Disclosure Act HR 4736 North County National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment ACt HR 1351, S 360 The Public Land Service Corps Act HR 3979 FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, Title XXX HR 5069 Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014
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Client expense: $29,967 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.1033 - American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.4049 - Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act H.R.706 - Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.520 - Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act H.R.5821 - Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014 H.R.1513 - To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes. H.R.3806 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act of 2014 H.R.664 - Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act H.R.445 - National Heritage Area Act of 2013 H.R.5003 - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 H.R.1846 - Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act H.R.1208 - Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.298 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. H.R.1501 - Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act H.R.3929 - Pullman National Historical Park Act H.R.885 - San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 H.R.1934 - Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 H.R.2015 - Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 H.R.2271 - Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act H.R.3917 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 H.R.3922 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 H.R.3979 - Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 S.2031 - Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act S.371 - Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.225 - Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act S.2987 - Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014 S.782 - Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act S.2744 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act of 2014 S.247 - Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act S.2571 - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 S.925 - Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Improvement Act of 2013 S.311 - Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act S.507 - Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.1389 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of the National Park System. S.1962 - Pullman National Historical Park Act S.974 - Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 S.305 - Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act S.1949 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 S.2410 - Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 S.2580 - Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014 No Legislation yet California Desert Protection Act amendments Rim of the Valley National Monument Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment
Client expense: $124,569 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle NHS Establishment Act HR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment of Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resources Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1996, S 2363. S 1335 Sportsmen's Act S 2604 A bill to reauhthorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia HR 4551 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 1875, HR 3992 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act HR 4858 San Gabriel National Recreation Act HR 5074 Land Adjacency Notification and Disclosure Act HR 4736 North County National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment ACt HR 1351, S 360 The Public Land Service Corps Act HR 3979 FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, Title XXX HR 5069 Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014
Client expense: $36,415 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle NHS Establishment Act HR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment of Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resources Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1996, S 2363. S 1335 Sportsmen's Act S 2604 A bill to reauhthorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia HR 4551 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 1875, HR 3992 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act HR 4858 San Gabriel National Recreation Act HR 5074 Land Adjacency Notification and Disclosure Act HR 4736 North County National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment ACt HR 1351, S 360 The Public Land Service Corps Act HR 3979 FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, Title XXX HR 5069 Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,415
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
BILLS: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (HR 83, PL 113-235) GOV; Tax Reform Act of 2014 (HR 1)--TAX; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act(HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022/S. 2924) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Re authorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S.2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS. FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion about VAs systemic lack of compliance with NEPA. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding.National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding keeping the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.
Client expense: $51,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
2014 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1996, S 2363, S1335 Sportsmen's Act S 2604 A bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia HR 4551 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 1875, HR 3992 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 3962 Making Public Lands Public Access Act HR 4858 San Gabriel National Recreation Act HR 5074 Land Adjacency Notification and Disclosure Act HR 4736 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act HR 1351, S 360 The Public Lands Service Corps Act
Client expense: $36,416 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Legislative Bills: Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX;; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical ParkBoundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S. 2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS. FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs.Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.
2014 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.
2014 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.298 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. H.R.445 National Heritage Area Act of 2013 H.R.520 Buffalo Soldiers in National Parks Study Bill H.R.644 Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013 H.R.664 Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act H.R.706 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.716 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes H.R.885 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 H.R.1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.1459 Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act H.R.1513 To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes H.R.1846 Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act H.R.1934 Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 H.R.2015 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 H.R.2192 National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act H.R.2497 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013 H.R.3917 Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 H.R.3929 Pullman National Historical Park Act H.R.4049 Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act S.225 Buffalo Soldiers in National Parks Study Bill S.247 Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act S.285 Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act S.305 Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act S.311 Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act S.354 Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 S.371 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.782 Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act S.916 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 S.974 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 S.1962 Pullman National Historical Park Act No Legislation Yet American West Monument Interstate 11 Vicksburg World Heritage Areas
2014 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1996, S 2363, S1335 Sportsmen's Act S 2604 A bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia HR 4551 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 1875, HR 3992 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 3962 Making Public Lands Public Access Act HR 4858 San Gabriel National Recreation Act
Client expense: $49,879 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.
2014 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.298 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. H.R.445 National Heritage Area Act of 2013H.R.664 Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act H.R.706 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.716 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes H.R.885 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 H.R.1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.1459 Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act H.R.1513 To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes H.R.1846 Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act H.R.1934 Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 H.R.2015 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 H.R.2192 National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act H.R.2497 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013 H.R.3917 Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 H.R.3929 Pullman National Historical Park Act H.R.4049 Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act S.247 Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act S.285 Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act S.305 Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act S.311 Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act S.354 Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 S.371 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.782 Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act S.916 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 S.974 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 S.1962 Pullman National Historical Park Act No Legislation Yet American West Monument Interstate 11
2014 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1335 Sportsmen's Act
Client expense: $42,876 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service.Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Distributed National Trusts report on stewardship and management of historic properties under the stewardship of the agency to the Secretary asking that he consider implementing the reports recommendations to improve their cultural resources management practices.
2013 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.716 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes.H.R.1846 Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act H.R.2634 To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. H.R.1934 Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 H.R.3294 State-Run Federal Lands Act H.R.2015 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 H.R.3451 Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2013 H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act HR 445 National Heritage Areas Act of 2013 H.R.298 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. S.916 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 S.782 Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.1718 A bill to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. S.974 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 S.1262 Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2013 S.1232 Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013 CBC Cultural Resources- Not yet filed American West Monument Act- Not yet filed Pullman National Historical Park- Not yet file
Client expense: $143,195 · Firm income: Not reported
2013 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1335 Sportsmen's Act
Client expense: $21,944 · Firm income: Not reported
2013 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960/S. 1034) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Preserving Americas Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) NAT; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge and working with Glover Park Group. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.USFS - Met with the U.S. Forest Service regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. VA Met with Department of Veterans Affairs staff regarding the proposed closure of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs, South Dakota; discussed the possibility of the VA to issue guidance regarding the use of the Section 111 leasing provisions for VA properties under the National Historic Preservation Act.
2013 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.163 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act S.23 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation ActH.R.706 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.586 Denali National Park Improvement Act H.R.520 Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act H.R.885 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 H.R.1351 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 H.R.819 Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act H.R.437 Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 H.R.913 Everglades for the Next Generation Act H.R.250 To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for other purposes. H.R.445 National Heritage Area Act of 2013 S.305 Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act S.354 Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 S.285 Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act S.255 North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 S.347 First State National Historical Park Act S.138 California Desert Protection Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.371 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.156 Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act S.225 Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act S.360 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 S.486 Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act S.150 Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.414 Everglades for the Next Generation Act No Legislation yet Homestead Gateway MAP-21 Reauthorization Petersburg Battlefield Park Expansion Delaware/Woodlawn- National Historical Park Establishment Ft. Bowie Expansion Casa Grande Expansion Oregon Caves National Monument Expansion Latino Heritage Initiative Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Establishment Fort Vancouver Boundary Change Saguaro National Park Expansion California Desert Expansion
2013 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.1434 Montana Land Sovereignty Act H.R.1439 Idaho Land Sovereignty Act H.R.1495 Arizona Land Sovereignty ActH.R.138 Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.1512 New Mexico Land Sovereignty H.R.2192 National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act H.R.2497 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013 H.R.819 Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act H.R.706 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.644 Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013 H.R.586 Denali National Park Improvement Act H.R.1158 North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act H.R.716 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes. H.R.1513 To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes. H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.1785 Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act H.R.2634 To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes H.R.885 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 H.R.1934 Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 H.R.2015 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 H.R.1351 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 S.150 Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.486 Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act'. S.371 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.916 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 S.1077 Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act S.476 A bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission S.157 Denali National Park Improvement Act S.782 Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.974 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 S.285 Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act S.360 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 No Legislation Yet Civil War Defenses of Washington Manassas Parkway Act-draft Pullman National Historic Park St. Louis Arch Access Wild Olympics World Heritage Areas funding
2013 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1335 Sportsmen's Act
Client expense: $22,803 · Firm income: Not reported
2013 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act S 1554 HUNT Act S 1335 Sportsmen's Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2013 · third_quarter · Government Issues
HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) - NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Lnad Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.
2013 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R. 1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.1434 Montana Land Sovereignty Act H.R.1439 Idaho Land Sovereignty ActH.R.1495 Arizona Land Sovereignty Act H.R.1512 New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act H.R.706 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.138 Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.819 Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act H.R.2497 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013 H.R.2477 Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act of 2013 H.R.716 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes. H.R.1513 To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.1158 North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act H.R.2634 To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes H.R.1934 Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 H.R.1785 Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act H.R.2015 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 H.R.586 Denali National Park Improvement Act H.R.1351 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 H.R.2192 National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act S.371 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.916 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 S.150 Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.486 Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act S.1077 Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act S.476 A bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. S.644 PACT Act S.782 Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.974 Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 S.285 Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act S.157 Denali National Park Improvement Act S.360 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 No Legislation yet St. Louis Arch Access Pullman National Historical Park
2013 · second_quarter · Government Issues
HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.
2013 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368, HR 2068 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization S 916, HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment ActHR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712, S 1140 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 S 509, HR 993 Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act HR 638 National Wildlife Refuge Review Act HR 2208, S 741 NAWCA Extension Act S 1139, HR 2636 Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act
Client expense: $32,736 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2013 · second_quarter · Government Issues
HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.
2013 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.163 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act S.23 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation ActH.R.706 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act H.R.1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 H.R.586 Denali National Park Improvement Act H.R.520 Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act H.R.885 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 H.R.1351 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 H.R.819 Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act H.R.437 Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 H.R.913 Everglades for the Next Generation Act H.R.250 To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for other purposes. H.R.445 National Heritage Area Act of 2013 S.305 Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act S.354 Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 S.285 Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act S.255 North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 S.347 First State National Historical Park Act S.138 California Desert Protection Act S.507 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act S.371 Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act S.156 Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act S.225 Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act S.360 Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 S.486 Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act S.150 Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.414 Everglades for the Next Generation Act No Legislation yet Homestead Gateway MAP-21 Reauthorization Petersburg Battlefield Park Expansion Delaware/Woodlawn- National Historical Park Establishment Ft. Bowie Expansion Casa Grande Expansion Oregon Caves National Monument Expansion Latino Heritage Initiative Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Establishment Fort Vancouver Boundary Change Saguaro National Park Expansion California Desert Expansion
2013 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 368 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization HR 1033 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields S 312, HR 663 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act HR 87 Castle Nugent NHS Establishment Act of 2011HR 1230, S 353 Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S 338 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 371, HR 706 Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans HR 1021 LAND Act HR 1208 Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Boundary Study Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 712 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1411, S61 California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act S 618 Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 HR 993 Friut Heights Land Conveyance Act
Client expense: $24,508 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2013 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1033 - American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 Private Takings/Private Property
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Republican |
| NE |
| Jerrold Nadler | Democratic | NY |
| John D. Dingell | Democratic | MI |
| John Lewis | Democratic | GA |
| John P. Sarbanes | Democratic | MD |
| Joyce Beatty | Democratic | OH |
| Kay Granger | Republican | TX |
| Paul Tonko | Democratic | NY |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| Robert J. Wittman | Republican | VA |
| Steve Israel | Democratic | NY |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $55,936 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $103,817 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $160,046 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $129,777 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $53,405 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $29,218 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $93,814 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Client expense: $81,102 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $59,426 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $123,046 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Client expense: $77,739 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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
Client expense: $83,814 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE