Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 83; Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act: (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equipment components. H.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013, Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, A bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operation in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each of FY2014-FY2021. H.R. 4923; FY15 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R. 5052 & S. 2587; Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 5171; FY15 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R. 5886; African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014, To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 to conserve elephants while appropriately regulating ivory in the United States. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2621; Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of duck stamps, which are required to hunt migratory waterfowl, from $15 to $25.
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Hunting access, public land management, H.R. 1825 & S. 170 (Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
Undertook lobbying activities relating to the maintenance/shared use of Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base in California. Monitored S 1197, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and undertook lobbying activities to include language relative to the maintenance/shared use of the Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area in the final NDAA. Supported passage of HR 3304, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Undertook lobbying activities relating to the restoration and preservation of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Undertook lobbying activities to support efforts and potential legislative proposals to include a more collaborative process in land use designations in the United States. Monitored HR 48, the Open Space Preservation Promotion Act Monitored HR 126, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act Monitored HR 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act Monitored HR 445, the National Heritage Area Act Monitored HR 576, the Save Endangered Species Act Monitored HR 638, the National Wildlife Refuge Review Act Monitored HR 758, the Utah Land Sovereignty Act Supported HR 819/S 486, the Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area Opposed HR 1187, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Supported HR 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act Opposed HR 1630 and S 769, to designate millions of acres of land in Utah as Red Rock wilderness Monitored HR 1633, the Small Land Tracts Conveyance Act Supported HR 1676, to protect the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Monitored HR 1683, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act Supported HR 1776, the Clear Creek National recreation Area and Conservation Act Monitored HR 1799, the Arizon1794a Sonoran Desert Heritage Act Monitored HR 1825, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act Monitored HR 1834, the 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act Supported HR 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act Monitored HR 2068, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization Monitored HR 2192, the National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act Opposed HR 2490, the Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act Opposed HR 2491, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored HR 2511/S 1233, the Federal Land Freedom Act Monitored HR 2808, to designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, to facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest, and for other purposes. Monitored HR 3008, the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest Service land in Los Padres National Forest. Monitored HR 3022, the National Discovery Trails Act Monitored S 1572/HR 3287, the Protecting States, Opening Natural Parks Act Monitored HR 3409, the National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act Monitored HR 3533, the Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Monitored HR 3606, the Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act Monitored HR 3661, the Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act Monitored HR 3704, the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act Monitored HR 3806, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act Monitored HR 3922, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Monitored HR 3962, the Making Public Lands Public Access Act Supported HR 3979, the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Monitored HR 4166, the Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act Supported HR 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Supported HR 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act Supported HR 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act Supported HR 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act Supported HR 4371, add National to Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area Supported HR 4716, the Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act Monitored HR 4858, the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act Supported HR 4866, the Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act Supported HR 4886, the National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act Supported HR 5204, the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act Monitored HR5311, the Rocky Mountain Recreation and Wilderness Preservation Act Supported Utah Public Lands Initiative Monitored S 60, the Western States National Historic Trails Study Act Monitored S 61, the California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act Monitored S 341, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act Monitored S 352, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored S 473, ensuring that Federal Register notices submitted to BLM are reviewed in a timely manner Monitored S 801, the Prairie Protection Act Monitored S 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act Monitored S 1054, the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act Monitored S 1160, the Complete Americas Great Trails Act Monitored S 1167, the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act Monitored S 1232, the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act Monitored S 1237, the Omnibus Territories Act Monitored S 1309, a bill to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses, and for other purposes. Monitored S 1415, the Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act Monitored S 1430, the Idaho wilderness water Resources Protection Act Monitored S 1520, the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act Monitored S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act Monitored S 1794, the Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act+ Monitored S 1805, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act Monitored S 1829, to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in New Mexico Monitored S 1888, the Inyo National Forest Land Exchange Act Supported S 2289, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Supported S 2394, the Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act Supported S 2575, the Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act Monitored S 2623, to prohibit land management modifications relating to the Lesser Prairie Chicken Supported S 2630, a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 Supported S 2635, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Supported S 2677, the Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act
2014 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Hunting access, public land management, HR 1825 and S170 (Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest; H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.2798, Direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R.2799, Establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee; H.R.3197, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.3590, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013; Issues related to conservation and hunting. S 1660, SPORT Act; H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act; S. 1996, Bi-Partisan Sportsmens Act; S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act; H.R 5052, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; S. 2587, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014.
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| Bill Huizenga | Republican | MI |
| Bill Johnson | Republican | OH |
| Bill Shuster | Republican | PA |
| Billy Long | Republican | MO |
| Blaine Luetkemeyer | Republican | MO |
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| Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Republican | TN |
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| Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Republican | AR |
| Fred Upton | Republican | MI |
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| Howard Coble | Republican | NC |
| Jackie Walorski | Republican | IN |
| James Lankford | Republican | OK |
| Jason Smith | Republican | MO |
| Jeb Hensarling | Republican | TX |
| Jeff Duncan | Republican | SC |
| Jim Bridenstine | Republican | OK |
| John Fleming | Republican | LA |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | Republican | TN |
| John Kline | Republican | MN |
| Joseph J. Heck | Republican | NV |
| Kay Granger | Republican | TX |
| Kenny Marchant | Republican | TX |
| Kerry L. Bentivolio | Republican | MI |
| Kevin Yoder | Republican | KS |
| Kristi L. Noem | Republican | SD |
| Lee Terry | Republican | NE |
| Lou Barletta | Republican | PA |
| Luke Messer | Republican | IN |
| Lynn A. Westmoreland | Republican | GA |
| Lynn Jenkins | Republican | KS |
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| Michael C. Burgess | Republican | TX |
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| Mike Kelly | Republican | PA |
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| Mike Rogers | Republican | AL |
| Mo Brooks | Republican | AL |
| Paul A. Gosar | Republican | AZ |
| Pete P. Gallego | Democratic | TX |
| Pete Sessions | Republican | TX |
| Phil Gingrey | Republican | GA |
| Randy Neugebauer | Republican | TX |
| Reid J. Ribble | Republican | WI |
| Richard B. Nugent | Republican | FL |
| Richard Hudson | Republican | NC |
| Richard L. Hanna | Republican | NY |
| Robert E. Latta | Republican | OH |
| Robert J. Wittman | Republican | VA |
| Robert Pittenger | Republican | NC |
| Rodney Alexander | Republican | LA |
| Rodney Davis | Republican | IL |
| Ron DeSantis | Republican | FL |
| Sam Graves | Republican | MO |
| Sam Johnson | Republican | TX |
| Scott DesJarlais | Republican | TN |
| Scott R. Tipton | Republican | CO |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV |
| Spencer Bachus | Republican | AL |
| Stephen Lee Fincher | Republican | TN |
| Stevan Pearce | Republican | NM |
| Steve Daines | Republican | MT |
| Steve King | Republican | IA |
| Steve Southerland II | Republican | FL |
| Steve Stivers | Republican | OH |
| Steve Stockman | Republican | TX |
| Steven M. Palazzo | Republican | MS |
| Susan W. Brooks | Republican | IN |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
| Ted S. Yoho | Republican | FL |
| Thomas J. Rooney | Republican | FL |
| Tim Griffin | Republican | AR |
| Tim Huelskamp | Republican | KS |
| Tim Walberg | Republican | MI |
| Todd Rokita | Republican | IN |
| Todd Young | Republican | IN |
| Tom Cole | Republican | OK |
| Tom Cotton | Republican | AR |
| Tom Graves | Republican | GA |
| Tom Latham | Republican | IA |
| Tom Rice | Republican | SC |
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Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
Client expense: $105,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
S.2872: Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.5522: ATF Elimination Act H.R.5093: Children's Firearm Marketing Safety Act S.2676: Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2014 H.Amdt.1098 Amends Bill: H.R.5016 H.Amdt.1084 Amends Bill: H.R.5016 S.1290: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 H.R.5756: Heller Public Firearms Range Act of 2014 H.R. 5040: Land Conveyance H.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence. S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years. H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R.3484: Airport Security Act of 2013 H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. S.1660: SPORT Act H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013 S.1486: Postal Reform Act of 2013 H.R.3933 : Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 H.R.4135 : Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4405 : Preventing Gun Violence Act S.1908 : Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 S.1996 : Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 H.RES.468: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. S.2105 : Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.AMDT.717 to S.649 To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. H.AMDT.704 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.727 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.769 to H.R.4660 H.AMDT.729 to H.R.4660 H.R.4380 : Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4783 : Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.4784: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2014 H.R.4806: Pause for Safety Act of 2014 H.R.4946: Crime Gun Tracing Act H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act H.R.4547 : To modify the definition of "antique firearm H.R.4707: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. H.R.5606: Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2014 H.R.5555: FIREARM Act H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws. H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199 : Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. S.2363 - Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 S.2105 - Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.2445 - Pause for Safety Act of 2014 S.2373 - A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S.2426 - Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014 S.2483 - Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 83; Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act: (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equipment components. H.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013, Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, A bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operation in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each of FY2014-FY2021. H.R. 4923; FY15 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R. 5052 & S. 2587; Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 5171; FY15 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R. 5886; African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014, To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 to conserve elephants while appropriately regulating ivory in the United States. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2621; Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of duck stamps, which are required to hunt migratory waterfowl, from $15 to $25.
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262/S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest;H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596/S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740/S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013 (SHARE Act); H.R.3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act; S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; S.2587/H.R.5052, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; Issues related to international wildlife trafficking, ivory ban, conservation and hunting.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act;H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; S.2587/H.R.5052, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; Issues related to land and wildlife conservation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
Undertook lobbying activities relating to the maintenance/shared use of Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base in California. Monitored S 1197, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and undertook lobbying activities to include language relative to the maintenance/shared use of the Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area in the final NDAA. Supported passage of HR 3304, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Undertook lobbying activities relating to the restoration and preservation of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Undertook lobbying activities to support efforts and potential legislative proposals to include a more collaborative process in land use designations in the United States. Monitored HR 48, the Open Space Preservation Promotion Act Monitored HR 126, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act Monitored HR 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act Monitored HR 445, the National Heritage Area Act Monitored HR 576, the Save Endangered Species Act Monitored HR 638, the National Wildlife Refuge Review Act Monitored HR 758, the Utah Land Sovereignty Act Supported HR 819/S 486, the Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area Opposed HR 1187, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Supported HR 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act Opposed HR 1630 and S 769, to designate millions of acres of land in Utah as Red Rock wilderness Monitored HR 1633, the Small Land Tracts Conveyance Act Supported HR 1676, to protect the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Monitored HR 1683, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act Supported HR 1776, the Clear Creek National recreation Area and Conservation Act Monitored HR 1799, the Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act Monitored HR 1825, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act Monitored HR 1834, the 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act Supported HR 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act Monitored HR 2068, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization Monitored HR 2192, the National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act Opposed HR 2490, the Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act Opposed HR 2491, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored HR 2511/S 1233, the Federal Land Freedom Act Monitored HR 2808, to designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, to facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest, and for other purposes. Monitored HR 3008, the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest Service land in Los Padres National Forest. Monitored HR 3022, the National Discovery Trails Act Monitored S 1572/HR 3287, the Protecting States, Opening Natural Parks Act Monitored HR 3409, the National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act Monitored HR 3533, the Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Monitored HR 3606, the Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act Monitored HR 3661, the Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act Monitored HR 3704, the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act Monitored HR 3806, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act Monitored HR 3922, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Monitored HR 3962, the Making Public Lands Public Access Act Monitored HR 4166, the Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act Supported HR 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Supported HR 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act Supported HR 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act Supported HR 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act Supported HR 4371, add National to Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area Supported HR 4716, the Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act Monitored HR 4858, the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act Supported HR 4866, the Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act Supported HR 4886, the National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act Supported HR 5204, the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act Monitored HR5311, the Rocky Mountain Recreation and Wilderness Preservation Act Supported Utah Public Lands Initiative Monitored S 60, the Western States National Historic Trails Study Act Monitored S 61, the California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act Monitored S 341, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act Monitored S 352, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored S 473, ensuring that Federal Register notices submitted to BLM are reviewed in a timely manner Monitored S 801, the Prairie Protection Act Monitored S 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act Monitored S 1054, the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act Monitored S 1160, the Complete Americas Great Trails Act Monitored S 1167, the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act Monitored S 1232, the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act Monitored S 1237, the Omnibus Territories Act Monitored S 1309, a bill to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses, and for other purposes. Monitored S 1415, the Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act Monitored S 1430, the Idaho wilderness water Resources Protection Act Monitored S 1520, the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act Monitored S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act Monitored S 1794, the Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act+ Monitored S 1805, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act Monitored S 1829, to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in New Mexico Monitored S 1888, the Inyo National Forest Land Exchange Act Monitored S 2289, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Supported S 2394, the Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act Supported S 2575, the Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act Monitored S 2623, to prohibit land management modifications relating to the Lesser Prairie Chicken Supported S 2630, a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 Supported S 2635, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Supported S 2677, the Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest; H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.2798, Direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R.2799, Establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee; H.R.3197, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.3590, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013; Issues related to conservation and hunting. S 1660, SPORT Act; H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act; S. 1996, Bi-Partisan Sportsmens Act; S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act; H.R 5052, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; S. 2587, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014.
Client expense: $105,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2014 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for the purposes of such Act; (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equipment components. H.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense of 2013, Prohibits the Secreatary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agengies Appropriations Act, 2014, Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013, Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, A bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operation in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operation in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each of FY2014-FY2021. H.R. 4870 & S. 2410; FY15 Appropriations Bill Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. H.R. 4923; FY15 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R. 5051 & S. 2587; Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect and conserve species and the lawful lpossession of certain ivory in the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 5171; FY15 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational lhunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996 & S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2621; Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $520,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
S.2872 Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014S.2363 - Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 S.2105 - Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.2445 - Pause for Safety Act of 2014 S.2373 - A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S.2426 - Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014 S.2483 - Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 Oppose: Would outlaw private sales that do not undergo a background check. H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose a National Permit to Purchase requirement just to purchase a firearm, outlaw private firearms sales, require you lock up your firearm in your own house. H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would strip law-abiding adults aged 18-21 from their Second Amendment rights and force gun owners to lock-up their firearms or potentially face prosecution. H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act Oppose: This bill would give the federal government vast new power to cease the inventory of firearms dealers, and require upon revoking a dealers license, all of a dealers inventory be transferred to another dealer or turned into the government. H.R.72: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would expand BATFE power and authority. H.R.117: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would mandate that each state require every gun owner to register all handguns in their possession. Failure to do so would be met with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. H.R.133: Citizens Protection Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.137: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 H.R.138: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.141: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill not only bans private sales but also requires that gun show promoters file with the Attorney General prior to commencement. The promoter must also collect up to date federal licenses from each FFL and submit those as well. Severe penalties are imposed for poor record keeping. This bill also allocates the ATF 40 investigators to patrol gun shows and look for potential violations. Passage of this bill would ultimately reduce the number of gun shows nationwide as well as increasing entrance fees. H.R.142: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 H.R.226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.227: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.236: Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013H.R.238: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act H.R.321: Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 H.R.332: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act H.R.339: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Oppose: This bill would increase the penalties for those found guilty of "straw purchases." Meaning, anyone who willingly buys a firearm from a dealer with the express intent of selling it to a person who is barred by law from owning a firearm. How they will determine intent is unsaid, or worse, left to the discretion of the Attorney General. H.R.410: Restore the Constitution Act of 2013 Support: This bill nullifies any presidential Executive Order that infringes on the Second Amendment or violates the limitations of power under Article 8, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. It also prohibits the President from allocating any Federal funds to implement such violations. This bill would also allow any person who has had their liberties infringed by executive order to bring suit against the Government. H.R.427: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement TRACE Act Oppose: This bill would allow the Attorney General to impose new trace requirements to firearms. It would also increase the amount of time the ATF can legally hold records of gun sales, as well as appropriate more funding for the agency. H.R.431: Gun Transparency and Accountability Gun TRAC Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill allows the ATF to keep records of gun sales for 90 days before "destroying" them. It also allows courts to subpoena ATF TRACE records as admissible evidence for civil and criminal suits. H.R.437: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Oppose: This bill would outlaw hundreds of commonly used semi-automatic rifles and pistols and limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds. H.R.449: To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes. H.R.452: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.538: PLEA Act Oppose: This bill outlaws Five-seveN Pistol and accompanying ammunition, manufactured by FN Herstal of Belgium. It also arbitrarily bans "any other handgun" that uses certain types of loosely defined ammunition. H.R.575: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 H.R.577: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act Support: This bill would put an end to the practice of stripping veterans diagnosed with PTSD of their Second Amendment rights. H.R.578: Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 Neutral: This bill deals with the recognition of firearms permits. H.R.619: Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose yet another misdemeanor life long gun ban on certain individuals. H.R.661: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act Oppose: This bill expands the authority of the BATFE to conduce on site dealer inspections and eliminates the requirement that NICS background check records be destroyed. H.R.720: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 H.R.722: Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013 H.R.793: Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 Oppose: Taxes concealable firearms and imposes a government gun buy back program designed to encourage confiscation. H.R. 848 Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013 H.R.868 : Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013 Oppose: Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make two-year grants to states and local governments for subgrants to gun dealers, or to gun dealers directly, to conduct gun buyback programs under which gun dealers shall be issued smart prepaid cards to purchase specified guns from individuals wishing to dispose of them. H.R.955 : Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.965 : To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials. H.R.1143 : Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 H.R.1290 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 Oppose: Would ban the sale of firearms to purchasers that do not have a particular "qualified liability insurance policy." H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 Support: This bill would allow citizens to lawfully carry firearms for self defense in COE areas. H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws. H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199 : Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. Support: Calling for the resignation of anti-gun Attorney General Eric HolderH.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence. S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years. Oppose H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R.3484: Airport Security Act of 2013 H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. S.1660: SPORT Act H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013 S.1486:PostalReformAct of 2013 H.R.3933: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act S.1908: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 S.1996: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 H.RES.468:Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects theSecondAmendmentand keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. S.2105: Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.AMDT.717toS.649To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. H.AMDT.704 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.727 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.769 to H.R.4660 H.AMDT.729 to H.R.4660 H.R.4380: Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4783 : Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.4784: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2014 H.R.4806: Pause for Safety Act of 2014 H.R.4946: Crime Gun Tracing Act H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act H.R.4547 : To modify the definition of "antique firearm H.R.4707: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. H.R.5606: Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2014 H.R.5555: FIREARM Act S.2872: Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.5522: ATF Elimination Act H.R.5093: Children's Firearm Marketing Safety Act S.2676: Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2014 H.Amdt.1098 Amends Bill: H.R.5016 H.Amdt.1084 Amends Bill: H.R.5016 S.1290: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Hunting access, public land management, H.R. 1825 & S. 170 (Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262/S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest;H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596/S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740/S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013 (SHARE Act); H.R.3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act; S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; S.2587/H.R.5052, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; Issues related to international wildlife trafficking, ivory ban, conservation and hunting.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act;H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; S.2587/H.R.5052, Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; Issues related to land and wildlife conservation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
Undertook lobbying activities relating to the maintenance/shared use of Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base in California. Monitored S 1197, the National Defense Authroization Act (NDAA) and undertook lobbying activities to include language relative to the maintenance/shared use of the Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area in the final NDAA. Supported passage of HR 3304, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Undertook lobbying activities relating to the restoration and preservation of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Undertook lobbying activities to support efforts and potential legislative proposals to include a more collaborative process in land use designations in the United States. Monitored HR 48, the Open Space Preservation Promotion Act Monitored HR 126, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act Monitored HR 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act Monitored HR 445, the National Heritage Area Act Monitored HR 576, the Save Endangered Species Act Monitored HR 638, the National Wildlife Refuge Review Act Monitored HR 758, the Utah Land Sovereignty Act Supported HR 819/S 486, the Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area Opposed HR 1187, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Supported HR 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act Opposed HR 1630 and S 769, to designate millions of acres of land in Utah as Red Rock wilderness Monitored HR 1633, the Small Land Tracts Conveyance Act Supported HR 1676, to protect the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Monitored HR 1683, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act Supported HR 1776, the Clear Creek National recreation Area and Conservation Act Monitored HR 1799, the Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act Monitored HR 1825, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act Monitored HR 1834, the 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act Supported HR 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act Monitored HR 2068, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization Monitored HR 2192, the National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act Opposed HR 2490, the Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act Opposed HR 2491, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored HR 2511/S 1233, the Federal Land Freedom Act Monitored HR 2808, to designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, to facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest, and for other purposes. Monitored HR 3008, the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest Service land in Los Padres National Forest. Monitored HR 3022, the National Discovery Trails Act Monitored S 1572/HR 3287, the Protecting States, Opening Natural Parks Act Monitored HR 3409, the National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act Mintored HR 3533, the Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Monitored HR 3606, the Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act Monitored HR 3661, the Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act Monitored HR 3704, the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act Monitored HR 3806, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act Monitored HR 3922, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 Monitored HR 3962, the Making Public Lands Public Access Act Monitored HR 4166, the Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2014 Supported HR 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Supported HR 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act Supported HR 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act Supported HR 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act Supported HR 4371, add National to Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area Supported HR 4716, the Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act Supported Utah Public Lands Initiative Monitored S 60, the Western States National Historic Trails Study Act Monitored S 61, the California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act Monitored S 341, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act Monitored S 352, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored S 473, ensuring that Federal Register notices submitted to BLM are reviewed in a timely manner Monitored S 801, the Prairie Protection Act Monitored S 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act Monitored S 1054, the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act Monitored S 1160, the Complete Americas Great Trails Act Monitored S 1167, the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act Monitored S 1232, the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act Monitored S 1237, the Omnibus Territories Act Monitored S 1309, a bill to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses, and for other purposes. Monitored S 1415, the Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act Monitored S 1430, the Idaho wilderness water Resources Protection Act Monitored S 1520, the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act Monitored S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act Monitored S 1794, the Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act+ Monitored S 1805, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act Monitored S 1829, to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in New Mexico Monitored S 1888, the Inyo National Forest Land Exchange Act
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest; H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.2798, Direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R.2799, Establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee; H.R.3197, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.3590, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013; Issues related to conservation and hunting. S 1660, SPORT Act; H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act; S. 1996, Bi-Partisan Sportsmens Act; S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2014 · second_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
Manchin Amdt. No. 715; To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S.2363 - Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 S.2105 - Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.2445 - Pause for Safety Act of 2014 S.2373 - A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S.2426 - Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014 S.2483 - Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 Oppose: Would outlaw private sales that do not undergo a background check. H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose a National Permit to Purchase requirement just to purchase a firearm, outlaw private firearms sales, require you lock up your firearm in your own house. H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would strip law-abiding adults aged 18-21 from their Second Amendment rights and force gun owners to lock-up their firearms or potentially face prosecution. H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act Oppose: This bill would give the federal government vast new power to cease the inventory of firearms dealers, and require upon revoking a dealers license, all of a dealers inventory be transferred to another dealer or turned into the government. H.R.72: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would expand BATFE power and authority. H.R.117: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would mandate that each state require every gun owner to register all handguns in their possession. Failure to do so would be met with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. H.R.133: Citizens Protection Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.137: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 H.R.138: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.141: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill not only bans private sales but also requires that gun show promoters file with the Attorney General prior to commencement. The promoter must also collect up to date federal licenses from each FFL and submit those as well. Severe penalties are imposed for poor record keeping. This bill also allocates the ATF 40 investigators to patrol gun shows and look for potential violations. Passage of this bill would ultimately reduce the number of gun shows nationwide as well as increasing entrance fees. H.R.142: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 H.R.226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.227: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.236: Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013H.R.238: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act H.R.321: Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 H.R.332: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act H.R.339: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Oppose: This bill would increase the penalties for those found guilty of "straw purchases." Meaning, anyone who willingly buys a firearm from a dealer with the express intent of selling it to a person who is barred by law from owning a firearm. How they will determine intent is unsaid, or worse, left to the discretion of the Attorney General. H.R.410: Restore the Constitution Act of 2013 Support: This bill nullifies any presidential Executive Order that infringes on the Second Amendment or violates the limitations of power under Article 8, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. It also prohibits the President from allocating any Federal funds to implement such violations. This bill would also allow any person who has had their liberties infringed by executive order to bring suit against the Government. H.R.427: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement TRACE Act Oppose: This bill would allow the Attorney General to impose new trace requirements to firearms. It would also increase the amount of time the ATF can legally hold records of gun sales, as well as appropriate more funding for the agency. H.R.431: Gun Transparency and Accountability Gun TRAC Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill allows the ATF to keep records of gun sales for 90 days before "destroying" them. It also allows courts to subpoena ATF TRACE records as admissible evidence for civil and criminal suits. H.R.437: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Oppose: This bill would outlaw hundreds of commonly used semi-automatic rifles and pistols and limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds. H.R.449: To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes. H.R.452: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.538: PLEA Act Oppose: This bill outlaws Five-seveN Pistol and accompanying ammunition, manufactured by FN Herstal of Belgium. It also arbitrarily bans "any other handgun" that uses certain types of loosely defined ammunition. H.R.575: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 H.R.577: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act Support: This bill would put an end to the practice of stripping veterans diagnosed with PTSD of their Second Amendment rights. H.R.578: Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 Neutral: This bill deals with the recognition of firearms permits. H.R.619: Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose yet another misdemeanor life long gun ban on certain individuals. H.R.661: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act Oppose: This bill expands the authority of the BATFE to conduce on site dealer inspections and eliminates the requirement that NICS background check records be destroyed. H.R.720: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 H.R.722: Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013 H.R.793: Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 Oppose: Taxes concealable firearms and imposes a government gun buy back program designed to encourage confiscation. H.R. 848 Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013 H.R.868 : Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013 Oppose: Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make two-year grants to states and local governments for subgrants to gun dealers, or to gun dealers directly, to conduct gun buyback programs under which gun dealers shall be issued smart prepaid cards to purchase specified guns from individuals wishing to dispose of them. H.R.955 : Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.965 : To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials. H.R.1143 : Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 H.R.1290 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 Oppose: Would ban the sale of firearms to purchasers that do not have a particular "qualified liability insurance policy." H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 Support: This bill would allow citizens to lawfully carry firearms for self defense in COE areas. H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws. H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199 : Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. Support: Calling for the resignation of anti-gun Attorney General Eric HolderH.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence. S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years. Oppose H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R.3484: Airport Security Act of 2013 H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. S.1660: SPORT Act H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013 S.1486:PostalReformAct of 2013 H.R.3933: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act S.1908: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 S.1996: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 H.RES.468:Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects theSecondAmendmentand keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. S.2105: Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.AMDT.717toS.649To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. H.AMDT.704 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.727 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.769 to H.R.4660 H.AMDT.729 to H.R.4660 H.R.4380: Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4783 : Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.4784: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2014 H.R.4806: Pause for Safety Act of 2014 H.R.4946: Crime Gun Tracing Act H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act H.R.4547 : To modify the definition of "antique firearm H.R.4707: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Hunting access, public land management, H.R. 1825 & S. 170 (Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262/S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest;H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596/S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740/S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013 (SHARE Act); H.R.3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act; S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; Issues related to international wildlife trafficking, ivory ban, conservation and hunting.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act;H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; Issues related to land and wildlife conservation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act; (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equiment componentsH.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or sem-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013; amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, a bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operations in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each FY 2014-FY2021. H.R. 4923; FY15 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, a bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, a bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2410; Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting,and for other purposes.
Client expense: $805,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2014 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act; (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equiment componentsH.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or sem-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013; amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, a bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operations in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each FY 2014-FY2021. H.R. 4923; FY15 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, a bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, a bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2410; Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting,and for other purposes.
Client expense: $805,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2014 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act; (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equiment componentsH.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or sem-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013; amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, a bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operations in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each FY 2014-FY2021. H.R. 4923; FY15 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, a bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, a bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 2410; Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting,and for other purposes.
Client expense: $805,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2014 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
See attachedUndertook lobbying activities relating to the maintenance/shared use of Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base in California. Monitored S 1197, the National Defense Authroization Act (NDAA) and undertook lobbying activities to include language relative to the maintenance/shared use of the Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area in the final NDAA. Supported passage of HR 3304, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Undertook lobbying activities relating to the restoration and preservation of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Undertook lobbying activities to support efforts and potential legislative proposals to include a more collaborative process in land use designations in the United States. Monitored HR 48, the Open Space Preservation Promotion Act Monitored HR 126, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act Monitored HR 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act Monitored HR 445, the National Heritage Area Act Monitored HR 576, the Save Endangered Species Act Monitored HR 638, the National Wildlife Refuge Review Act Monitored HR 758, the Utah Land Sovereignty Act Supported HR 819/S 486, the Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area Opposed HR 1187, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Supported HR 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act Opposed HR 1630 and S 769, to designate millions of acres of land in Utah as Red Rock wilderness Monitored HR 1633, the Small Land Tracts Conveyance Act Supported HR 1676, to protect the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Monitored HR 1683, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act Supported HR 1776, the Clear Creek National recreation Area and Conservation Act Monitored HR 1799, the Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act Monitored HR 1825, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act Monitored HR 1834, the 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act Supported HR 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act Monitored HR 2068, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act ReauthorizationMonitored HR 2192, the National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act Opposed HR 2490, the Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act Opposed HR 2491, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored HR 2511/S 1233, the Federal Land Freedom Act Monitored HR 2808, to designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, to facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest, and for other purposes. Monitored HR 3008, the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest Service land in Los Padres National Forest. Monitored HR 3022, the National Discovery Trails Act Monitored S 1572/HR 3287, the Protecting States, Opening Natural Parks Act Monitored HR 3409, the National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act Mintored HR 3533, the Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Monitored HR 3606, the Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act Monitored HR 3661, the Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act Monitored HR 3704, the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act Monitored HR 3806, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act Monitored HR 3922, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 Monitored HR 3962, the Making Public Lands Public Access Act Monitored HR 4166, the Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2014 Supported HR 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Supported HR 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act Supported HR 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act Supported HR 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act Suported HR 4371, the add National to Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area Supported Utah Public Lands Initiative Monitored S 60, the Western Sates National Historic Trails Study Act Monitored S 61, the California Coastal National Monument Expansion ActMonitored S 341, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act Monitored S 352, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored S 473, ensuring that Federal Register notices submitted to BLM are reviewed in a timely manner Monitored S 801, the Prairie Protection Act Monitored S 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act Monitored S 1054, the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act Monitored S 1160, the Complete Americas Great Trails Act Monitored S 1167, the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act Monitored S 1232, the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act Monitored S 1237, the Omnibus Territories Act Monitored S 1309, a bill to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses, and for other purposes. Monitored S 1415, the Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act Monitored S 1430, the Idaho wilderness water Resources Protection Act Monitored S 1520, the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act Monitored S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act Monitored S 1794, the Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act+ Monitored S 1805, the Organ MountainsDesert Peaks Conservation Act Monitored S 1829, to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in New Mexico Monitored S 1888, the Inyo National Forest Land Exchange Act
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · first_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
Manchin Amdt. No. 715; To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 Oppose: Would outlaw private sales that do not undergo a background check. H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose a National Permit to Purchase requirement just to purchase a firearm, outlaw private firearms sales, require you lock up your firearm in your own house. H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would strip law-abiding adults aged 18-21 from their Second Amendment rights and force gun owners to lock-up their firearms or potentially face prosecution. H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act Oppose: This bill would give the federal government vast new power to cease the inventory of firearms dealers, and require upon revoking a dealers license, all of a dealers inventory be transferred to another dealer or turned into the government. H.R.72: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would expand BATFE power and authority. H.R.117: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would mandate that each state require every gun owner to register all handguns in their possession. Failure to do so would be met with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. H.R.133: Citizens Protection Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.137: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 H.R.138: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.141: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill not only bans private sales but also requires that gun show promoters file with the Attorney General prior to commencement. The promoter must also collect up to date federal licenses from each FFL and submit those as well. Severe penalties are imposed for poor record keeping. This bill also allocates the ATF 40 investigators to patrol gun shows and look for potential violations. Passage of this bill would ultimately reduce the number of gun shows nationwide as well as increasing entrance fees. H.R.142: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 H.R.226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.227: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.236: Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013 H.R.238: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act H.R.321: Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 H.R.332: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act H.R.339: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Oppose: This bill would increase the penalties for those found guilty of "straw purchases." Meaning, anyone who willingly buys a firearm from a dealer with the express intent of selling it to a person who is barred by law from owning a firearm. How they will determine intent is unsaid, or worse, left to the discretion of the Attorney General.H.R.410: Restore the Constitution Act of 2013 Support: This bill nullifies any presidential Executive Order that infringes on the Second Amendment or violates the limitations of power under Article 8, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. It also prohibits the President from allocating any Federal funds to implement such violations. This bill would also allow any person who has had their liberties infringed by executive order to bring suit against the Government. H.R.427: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement TRACE Act Oppose: This bill would allow the Attorney General to impose new trace requirements to firearms. It would also increase the amount of time the ATF can legally hold records of gun sales, as well as appropriate more funding for the agency. H.R.431: Gun Transparency and Accountability Gun TRAC Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill allows the ATF to keep records of gun sales for 90 days before "destroying" them. It also allows courts to subpoena ATF TRACE records as admissible evidence for civil and criminal suits. H.R.437: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Oppose: This bill would outlaw hundreds of commonly used semi-automatic rifles and pistols and limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds. H.R.449: To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes. H.R.452: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.538: PLEA Act Oppose: This bill outlaws Five-seveN Pistol and accompanying ammunition, manufactured by FN Herstal of Belgium. It also arbitrarily bans "any other handgun" that uses certain types of loosely defined ammunition. H.R.575: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 H.R.577: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act Support: This bill would put an end to the practice of stripping veterans diagnosed with PTSD of their Second Amendment rights. H.R.578: Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 Neutral: This bill deals with the recognition of firearms permits. H.R.619: Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose yet another misdemeanor life long gun ban on certain individuals. H.R.661: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act Oppose: This bill expands the authority of the BATFE to conduce on site dealer inspections and eliminates the requirement that NICS background check records be destroyed. H.R.720: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 H.R.722: Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013 H.R.793: Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 Oppose: Taxes concealable firearms and imposes a government gun buy back program designed to encourage confiscation. H.R. 848 Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013 H.R.868 : Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013 Oppose: Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make two-year grants to states and local governments for subgrants to gun dealers, or to gun dealers directly, to conduct gun buyback programs under which gun dealers shall be issued smart prepaid cards to purchase specified guns from individuals wishing to dispose of them. H.R.955 : Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.965 : To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials. H.R.1143 : Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 H.R.1290 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 Oppose: Would ban the sale of firearms to purchasers that do not have a particular "qualified liability insurance policy." H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 Support: This bill would allow citizens to lawfully carry firearms for self defense in COE areas. H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws. H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199 : Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. Support: Calling for the resignation of anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder H.RES.40: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Neutral: Expresses congressional support for the Second Amendment rights of Military personnel stationed in Washington DC. H.RES.55: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling. Oppose: Urges the repeal of state Stand Your Ground laws.H.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence. S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years. Oppose H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R.3484: Airport Security Act of 2013 H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. S.1660: SPORT Act H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013 S.1486:PostalReformAct of 2013 H.R.3933: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act S.1908: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 S.1996: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 H.RES.468:Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects theSecondAmendmentand keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. S.2105: Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.AMDT.717toS.649To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. H.R.4380: Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act
Client expense: $1,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Hunting access, public land management, H.R. 1825 & S. 170 (Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest;H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.2798, Direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R.2799, Establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee; H.R.3197, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.3590, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013; Issues related to conservation and hunting. S 1660, SPORT Act; H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act; S. 1996, Bi-Partisan Sportsmens Act.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act. Amends the Toxic Subsstances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act; (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equipmentcomponents. H.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013. Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. Requires federal public land managment officials to ficilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if : (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possission of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014. Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 2799; Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act. To establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3197; SHARE Act of 2013. A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3547; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. Makes appropriations for FY2014. H.R. 3590; SHARE Act of 2013. A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 874; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act. A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014. A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $805,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest;H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013 (SHARE Act); H.R.3962, Making Public Lands Public Access Act; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; Issues related to international wildlife trafficking, conservation and hunting.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014; H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act;H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; Issues related to land and wildlife conservation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 1825, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. Working to protect access, wilderness and wildlife refuges in the bill S. 170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. Working to protect access, wilderness and wildlife refuges in the bill. S. 1335, Sportsmen's Act, Recommending that exemption of lead shot/equipment to Toxic Substances Control Act be removed from S. 1335. S. 1660, SPORT Act, Making recommendations on provisions that should and should not be included in the SPORT Act sportsmen's legislation. S. 37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, S. 37, for its wilderness protections and forest restoration provisions.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 145, the Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act; HR 3188, the Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act; HR 1633, the Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act; HR 2259, the North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013; HR 2657, the Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013; HR 5545/S 483 Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act; S. 338, the Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013;HR 361, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act; Healthy Kids Outdoors Act (pending reintroduction); S 1306/HR 2702, No Child Left Inside Act; HR 1351, Public Lands Service Corps Act; H.R.1825, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; House Oversight Hearing on Parks during the Government Shutdown, maintainence backlog on National Parks; conservation on public lands in California, including possible legisation to protect the California Desert Conservation Area; fishing on Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County (CA); S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013; public hearing for proposed additional conservation protections for Stornetta Public Lands (California); H.R. 1526, the Healthy Forests and Healthy Communities Act; Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest plan revision; Central Coast (California) wild heritage campaign; S. 1396, a bill to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires; S 364, Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act; S 1695, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness; 50th anniversary celebration of the Wilderness Act; H.R. 1808, the Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act; enhancing National Environmental Policy Act implementation; S. 37, the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; proposed road construction through designated wilderness on National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; HR 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), especially Title VII Forestry; history of use of the Antiquities Act; Superior National Forest land exchange; HR 163, the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation Act; HR 1785, the Mountain to Sound Greenway National Heritage Act; and agenda for wilderness bills for 2013/2014.
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 1825 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage Act (Benishek Sportsman's Heritage Act) H.R. 1526 Restoring Healhty Forests for Healhty Communities Act O&C Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act (DeFazio-No bill number) H.R. 2642 House Farm BillS. 1301 The "Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013 Wildlife Prevention Act of 2013- Ruiz (CA)-No bill number H.R. 3188 Yosemite Rim Fire Emergyency Salvage Act H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act 2013 S. 601 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 H.R. 3197 Sportmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013 S 1396 FEMA/Wildfire funding S. 258 Grazing Improvement Act S. 1784 The Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 Nevada Sage Grouse legislation (no bill number) S. 1660 Sportmen's and Public Outdoor Recreation Traditions Act or the SPORT Act S. 1479 The Catastrophic Wildlife Prevention Act of 2013 S. 1634 Farmer and Hunter Protection Act H.R. 1965 Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act - The Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 H.R. 3286 Protecting State, Opening National Parks Act H.R. 3294 State-Run Federal Lands Act H.R. 3311 Provide Access and Retain Continuity Act of the PARC Act H.R. 3533 Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act S. 1731 Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Senate National Forest Legislation (no bill number) H.R. 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R. 2807 Land Conveyance IRS rule Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (no bill number) S. 744 Immigration Reform HR 2278 Immigration Reform USFWS decision to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act S. 1202- Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 1825, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. Working to protect access, wilderness and wildlife refuges in the billS. 170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. Working to protect access, wilderness and wildlife refuges in the bill. S. 1335, Sportsmen's Act, Recommending that exemption of lead shot/equipment to Toxic Substances Control Act be removed from S. 1335. S. 1660, SPORT Act, Making recommendations on provisions that should and should not be included in the SPORT Act sportsmen's legislation. S. 37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, S. 37, for its wilderness protections and forest restoration provisions.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 1825 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage Act (Benishek Sportsman's Heritage Act) H.R. 1526 Restoring Healhty Forests for Healhty Communities Act O&C Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act (DeFazio-No bill number) H.R. 2642 House Farm BillS. 1301 The "Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013 Wildlife Prevention Act of 2013- Ruiz (CA)-No bill number H.R. 3188 Yosemite Rim Fire Emergyency Salvage Act H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act 2013 S. 601 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 H.R. 3197 Sportmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013 S 1396 FEMA/Wildfire funding S. 258 Grazing Improvement Act S. 1784 The Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 Nevada Sage Grouse legislation (no bill number) S. 1660 Sportmen's and Public Outdoor Recreation Traditions Act or the SPORT Act S. 1479 The Catastrophic Wildlife Prevention Act of 2013 S. 1634 Farmer and Hunter Protection Act H.R. 1965 Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act - The Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 H.R. 3286 Protecting State, Opening National Parks Act H.R. 3294 State-Run Federal Lands Act H.R. 3311 Provide Access and Retain Continuity Act of the PARC Act H.R. 3533 Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act S. 1731 Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Senate National Forest Legislation (no bill number) H.R. 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R. 2807 Land Conveyance IRS rule Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (no bill number) S. 744 Immigration Reform HR 2278 Immigration Reform USFWS decision to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act S. 1202- Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322, and S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act: (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equipment componentH.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.- Russian Polar Bear Conservation und Act of 2013, Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classifed as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearms is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 2799; Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3197; SHARE Act of 2013, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3590; SHARE Act of 2013, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1973 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 145, the Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act; HR 3188, the Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act; HR 1633, the Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act; HR 2259, the North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013; HR 2657, the Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013; HR 5545/S 483 Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act; S. 338, the Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013;HR 361, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act; Healthy Kids Outdoors Act (pending reintroduction); S 1306/HR 2702, No Child Left Inside Act; HR 1351, Public Lands Service Corps Act; H.R.1825, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; House Oversight Hearing on Parks during the Government Shutdown, maintainence backlog on National Parks; conservation on public lands in California, including possible legisation to protect the California Desert Conservation Area; fishing on Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County (CA); S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013; public hearing for proposed additional conservation protections for Stornetta Public Lands (California); H.R. 1526, the Healthy Forests and Healthy Communities Act; Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest plan revision; Central Coast (California) wild heritage campaign; S. 1396, a bill to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires; S 364, Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act; S 1695, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness; 50th anniversary celebration of the Wilderness Act; H.R. 1808, the Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act; enhancing National Environmental Policy Act implementation; S. 37, the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; proposed road construction through designated wilderness on National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; HR 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), especially Title VII Forestry; history of use of the Antiquities Act; Superior National Forest land exchange; HR 163, the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation Act; HR 1785, the Mountain to Sound Greenway National Heritage Act; and agenda for wilderness bills for 2013/2014.
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HOUSE H.R. 0139-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Act-(Support) H.R. 0163-Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act-(Support) H.R. 0382-Preserve Land Freedom For Americans Act-(Oppose)HOUSE (Continued) H.R. 0250-To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for other purposes-(Oppose) H.R. 0361-Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act-(Support) H.R. 0432-To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.-(Oppose) H.R. 0433-Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013-(Support) H.R. 0687-Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011-(Oppose) H.R. 0740-Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection act-(Oppose) H.R. 0758-Utah Land Sovereignty Act-(Oppose) H.R. 0761-National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act-(Oppose) H.R. 0818-Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act-(Oppose) H.R. 0885-San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013-(All Sections) H.R. 0934-To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes.-(Oppose) H.R. 1025-Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act-(Support) H.R. 1294-Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1345-Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013-(All Sections) H.R. 1351-Public Lands Service Corps Act-(Support) H.R. 1394-Planning for American Energy Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1411-California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012-(Support) H.R. 1434-Montana Land Sovereignty Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1439-Idaho Land Sovereignty Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1442-Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act-(Neutral) H.R. 1459-Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1512-New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1526-Restoring Healthy Forest for Healthy Communities Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1613-Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act-(Oppose) H.R. 1808-Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act of 2013-(Support) H.R. 1825-Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act-(All Sections) H.R. 1947-Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013-(Oppose) H.R. 1965-Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act-(Oppose) H.R. 2728-Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act-(Oppose) H.R. 3188-Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act-(All Sections) H.R. 3286-Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act-(Oppose) H.R. 3294-State-Run Federal Lands Act-(Oppose) H.R. 3311-Provide Access and Retain Continuity Act-(Oppose) SENATE S. 0061-California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2013-(Support) S. 0112-Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act-(Support) S. 0225-Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act-(Support) S. 0241-Rio Grande del Norte Conservation Area Establishment Act-(Support) S. 0247-Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act-(Support) S. 0258-Grazing Improvement Act-(Oppose) S. 0327-Good Neighbor Forestry Act-(Neutral) S. 0339-Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013-(Oppose) S. 0340-Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act-(Oppose) S. 0341-San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act-(Support) S. 0342-Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2011-(Qualified Support) S. 0364-Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act of 2013-(Support) S. 0483-Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act-(Support)SENATE (Continued) S. 0486-Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act-(Oppose) S. 0745-National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013-(Neutral) S. 0771-Soledad Canyon Settlement Act-(Support) S. 0776-Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act-(Support) S. 0781-Yosemite National Park Bounday Expansion Act of 2013-(Support) S. 0782-Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act-(Support) S. 0841-Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013-(Support) S. 0974-Las Vegas Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act-(Neutral) S. 1273-The Fixing Americas Inequities with Revenues (FAIR) Act.-(Oppose) S. 1479-Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013-(All Sections) S. 1695-Arctic National Wildlfie Refuge Wilderness Act-(Support) S. 1770-Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act-(All Sections) S. 1784-Oregon and California Land Grant Act-(Oppose) S. 1805-Organ Mountains--Desert Peaks Conservation Act-(Support) NOT YET INTRODUCED (NYI) Browns Canyon Protection Act-(Support) California Desert Protection Act-(Working to improve language that would mandate OHV areas and energy title) Forest Framework-(All Sections) Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument Act-(Support)
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
2013 · fourth_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
Manchin Amdt. No. 715; To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 Oppose: Would outlaw private sales that do not undergo a background check. H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose a National Permit to Purchase requirement just to purchase a firearm, outlaw private firearms sales, require you lock up your firearm in your own house. H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would strip law-abiding adults aged 18-21 from their Second Amendment rights and force gun owners to lock-up their firearms or potentially face prosecution. H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act Oppose: This bill would give the federal government vast new power to cease the inventory of firearms dealers, and require upon revoking a dealers license, all of a dealers inventory be transferred to another dealer or turned into the government. H.R.72: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would expand BATFE power and authority. H.R.117: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would mandate that each state require every gun owner to register all handguns in their possession. Failure to do so would be met with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. H.R.133: Citizens Protection Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.137: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 H.R.138: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.141: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill not only bans private sales but also requires that gun show promoters file with the Attorney General prior to commencement. The promoter must also collect up to date federal licenses from each FFL and submit those as well. Severe penalties are imposed for poor record keeping. This bill also allocates the ATF 40 investigators to patrol gun shows and look for potential violations. Passage of this bill would ultimately reduce the number of gun shows nationwide as well as increasing entrance fees. H.R.142: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 H.R.226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.227: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.236: Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013 H.R.238: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act H.R.321: Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 H.R.332: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act H.R.339: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Oppose: This bill would increase the penalties for those found guilty of "straw purchases." Meaning, anyone who willingly buys a firearm from a dealer with the express intent of selling it to a person who is barred by law from owning a firearm. How they will determine intent is unsaid, or worse, left to the discretion of the Attorney General. H.R.410: Restore the Constitution Act of 2013 Support: This bill nullifies any presidential Executive Order that infringes on the Second Amendment or violates the limitations of power under Article 8, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. It also prohibits the President from allocating any Federal funds to implement such violations. This bill would also allow any person who has had their liberties infringed by executive order to bring suit against the Government. H.R.427: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement TRACE Act Oppose: This bill would allow the Attorney General to impose new trace requirements to firearms. It would also increase the amount of time the ATF can legally hold records of gun sales, as well as appropriate more funding for the agency. H.R.431: Gun Transparency and Accountability Gun TRAC Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill allows the ATF to keep records of gun sales for 90 days before "destroying" them. It also allows courts to subpoena ATF TRACE records as admissible evidence for civil and criminal suits.H.R.437: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Oppose: This bill would outlaw hundreds of commonly used semi-automatic rifles and pistols and limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds. H.R.449: To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes. H.R.452: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.538: PLEA Act Oppose: This bill outlaws Five-seveN Pistol and accompanying ammunition, manufactured by FN Herstal of Belgium. It also arbitrarily bans "any other handgun" that uses certain types of loosely defined ammunition. H.R.575: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 H.R.577: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act Support: This bill would put an end to the practice of stripping veterans diagnosed with PTSD of their Second Amendment rights. H.R.578: Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 Neutral: This bill deals with the recognition of firearms permits. H.R.619: Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose yet another misdemeanor life long gun ban on certain individuals. H.R.661: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act Oppose: This bill expands the authority of the BATFE to conduce on site dealer inspections and eliminates the requirement that NICS background check records be destroyed. H.R.720: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 H.R.722: Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013 H.R.793: Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 Oppose: Taxes concealable firearms and imposes a government gun buy back program designed to encourage confiscation. H.R. 848 Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013 H.R.868 : Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013 Oppose: Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make two-year grants to states and local governments for subgrants to gun dealers, or to gun dealers directly, to conduct gun buyback programs under which gun dealers shall be issued smart prepaid cards to purchase specified guns from individuals wishing to dispose of them. H.R.955 : Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.965 : To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials. H.R.1143 : Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 H.R.1290 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 Oppose: Would ban the sale of firearms to purchasers that do not have a particular "qualified liability insurance policy." H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 Support: This bill would allow citizens to lawfully carry firearms for self defense in COE areas. H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws.H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199 : Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. Support: Calling for the resignation of anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder H.RES.40: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Neutral: Expresses congressional support for the Second Amendment rights of Military personnel stationed in Washington DC. H.RES.55: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling. Oppose: Urges the repeal of state Stand Your Ground laws. H.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence. S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years. Oppose H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R.3484: Airport Security Act of 2013 H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. S.1660: SPORT Act H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013
Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act; H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest;H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.2798, Direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R.2799, Establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee; H.R.3197, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.3590, SHARE Act of 2013; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013; Issues related to conservation and hunting. S 1660, SPORT Act;
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act: (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equiipment components.H.R.1819; Restoration of the U.S. Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access, to federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or land administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting. H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resoures development project administered by the chief of Engineers if (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located. H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. H.R. 2799; Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3197; SHARE Act of 2013, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3590; SHARE Acvt of 2013, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities. S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishsing, and shooting, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
See attachedUndertook lobbying activities relating to the maintenance/shared use of Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base in California. Monitored S 1197, the National Defense Authroization Act (NDAA) and undertook lobbying activities to include language relative to the maintenance/shared use of the Johnson Valley Off-highway Recreational Area in the final NDAA. Supported passage of HR 3304, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Undertook lobbying activities relating to the restoration and preservation of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Undertook lobbying activities to support efforts and potential legislative proposals to include a more collaborative process in land use designations in the United States. Monitored HR 48, the Open Space Preservation Promotion Act Monitored HR 126, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act Monitored HR 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act Monitored HR 445, the National Heritage Area Act Monitored HR 576, the Save Endangered Species Act Monitored HR 638, the National Wildlife Refuge Review Act Monitored HR 758, the Utah Land Sovereignty Act Supported HR 819/S 486, the Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area Opposed HR 1187, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Supported HR 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act Opposed HR 1630 and S 769, to designate millions of acres of land in Utah as Red Rock wilderness Monitored HR 1633, the Small Land Tracts Conveyance Act Supported HR 1676, to protect the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Monitored HR 1683, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act Supported HR 1776, the Clear Creek National recreation Area and Conservation Act Monitored HR 1799, the Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act Monitored HR 1825, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act Monitored HR 1834, the 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act Supported HR 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act Monitored HR 2068, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act ReauthorizationMonitored HR 2192, the National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act Opposed HR 2490, the Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act Opposed HR 2491, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored HR 2511/S 1233, the Federal Land Freedom Act Monitored HR 2808, to designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, to facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest, and for other purposes. Monitored HR 3008, the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest Service land in Los Padres National Forest. Monitored HR 3022, the National Discovery Trails Act Monitored S 1572/HR 3287, the Protecting States, Opening Natural Parks Act Monitored HR 3409, the National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act Mintored HR 3533, the Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act Monitored HR 3606, the Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act Monitored HR 3661, the Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act Monitored HR 3704, the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act Monitored HR 3806, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act Monitored S 60, the Western states National Historic Trails Study Act Monitored S 61, the California Coastal national Monument Expansion Act Monitored S 341, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act Monitored S 352, the Devils Staircase Wilderness Act Monitored S 473, ensuring that Federal Register notices submitted to BLM are reviewed in a timely manner Monitored S 801, the Prairie Protection Act Monitored S 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act Monitored S 1054, the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act Monitored S 1160, the Complete Americas Great Trails Act Monitored S 1167, the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act Monitored S 1232, the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act Monitored S 1237, the Omnibus Territories ActMonitored S 1309, a bill to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses, and for other purposes. Monitored S 1415, the Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act Monitored S 1430, the Idaho wilderness water Resources Protection Act Monitored S 1520, the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act Monitored S 1784, the Oregon and California Land Grant Act Monitored S 1794, the Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act+ Monitored S 1805, the Organ MountainsDesert Peaks Conservation Act Monitored S 1829, to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in New Mexico Monitored S 1888, the Inyo National Forest Land Exchange Act
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Hunting access, public land management, H.R. 1825 & S. 170 (Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R.39, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R.47, Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013; 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.262, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act;H.R.542, To limit restrictions on deer hunting within the Kisatchie National Forest; H.R.576, Save Endangered Species Act of 2013; H.R.432, To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R.596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act; H.R.740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; H.R.818, Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act; H.R.1137, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; H.R.1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; S.19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; S.37, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013; S.89, Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.231, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2013; S.279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S.338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013; S.340, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S.954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; H.R.1866, Enhancement of Species Survival Act; H.R.1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act; S.1335, Sportsmen's Act; Issues related to conservation and hunting.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.3590, Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R.322/S.1505, Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; S.285, Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act; H.R.1825/S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.1818/S.847, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013; H.R.1819, Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013; issues related to land and wildlife conservation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R.709 Upper Mississippi CARP Act H.R.358 Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion ActH.R.2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R.2773 Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1825 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.996 Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act H.R.1156 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes H.R.1158 North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act S.365 Upper Mississippi CARP Act S.125 A bill to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the United States Geological Survey, to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries, and for other purposes S.601 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 S.831 Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 S.954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 S.1232 Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act S.1153 Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act No Legislation yet Everglades Restoration-draft
Client expense: $81,102 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2013 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 1202- Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act Endangered Species Act protections H.R. 1825-Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage Act H.R. 1526 Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities ActO&C Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act (DeFazio-no bill number) Senator Wyden's O&C lands proposal (no bill number) H.R. 2641-Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013 S. 1273-Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act of 2013-Revenue Sharing S. 1398-Federal Real Proerty Asset Management Reform Act of 2013 (Sen. Carper) H.R. 1965-The Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act H.R. 1394- The Planning for American Eenrgy Act of 2013 S. 1301- The "Oregon Eastside Forests Resotraiton, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013" H.R. 2799- Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 (Ruiz-no bill number) H.R. 527- Helium Bill H.R. -Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act H.R. 2278- Immigration Reform S. 1344 Arctic Research, Monitoring and Observing Act of 2013 S. 744-Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act 2013 oversight hearing on Wildfire and Forest Management in the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
Client expense: $120,512 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2013 · third_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
Manchin Amdt. No. 715; To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Manchin Amdt. No. 715; To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505:Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 Oppose: Would outlaw private sales that do not undergo a background check. H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose a National Permit to Purchase requirement just to purchase a firearm, outlaw private firearms sales, require you lock up your firearm in your own house. H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would strip law-abiding adults aged 18-21 from their Second Amendment rights and force gun owners to lock-up their firearms or potentially face prosecution. H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act Oppose: This bill would give the federal government vast new power to cease the inventory of firearms dealers, and require upon revoking a dealers license, all of a dealers inventory be transferred to another dealer or turned into the government. H.R.72: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would expand BATFE power and authority. H.R.117: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would mandate that each state require every gun owner to register all handguns in their possession. Failure to do so would be met with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. H.R.133: Citizens Protection Act of 2013 Support: This bill would repeal the Gun Free School Zone Act. H.R.137: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 H.R.138: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act H.R.141: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill not only bans private sales but also requires that gun show promoters file with the Attorney General prior to commencement. The promoter must also collect up to date federal licenses from each FFL and submit those as well. Severe penalties are imposed for poor record keeping. This bill also allocates the ATF 40 investigators to patrol gun shows and look for potential violations. Passage of this bill would ultimately reduce the number of gun shows nationwide as well as increasing entrance fees. H.R.142: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 H.R.226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.227: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.236: Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013 H.R.238: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act H.R.321: Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 H.R.332: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act H.R.339: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Oppose: This bill would increase the penalties for those found guilty of "straw purchases." Meaning, anyone who willingly buys a firearm from a dealer with the express intent of selling it to a person who is barred by law from owning a firearm. How they will determine intent is unsaid, or worse, left to the discretion of the Attorney General. H.R.410: Restore the Constitution Act of 2013 Support: This bill nullifies any presidential Executive Order that infringes on the Second Amendment or violates the limitations of power under Article 8, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. It also prohibits the President from allocating any Federal funds to implement such violations. This bill would also allow any person who has had their liberties infringed by executive order to bring suit against the Government. H.R.427: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement TRACE Act Oppose: This bill would allow the Attorney General to impose new trace requirements to firearms. It would also increase the amount of time the ATF can legally hold records of gun sales, as well as appropriate more funding for the agency. H.R.431: Gun Transparency and Accountability Gun TRAC Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill allows the ATF to keep records of gun sales for 90 days before "destroying" them. It also allows courts to subpoena ATF TRACE records as admissible evidence for civil and criminal suits.H.R.437: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Oppose: This bill would outlaw hundreds of commonly used semi-automatic rifles and pistols and limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds. H.R.449: To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes. H.R.452: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.538: PLEA Act Oppose: This bill outlaws Five-seveN Pistol and accompanying ammunition, manufactured by FN Herstal of Belgium. It also arbitrarily bans "any other handgun" that uses certain types of loosely defined ammunition. H.R.575: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 H.R.577: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act Support: This bill would put an end to the practice of stripping veterans diagnosed with PTSD of their Second Amendment rights. H.R.578: Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 Neutral: This bill deals with the recognition of firearms permits. H.R.619: Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 Oppose: This bill would impose yet another misdemeanor life long gun ban on certain individuals. H.R.661: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act Oppose: This bill expands the authority of the BATFE to conduce on site dealer inspections and eliminates the requirement that NICS background check records be destroyed. H.R.720: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 H.R.722: Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013 H.R.793: Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 Oppose: Taxes concealable firearms and imposes a government gun buy back program designed to encourage confiscation. H.R. 848 Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013 H.R.868 : Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013 Oppose: Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make two-year grants to states and local governments for subgrants to gun dealers, or to gun dealers directly, to conduct gun buyback programs under which gun dealers shall be issued smart prepaid cards to purchase specified guns from individuals wishing to dispose of them. H.R.955 : Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.965 : To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials. H.R.1143 : Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 H.R.1290 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 Oppose: Would ban the sale of firearms to purchasers that do not have a particular "qualified liability insurance policy." H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 Support: This bill would allow citizens to lawfully carry firearms for self defense in COE areas. H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws.H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910:GunViolence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959:National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018:GunViolence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199:Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. Support: Calling for the resignation of anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder H.RES.40: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Neutral: Expresses congressional support for the Second Amendment rights of Military personnel stationed in Washington DC. H.RES.55: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling. Oppose: Urges the repeal of state Stand Your Ground laws. H.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence.
Client expense: $1,030,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE