To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 H.R. 4005, the Coast Guard Authorization Act / S.2444, Coast Guard Reauthorization Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislative Bills: Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX;; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical ParkBoundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S. 2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS. FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs.Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line. H.R. 4005, the Coast Guard Authorization Act / S.2444, Coast Guard Reauthorization Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line. H.R. 4005, Coast Guard Authorization Act

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service.Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Distributed National Trusts report on stewardship and management of historic properties under the stewardship of the agency to the Secretary asking that he consider implementing the reports recommendations to improve their cultural resources management practices.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

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

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

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

HR 3080/S 601 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (HR 3080 - Water Resources Reform and Development Act) S 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 HR 335 - RAMP Act HR 1678 Saving Essential American Sailors ActHR 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 HR 1960 FY 14 National Defense Authorization Act HR 1961 To amend title 46 to extend exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the boundary line HR 2410 FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations HR 2610 FY 14 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act House/Senate DRAFT - Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill H.J. Res 59 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 H.R. 2775 - Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014 (government shutdown resolution bill) Legislative Proposals: American Shipping Reinvestment act Piracy legislation Maritime Security Program full funding Maritime Security Program sequestration fix Jones Act Ballast Water regulation Tonnage Tax Sequestration PL-480 Food Aid funding levels and reform issues Cargo Preference Affordable Care Act Implementation National Maritime Strategy Appointment of Maritime Administrator

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

All issues relating to H.R. 1961, an act to amend Title 46, USC, to extend the exemption from the fire retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960/S. 1034) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Preserving Americas Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) NAT; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge and working with Glover Park Group. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.USFS - Met with the U.S. Forest Service regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. VA Met with Department of Veterans Affairs staff regarding the proposed closure of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs, South Dakota; discussed the possibility of the VA to issue guidance regarding the use of the Section 111 leasing provisions for VA properties under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

All issues relating to H.R. 1961, an act to amend Title 46, USC, to extend the exemption from the fire retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

S. 1449 - A bill amending he Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that income attributable to certain passenger cruise voyages beginning or ending the United States shall be treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.S. 1450 - A bill "to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an ad valorem excise tax on certain passenger cruise voyages, and for other purposes". H.R. 1961 - "To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating with the Boundary Line." H.J. - Res. 59 Continuing Resolution H.R. 2610 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related Agencies Appropriations Act 2014. S. 1243 - Transportation/HUD Appropriations and related agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2014 and for other purposes. H.R. 1983 - Food Aid Reform Act - "A bill to amend the Food for Peace Act to reform the food assistance programs under that Act, and for other purposes. Met with maritime industry coalitions on numerous occasions regarding the issues of Cargo Preference requirements, Piracy, Harbor Maintenance Tax, and Jones Act waivers. Met with maritime industry to discuss the impact of sequestration on the Maritime Security Program. Made contacts with House Appropriations Committee members and staff. There were non-active periods in July, August and September (July 1-5, 2013, August 5 - September 6, 2013 and September 23 - 27, 2013)).

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

U.S. House of Representatives:House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (cargo preference enforcement); H.R. 1961, Amends Title 46, USC; transportation appropriations for Maritime Security Program; U.S. House and Senate: P.L. 480 in H.R. 2642 and S954(The Farrm Bill); Coastwise waivers (The Jones Act); Agriculture appropriations (P.L. 480); Export-Import Bank. rechartering.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) - NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Lnad Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

S. 218 Harbor Maintenance Act HR 3080/S 601 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (HR 3080 - Water Resources Reform and Development Act) S 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 HR 335 - RAMP ActHR 1678 Saving Essential American Sailors Act HR 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 HR 1960 FY 14 National Defense Authorization Act HR 1961 To amend title 46 to extend exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the boundary line HR 1983 Food Aid Reform Act HR 2410 FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations HR 2610 FY 14 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act House/Senate DRAFT - Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill H.J. Res 59 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 Legislative Proposals: American Shipping Reinvestment act Short-Sea shipping pilot program Piracy legislation Maritime Security Program full funding Jones Act Ballast Water regulation Tonnage Tax Sequestration PL-480 Food Aid funding levels and reform issues Cargo Preference Affordable Care Act Implementation

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

U.S. House of Representatives: H.R. 1961, Amends Title 46, USC; transportation appropriations for Maritime Security Program; U.S. House and Senate: P.L. 480 in H.R. 2642 and S954(The Farrm Bill); Export-Import Bank Rechartering; Coastwise waivers (The Jones Act); Agriculture approperiations (P.L. 480).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

S. 218 Harbor Maintenance Act House Draft/S 601 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 S 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013HR 335 - RAMP Act HR 1678 Saving Essential American Sailors Act HR 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 HR 1960 FY 14 National Defense Authorization Act HR 1961 To amend title 46 to extend exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the boundary line HR 1983 Food Aid Reform Act HR 2410 FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations HR 2610 FY 14 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act House/Senate DRAFT - Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill Legislative Proposals - Supporting: American Shipping Reinvestment act Short-Sea shipping pilot program Piracy legislation Maritime Security Program full funding Opposition to Jones Act waivers in Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases Opposition to Jones Act exemptions for Puerto Rico/Hawaii Ballast Water regulation Sequestration Food Aid funding levels Cargo Preference

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)