Grazing Improvement Act

Oppose Groundwater Resource Management Directive Support expansion of H.R.4316, H.R.4317, H.R.4318 to increase transparency of ESA Oppose U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service effort to modify ESA critical habitat designation process Support Prelisting conservation actions H.R.1526-Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act H.R.657-Grazing Improvement Act

Client expense: $464,427 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Oppose Groundwater Resource Management Directive Support expansion of H.R.4316, H.R.4317, H.R.4318 to increase transparency of ESA Oppose U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service effort to modify ESA critical habitat designation process Support Prelisting conservation actions H.R.1526-Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act H.R.657-Grazing Improvement Act

Client expense: $464,427 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Grazing Improvement Act - HR 657 & S 258; Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act - HR 1435 & S 1479; Antiquities Act & Monument Designations; Endangered Species Act modifications; the Water Rights Protection Act - HR 3189; Sage Grouse, Greater & Gunnison; Wilderness & Roadless Areas; USFS Planning Rule; Wild Horse & Burro Program/Management; Drought

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Oppose Groundwater Resource Management Directive Support expansion of H.R.4316, H.R.4317, H.R.4318 to increase transparency of ESA Oppose U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service effort to modify ESA critical habitat designation process Support Prelisting conservation actions H.R.1526-Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act H.R.657-Grazing Improvement Act

Client expense: $357,302 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Grazing Improvement Act: HR 657, S 258 & Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act: HR 1435, S 1479 & Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments: HR 1459 & Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act: HR 382 & Endangered Species Settlement Reform Act: S 19, HR 1314 & Water Rights Protection Act: HR 3189 Range Management, Greater/Gunnison Sage Grouse, Wilderness & Roadless Areas, USFS Planning Rule, Wild Horse and Burro Program/Management, Drought

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

SRM Supports the ongoing implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill and those programs within the conservation title which support best-management practices on the country's rangelands. SRM supports the Grazing Improvement Act H.R. 657 as it provides needed certainty to those leasing public lands in face of current backlog of NEPA reviews.SRM supports the utilization of technical assistance when implementing conservation and working lands programs as authorized within the 2014 Farm Bill. SRM supports directives from the agencies and the Administration that urges for federal employees to receive necessary trainings and access to professional societies specific to their field. SRM supports directives from the agencies and Administration which urge their respective employees to attend professional conferences and to participate in continuing education opportunities. SRM supports directives from the agencies and Administration which highlight the issue or active range management on tribal lands. SRM supports directives which highlight active participation between range professionals and representatives from the respective tribal regions in order to implement and engage on those issues regarding best management practices. SRM supports increased engagement between range management professionals and representatives from the respective tribal regions in order to facilitate technical trainings and workshops within tribal regions that focus on best management techniques and practices.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Grazing Improvement Act: HR 657, S 258 & Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act: HR 1435, S 1479 & Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments: HR 1459 & Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act: HR 382 & Endangered Species Settlement Reform Act: S 19, HR 1314 & Water Rights Protection Act: HR 3189 Range Management, Greater/Gunnison Sage Grouse, Wilderness & Roadless Areas, USFS Planning Rule, Wild Horse and Burro Program/Management, Drought, Endangered Species Act, Antiquities Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

SRM Supports the ongoing implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill and those programs within the conservation title which support best-management practices on the country's rangelands. SRM supports the Grazing Improvement Act H.R. 657 as it provides needed certainty to those leasing public lands in face of current backlog of NEPA reviews.SRM supports the utilization of technical assistance when implementing conservation and working lands programs as authorized within the 2014 Farm Bill. SRM supports directives from the agencies and the Administration that urges for federal employees to receive necessary trainings and access to professional societies specific to their field. SRM supports directives from the agencies and Administration which urge their respective employees to attend professional conferences and to participate in continuing education opportunities. SRM supports directives from the agencies and Administration which highlight the issue or active range management on tribal lands. SRM supports directives which highlight active participation between range professionals and representatives from the respective tribal regions in order to implement and engage on those issues regarding best management practices.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

S 258/HR 657 - Grazing Improvement Act - supported final passage in the House and urging Senate floor consideration of the bill Water Rights Protection Act (S 1630) - support passage to maintain water rights on Forest Service grazing allotments.

Client expense: $50,277 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Grazing Improvement Act: HR 657, S 258 & Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act: HR 1435, S 1479 & Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments: HR 1459 & Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act: HR 382 & Endangered Species Settlement Reform Act: S 19, HR 1314 & Water Rights Protection Act: HR 3189 Range Management, Greater/Gunnison Sage Grouse, Wilderness & Roadless Areas, USFS Planning Rule, Wild Horse and Burro Program/Management, Drought

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

SRM Supports the implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill and those programs within the conservation title which support best-management practices on the country's rangelands. SRM supports the Grazing Improvement Act H.R. 657 as it provides needed certainty to those leasing public lands in face of current backlog of NEPA reviews.SRM supports the utilization of technical assistance when implementing conservation and working lands programs as authorized within the 2014 Farm Bill. SRM supports directives from the agencies and the Administration that urges for federal employees to receive necessary trainings and access to professional societies specific to their field. SRM supports directives from the agencies and Administration which urge their respective employees to attend professional conferences and to participate in continuing education opportunities.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

S 258/HR 657 - Grazing Improvement Act - supported final passage in the House and urging Senate floor consideration of the bill Water Rights Protection Act (S 1630) - support passage to maintain water rights on Forest Service grazing allotments.

Client expense: $54,255 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

SRM Supports the passage of a comprehensive 5-year Farm Bill. SRM supports the passage of the Farm Bill with a comprehensive conservation title that supports the efforts of those in the field implementing conservation programs.SRM supports a full five-year Farm Bill as the current operating structure through extensions does not offer certainty in terms of future planning for either land owners or land managers. Extensions of the 2008 Farm Bill do not provide sufficient allocation and appropriation of funds to allow for full sign-ups within conservation and working lands programs; a full bill is needed to provide allotment of all available acreage within these programs. SRM supports the Grazing Improvement Act H.R. 657 as it provides needed certainty to those leasing public lands in face of current backlog of NEPA reviews.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

S 258/HR 657 - Grazing Improvement Act - support passage out of both House and Senate committees and push for floor consideration

Client expense: $46,792 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Legislation H.R. 1294 Self-Sufficient Communities Land Act S. 601 Water Resources Development ActH.R 3080 Water Resources Reform and Development Act H.R. 1154, the Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) Act H.R. 1175, the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act. H.R.139 : Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act S. 661 To Amend the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2013 S. Con. Res. 8 Budget Resolution Act H.R. 1345 Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 H.R. 818 Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act H.R. 139 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 740 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act S. 340 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 1964 National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act H.R. 2231 Offshore Energy And Jobs Act H.R. 1921 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013 S. 1135 FRAC Act S.327 Good Neighbor Forestry Act H.R 1526 Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act H.R. 1442 Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act H.R. 1511 To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes. S. 661 A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes. H.R. 1895 National Forest Emergency Response Act H.R. 678 Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act H.R. 657 Grazing Improvement Act S. 745 National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 H.R. 2728 Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act H.R. 1900 Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 1965 The Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act H.R. 1394 The Planning for American Energy Act of 2013 H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (House Farm bill) S. 1300 - Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act H.R. 587 - Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act H.R. 3188 - Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act S. 783/H.R. 527 - Helium Stewardship Act of 2013 H.R. 1526 - Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities House Joint Res. 59 (FY2014 Continuing Resolution) House Joint Res. 369 (FY2014 Continuing Resolution) Nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior Secretary H.R. 3333 Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 S. 1479 Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 S. 1784 Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 H.R. 3301 North American Energy Infrastructure Act S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Senate Farm Bill) H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (House WRDA Bill)FY 2014 Interior, Environment and Related Appropriations Act H.R. 2775 FY 2014 Continuing Appropriations Act H.R. 3547 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 Rulemakings DOI, Bureau of Land Management; 43 CFR 3160; Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and Indian Lands; Proposed Rule at 78 FR 31635 77 FR 27691 pages 31635 -31677 27691 -27711 DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017; 76 FR 70156 (November 10, 2011) DOI, Bureau of Land Management, Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan, 78 FR 13080-13081 (February 26, 2013) DOI; Bureau of Land Management, Record of Decisions for the Revision of Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts at 74 FR 829-830 (January 8, 2009).

SRM Supports the passage of a comprehensive 5-year Farm Bill. SRM supports the passage of a new 5-year bill instead of another extension of the current 2008 Farm Bill provisions. SRM supports the passage of the Farm Bill with a comprehensive conservation title that supports the efforts of those in the field implementing conservation programs.SRM supports a full five-year Farm Bill as the current operating structure through extensions (which have now expired) does not provide needed certainty to ranchers as they look to plan for future management on their rangelands. Extensions of the 2008 Farm Bill do not provide sufficient allocation and appropriation of funds to allow for full sign-ups within conservation and working lands programs; a full bill is needed to provide allotment of all available acreage within these programs. SRM supports the Grazing Improvement Act H.R. 657 as it provides needed certainty to those leasing public lands in face of current backlog of NEPA reviews.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

S 258/HR 657 - Grazing Improvement Act - support passage HR 1345 - Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 - support passage

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Legislation H.R. 1294 Self-Sufficient Communities Land Act S. 601 Water Resources Development ActH.R. 1154, the Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) Act H.R. 1175, the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act. H.R.139 : Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act S. 661 To Amend the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2013 S. Con. Res. 8 Budget Resolution Act H.R. 1345 Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 H.R. 818 Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act H.R. 139 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 740 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act S. 340 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 1964 National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act H.R. 2231 Offshore Energy And Jobs Act H.R. 1921 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013 S. 1135 FRAC Act S.327 Good Neighbor Forestry Act H.R 1526 Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act H.R. 1442 Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act H.R. 1511 To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes. S. 661 A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes. H.R. 1895 National Forest Emergency Response Act H.R. 678 Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act H.R. 657 Grazing Improvement Act S. 745 National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 H.R. 2728 Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act H.R. 1900 Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 1965 The Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act H.R. 1394 The Planning for American Energy Act of 2013 H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (House Farm bill) S. 1300 - Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act H.R. 587 - Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act H.R. 3188 - Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act S. 783/H.R. 527 - Helium Stewardship Act of 2013 H.R. 1526 - Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities House Joint Res. 59 (FY2014 Continuing Resolution) House Joint Res. 369 (FY2014 Continuing Resolution) Nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior SecretaryRulemakings DOI, Bureau of Land Management; 43 CFR 3160; Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and Indian Lands; Proposed Rule at 78 FR 31635 77 FR 27691 pages 31635 -31677 27691 -27711 (May 1124, 20123) DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017; 76 FR 70156 (November 10, 2011) DOI, Bureau of Land Management, Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan, 78 FR 13080-13081 (February 26, 2013) DOI; Bureau of Land Management, Record of Decisions for the Revision of Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts at 74 FR 829-830 (January 8, 2009). Other NOAA; Department of Commerce, 74 FR 207; Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Seismic Surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska (October 21, 2009)

S 258/HR 657 - Grazing Improvement Act - support passage HR 1345 - Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 - support passage

Client expense: $69,810 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Grazing Improvement Act: HR 657, S 258 & Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act: HR 1345 & Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act: HR 1459 & Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act: HR 382 & Endangered Species Settlement Reform Act: HR 1314, S 19 & National Environmental Policy Act & Endangered Species Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

S. 279 - Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act S. 327 - Good Neighbor Forestry Act S. 486/H.R. 819 - Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act S. 601 - Water Resources Development Act of 2013-S. 630/S. 1273 - Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues (FAIR) Act -S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act -S. 761 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act -S. 1202 - Safeguarding America's Future and Environment (SAFE) Act -H.R. 126 - Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act -H.R. 657 - Grazing Improvement 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. 934 - To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California -H.R. 1294 - Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act -H.R. 1345 - Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act -H.R. 1442 - Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act -H.R. 1548 - Native American Energy Act -H.R. 1825 - Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act -H.R. 2068 - Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Reauthorization Act (FLTFA) -H.R. 2231 - Offshore Energy and Jobs Act -H.R. 2278 - Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (SAFE Act) -Endangered Species Act protections -Oregon and California (O&C) lands and county payments -O&C Trust, Conservation, and Jobs Act (no bill number) -County Payments Forestry Bill (no bill number) -Federal property management and land disposal (no bill number) -Seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean -Nomination of Gina McCarthy as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Client expense: $139,590 · Firm income: Not reported

SRM Supports the passage of a comprehensive 5-year Farm Bill. SRM supports the passage of a new 5-year bill instead of an extension of the current 2008 Farm Bill provisions. SRM supports the passage of the Farm Bill with a comprehensive conservation title that supports the efforts of those in the field implementing conservation programs.SRM supports the Grazing Improvement Act H.R. 657 as it provides needed certainty to those leasing public lands in face of current backlog of NEPA reviews.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Legislation H.R. 1294 Self-Sufficient Communities Land ActS. 601 Water Resources Development Act H.R. 1154, the Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) Act H.R. 1175, the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act. H.R.139 : Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act S. 661 To Amend the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2013 S. Con. Res. 8 Budget Resolution Act H.R. 1345 Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 H.R. 818 Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act H.R. 139 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 740 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act S. 340 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 1964 National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act H.R. 2231 Offshore Energy And Jobs Act H.R. 1921 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013 S. 1135 FRAC Act S.327 Good Neighbor Forestry Act H.R 1526 Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act H.R. 1442 Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act H.R. 1511 To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes. S. 661 A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes. H.R. 1895 National Forest Emergency Response Act H.R. 678 Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act H.R. 657 Grazing Improvement Act S. 745 National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 Nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior Secretary Rulemakings DOI, Bureau of Land Management; 43 CFR 3160; Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and Indian Lands; Proposed Rule at 77 FR 27691 pages 27691 -27711 (May 11, 2012) DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017; 76 FR 70156 (November 10, 2011) Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan, 78 FR 13080-13081 (February 26, 2013) DOI; Bureau of Land Management, Record of Decisions for the Revision of Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts at 74 FR 829-830 (January 8, 2009). Other NOAA; Department of Commerce, 74 FR 207; Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Seismic Surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska (October 21, 2009)

HR 657 and S 258 - Grazing Improvement Act - support passage HR 1345 - Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act - support passage HR 1459 - Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monument - support passage HR 382 - Preserve Land Freedom for Americans - support passage, HR 1314/S 19 - Endangered Species Settlement Reform Act-for

Client expense: $47,470 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

FY 2014 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time.FY 2013 Senate Budget Resolution - Medicaid cuts that would adversely affect health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans. FY 2013 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health care programs. FY 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. Provision to require TSA to authorize the use of protective equipment, including masks and respirators, during public health emergencies; amendments to mitigate statutory changes to the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). FY 2013 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2013 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations - Amendment to strike Section 102 and retain safeguards to ban A-76 public-private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers (CoE). FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. FY 2013 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions to make the A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement are retained in the comparable Senate bills as well as in the ultimate conference reports. FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC; provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BoP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional personnel understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BoP institutions. HR 5326, Section 212, opposed the Huizenga amendment to strike section 212 that would potentially affect the safety and security of federal BoP prisons and personnel. FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2013 Defense Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs, and sourcing and workforce management issues concerning DoD civilian employees, in particular, the Pentagon's "Efficiency Initiative" capping DoD's civilian workforce at FY10 levels and increasing use and spending on service contractors regardless of cost or legal requirements making even inherently governmental functions difficult to insource; also lobbying in opposition to inclusion of "special rule relating to DoD purchases of Federal Prisons Industry textile and apparel products."HR 4310, Coffman Amendment, (#54) to FY 13 NDAA, would prevent DoD from correcting through insourcing poorly awarded or performing contracts to deliberately make sourcing process pro-contractor. HR 2114, Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011and HR 657, Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2011-- opposition to provisions to make arbitrary cuts without regard to budgets and workloads; lobbied on need for clarification and identification of services that are to be reduced or waste to be eliminated; opposition to failure to impose cuts on more expensive contractors. HR 4966, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, Ryan Budget Resolution--lobbied against imposition of approximately $79 billion in major cuts to federal retirement programs over ten-year period by requiring current federal employees to contribute an additional five percent of salary toward their defined benefit pension plan without any increase of retirement benefits.

Grazing Improvement Act: HR 657, S 258 & Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act: HR 1345 & Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act: HR 1459 & Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act: HR 382 & Endangered Species Settlement Reform Act: S 19, HR 1314

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service