Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act
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Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act This bill withdraws all federal lands and interests within the exterior boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah as declared under Presidential Proclamation 9558, dated December 28, 2016, from: entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. The bill declares that such proclamation is null and void. The bill establishes the Shash Jaa National Monument (consisting of approximately 142,337 acres) and the Indian Creek National Monument (consisting of approximately 86,447 acres), to be managed by the Shash Jaa Tribal Management and Indian Creek Management Councils, respectively. The previously established Bears Ears Commission shall advise the councils. The councils shall establish resources protection units to help conserve unique and nationally important historic, sacred, cultural, scientific, scenic, archaeological, natural, and educational resources within their respective monument. Such monuments are withdrawn from: entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. The Department of the Interior and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration shall enter into an exchange of federal and state trust lands, at the completion of which the state trust lands shall be added to the Shash Jaa or the Indian Creek National Monument.
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2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Oppose attempts to weaken National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Seek increased funding for the Historic Preservation Fund. Oppose HR 4532, a bill to shrink Bears Ears National Monument.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6939-Restoring Local Input & Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 H.R. 5727-Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 S. 47 - Public lands package, including S. 785, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment program S. 2078-Advancing Conservation and Education Act H.R. 2-Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders BLM draft Environmental Assessment for a 30 day public comment period for renewing hardrock mineral leases near the Boundary Waters. (December 20, 2018) Department of Interior proposed rule to change Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, limiting FOIA. 83 FR 67175 (December 28, 2018) Executive Order On promoting active management of Americas Forests, Rangelands, and aother Feeral lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk (December 21, 2018) Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act; H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; and H.R. 4558, Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act - all bills.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 1460, Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S.33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S. 501, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. H.R. 4645, East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. S. 714, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes. S. 1012, New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 S.677, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S.1230, Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 S. 1332, The Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act S. 1548, The Oregon Wildlands Act H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Coordination Act H.R. 3961, Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017 H.R. 1350, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes H.R. 310, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act S. 192, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in Superior National Forest Act S. 2563, Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 S.140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund Senate Unnumbered, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 H.R. 5148, Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149, Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 3281, Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3916, Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act S. 2539, A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 HR 1056- Molalla Wild and Scenic River Act HR 1285 and S 483-Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River Act HR 6596- Northern CA Wilderness Recreation and Working Forests Act S. 1548 Oregon Wildlands Act, S. 1548 Unnumbered Endangered Species Amendments Act Unnumbered Public Lands Package
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act; H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; and H.R. 4558, Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act - all bills. S. 3172 - Restore our Parks Act - entire bill. H.R. 6510 - Restore our Parks and Public Lands Act - entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $74,132 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Client expense: $20,562 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6939-Restoring Local Input & Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 H.R. 5727-Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 S. 47 - Public lands package, including S. 785, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment program S. 2078-Advancing Conservation and Education Act H.R. 2-Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders BLM draft Environmental Assessment for a 30 day public comment period for renewing hardrock mineral leases near the Boundary Waters. (December 20, 2018) Department of Interior proposed rule to change Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, limiting FOIA. 83 FR 67175 (December 28, 2018) Executive Order On promoting active management of Americas Forests, Rangelands, and aother Feeral lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk (December 21, 2018) Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
Client expense: $77,132 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act HR 1281, S 1627 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1434, S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act S 569 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 896 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization HR 1965 LAND Act HR 1157 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge HR 1350, S 502 Voyageurs National Park HR 232 State National Forest Management Act HR 267 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park Act HR 344 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act HR 502 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization Public Lands (not yet introduced) S 117 Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act HR 763, S 257 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act HR 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act S 363, HR 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act HR 1099 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act HR 2167 Acre In Acre Out Act HR 1424 National Scenic Trails Parity Act S 751, HR 2584 National Park Service Legacy Act HR 2863 Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act HR 2950 Making Public Lands Public Act S 1460 Energy and National Resources Act S 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act S 1522, HR 3186 Every Kid Outdoors Act HR 3668 SHARE Act HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act HR 4266, S 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S 2185 FLTFA Reauthorization Act + HR 5133 FLTFA Reauthorization Act S 2099 Federal Land Management Act HR 4489 ACCESS Act HR 5210, S 2509 National Park Restoration Act HR 5170 FLIP Act HR 4179 LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act HR 4895 Medgar Evers National Monument Act + S 2889 S 3172 Restore Our Parks Act + HR 6510 HR 6410, S 2354 ANTIQUITIES Act HR 6682 Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act HR 6759 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act HR 6771 Domestic Offshore Energy Reinstatement Act HR 6108, S 3505 Preserving America's Battlefields Act S 3223, HR 4647 Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Client expense: $33,097 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
HR 5210 - National Park Restoration Act, Sec. 2 HR 4532 - Section 3 of Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 502 - a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), Sec. 1 HR 8 - Everglades Agricultural Area of the Water Resources Development Act
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 1460, Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S.33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S. 501, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. H.R. 4645, East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. S. 714, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes. S. 1012, New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 S.677, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S.1230, Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 S. 1332, The Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act S. 1548, The Oregon Wildlands Act H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Coordination Act H.R. 3961, Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017 H.R. 1350, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes H.R. 310, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act S. 192, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in Superior National Forest Act S. 2563, Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 S.140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund Senate Unnumbered, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 H.R. 5148, Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149, Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 3281, Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3916, Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act S. 2539, A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 HR 1056- Molalla Wild and Scenic River Act HR 1285 and S 483-Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River Act HR 6596- Northern CA Wilderness Recreation and Working Forests Act S. 1548 Oregon Wildlands Act, S. 1548 Unnumbered Endangered Species Amendments Act
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 1460, Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S.33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S. 501, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. H.R. 4645, East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. S. 714, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes. S. 1012, New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 S.677, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S.1230, Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 S. 1332, The Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act S. 1548, The Oregon Wildlands Act H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Coordination Act H.R. 3961, Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017 H.R. 1350, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes H.R. 310, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act S. 192, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in Superior National Forest Act S. 2563, Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 S.140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund Senate Unnumbered, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 H.R. 5148, Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149, Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 3281, Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3916, Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act S. 2539, A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 HR 1056- Molalla Wild and Scenic River Act HR 1285 and S 483-Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River Act HR 6596- Northern CA Wilderness Recreation and Working Forests Act S. 1548 Oregon Wildlands Act, S. 1548 Unnumbered Endangered Species Amendments Act
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act; H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; and H.R. 4558, Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act - all bills.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Support the Endangered Species Act, which is facing unprecedented threats. Oppose the Interior Departments recommendations regarding rescinding or shrinking national monument protections. Oppose the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act (S. 131/H.R. 513) and reject any legislative attempt that would privatize the Tongass National Forest. Oppose H.R. 1157, which would remove lands and waters in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge from federal public ownership. Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, which changes the Antiquities Act to make it easier to block designations. Support S. 2354, the ANTIQUITIES ACT of 2018, which codifies existing, presidentially-designated national monuments. Oppose H.R. 3115, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017, which would transfer National Forest lands to a mining company. Oppose H.R. 4558, the Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act, which would codify President Trumps removal of protections for that national monument. Oppose H.R.4532, which would codify the elimination of vast portions of the Bears Ears National Monument. Oppose H.R. 3133, which would weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Oppose Section 2029 of H.R. 4667, which erodes FEMAs responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act. Oppose S. 2206, the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act, which would strip protections of National Forest land in Montana. Support the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which encourages bird conservation. Oppose S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act, which would undermine the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Oppose H.R. 3144, which deals with the Federal Columbia River Power System and would undermine the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Oppose H.R. 200, legislation to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act that threatens decades of sustainable fisheries management. Oppose attempts to exempt the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Oppose attacks on Endangered Species Act in H.R. 4, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018. Oppose H.R. 3916, which would amend the Endangered Species Act to transfer management of numerous fish species and threaten protections for them. Oppose H.R. 4419, which would undermine environmental protections in the National Environmental Policy Act, Oppose mineral development authorizations in Minnesotas Superior National Forest during an ongoing study of a proposed mineral withdrawal within the Rainy River watershed. Oppose numerous, controversial, anti-environmental provisions that are unrelated to military readiness that have been included in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2019 (H.R. 5515). Oppose HRs 3608, 6344, 6345, 6346, 6354, 6355, 6356, 6360, and 6364, which as a package would dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act. Oppose S 2809, the Emery County Public Land Management Act, which would reduce protections for the lands in question in the bill. Request extension of comment period for Endangered Species Act rules proposed by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce. Oppose Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018, which would undermine the ESA.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act HR 1281, S 1627 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1434, S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act S 569 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 896 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization HR 1965 LAND Act HR 1157 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge HR 1350, S 502 Voyageurs National Park HR 232 State National Forest Management Act HR 267 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park Act HR 344 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act HR 502 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization S 117 Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act HR 763, S 257 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act HR 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act S 363, HR 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act HR 1099 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act HR 2167 Acre In Acre Out Act HR 1424 National Scenic Trails Parity Act S 751, HR 2584 National Park Service Legacy Act HR 2863 Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act HR 2950 Making Public Lands Public Act S 1460 Energy and National Resources Act S 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act S 1522, HR 3186 Every Kid Outdoors Act HR 3668 SHARE Act HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act HR 4266, S 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S 2185 FLTFA Reauthorization Act + HR 5133 FLTFA Reauthorization Act S 2099 Federal Land Management Act HR 4489 ACCESS Act HR 5210, S 2509 National Park Restoration Act HR 5170 FLIP Act HR 4179 LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act HR 4895 Medgar Evers National Monument Act + S 2889 S 3172 Restore Our Parks Act + HR 6510 HR 6410, S 2354 ANTIQUITIES Act HR 6682 Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act HR 6759 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act HR 6771 Domestic Offshore Energy Reinstatement Act HR 6108, S 3505 Preserving America's Battlefields Act S 3223, HR 4647 Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Client expense: $33,251 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
Client expense: $100,495 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2018 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
HR 5210 - National Park Restoration Act, Sec. 2 HR 4532 - Section 3 of Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 502 - a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), Sec. 1 HR 8 - Everglades Agricultural Area of the Water Resources Development Act
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Comments on the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account for Bureau of Economic Analysis, Secretarial Order on Recreation (SO 3365). In support of infrastructure package, special use permitting, GO Act, FLORIA discussion draft, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act (H.R. 3400 & S.1633), wildfire funding fix, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, Omnibus spending deal and budget deal, House and Senate Outdoor recreation caucus, Land and Water Conservation Fund (S.896, H.R. 502, S.569, H.R. 2863), Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act, S.751 - National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017, H.R.2584 - National Park Restoration Act (S. 250 ; H.R.5210); DOI-2017-0002 Executive Order on National Monuments Review, 82 FR 28818 - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; request for comments,, H.R. 3990- National Monument Creation and Protection Act. In opposition to: The Grand Staircase- Escalante Enhancement Act (H.R. 4558) The Shash Jaa National Monument & Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532), DOI Park fee increase proposal, DOI Recreation Business Advisory Council
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Support the Endangered Species Act, which is facing unprecedented threats. Oppose the Interior Departments recommendations regarding rescinding or shrinking national monument protections. Oppose the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act (S. 131/H.R. 513) and reject any legislative attempt that would privatize the Tongass National Forest. Oppose H.R. 1157, which would remove lands and waters in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge from federal public ownership. Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, which changes the Antiquities Act to make it easier to block designations. Support S. 2354, the ANTIQUITIES ACT of 2018, which codifies existing, presidentially-designated national monuments. Oppose H.R. 3115, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017, which would transfer National Forest lands to a mining company. Oppose H.R. 4558, the Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act, which would codify President Trumps removal of protections for that national monument. Oppose H.R.4532, which would codify the elimination of vast portions of the Bears Ears National Monument. Oppose H.R. 3133, which would weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Oppose Section 2029 of H.R. 4667, which erodes FEMAs responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act. Oppose S. 2206, the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act, which would strip protections of National Forest land in Montana. Support the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which encourages bird conservation. Oppose S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act, which would undermine the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Oppose H.R. 3144, which deals with the Federal Columbia River Power System and would undermine the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Oppose H.R. 200, legislation to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act that threatens decades of sustainable fisheries management. Oppose attempts to exempt the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Oppose attacks on Endangered Species Act in H.R. 4, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018. Oppose H.R. 3916, which would amend the Endangered Species Act to transfer management of numerous fish species and threaten protections for them. Oppose H.R. 4419, which would undermine environmental protections in the National Environmental Policy Act, Oppose mineral development authorizations in Minnesotas Superior National Forest during an ongoing study of a proposed mineral withdrawal within the Rainy River watershed. Oppose S. Amendment 2523 to H.R. 5515, which would transfer land to the PolyMet Mining Inc. for a proposed open pit copper-nickel sulfide ore mine. Oppose numerous, controversial, anti-environmental provisions that are unrelated to military readiness that have been included in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2019 (H.R. 5515).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 1460, Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S.33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S. 501, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. H.R. 4645, East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. S. 714, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes. S. 1012, New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 S.677, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S.1230, Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 S. 1332, The Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act S. 1548, The Oregon Wildlands Act H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Coordination Act H.R. 3961, Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017 H.R. 1350, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes H.R. 310, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act S. 192, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in Superior National Forest Act S. 2563, Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 S.140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund Senate Unnumbered, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 H.R. 5148, Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149, Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 3281, Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3916, Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act S. 2539, A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017
Client expense: $30,359 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for: Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water; Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water; Conservation Fund; draft legislation for the protection of public lands; H.R.4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act; Efforts to amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program; HR 1731 RECLAIM Act of 2017; HR 5911 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act; H.R.4257 - Advancing Conservation and Education Act; H.R.4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; House companion to S. 2354 (ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018); Draft recreation bill (no legislation yet); S.2337 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; S.2721 - San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; HR 2323 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; Recreation Not Red Tape Act S 1633; H.R. 4086 Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act; H.R. 4072 Central Coast Wild Heritage Protection Act; H.R. 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act; H.R. 3997 Free Veterans from Fees Act and forthcoming Northern California Conservation and Recreation Act by Rep. Huffman. Expressed views on: HR 5210 National Park Restoration Act; H.R. 5170, the Federal Lands Investment Partnership (FLIP) Act; H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; H.R.2365 - Desert Community Lands Act; S.2809 - Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018; H.R. 5727: Emery County Public Lands Act; HR 6087 Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act; HR 6088 SPEED Act; HR 6106 Common Sense Permitting Act; HR 6107 Ending Duplicative Permitting Act; HR 3744 - Tribal Recognition Act of 2017; HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act; HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act; HR 4824 Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018; HR 5597 Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah; HR 5515 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; H.R. 5148: Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act; H.R. 5149: Unlocking Public Lands Act; H.R.3 - Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act; Risch Amendment 3087 to HR 2 (Farm Bill); S.2720 - Clean Coasts Act; S. 414/H.R. 1107 Pershing County Economic Development & Conservation Act; and H.R. 3392 Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act HR 1281, S 1627 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1434, S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act S 569 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 896 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization HR 1965 LAND Act HR 1157 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge HR 1350, S 502 Voyageurs National Park HR 232 State National Forest Management Act HR 267 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park Act HR 344 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act HR 502 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization S 117 Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act HR 763, S 257 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act HR 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act S 363, HR 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act HR 1099 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act HR 2167 Acre In Acre Out Act HR 1424 National Scenic Trails Parity Act S 751, HR 2584 National Park Service Legacy Act HR 2863 Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act HR 2950 Making Public Lands Public Act S 1460 Energy and National Resources Act S 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act S 1522, HR 3186 Every Kid Outdoors Act HR 3668 SHARE Act HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act HR 4266, S 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S 2185 FLTFA Reauthorization Act S 2099 Federal Land Management Act HR 4489 ACCESS Act HR 5133 FLTFA Reauthorization Act Division of Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 5210, S 2509 National Park Restoration Act HR 5170 FLIP Act HR 4179 LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act HR 4895 Medgar Evers National Monument Act S 3172 Restore Our Parks Act S 3223 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act amendment HR 6410, S 2354 ANTIQUITIES Act
Client expense: $35,125 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584); Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (HR 801) - This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail; Route 66 Centennial Commission Act (HR 66) - a bill to establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor centennial anniversary of Route 66; Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017 (HR 4328); National Monument Creation and Protection Act (HR 3990) - This bill amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to allow the President to declare by public proclamation an object or objects of antiquity (currently, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest) that are situated on lands owned or controlled by the federal government to be national monuments. "Objects of antiquity" means relics, artifacts, human or animal skeletal remains, fossils, and certain buildings constructed before enactment of this bill; Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act (HR 4518) - a bill to expand the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah; National Park Restoration Act (HR 5210/S. 2509); Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (HR 4532); Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act (S. 2907); Improved National Monument Creation and Protection Act (S. 33); A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund ( S. 896/ H.R. 502); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act ( S. 569); Senate Amendment #3087 to HR 2 to provide for congressional and State approval of national monuments ; Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act (H.R. 5532); Ocmulgee Mounds Boundary Revision Act (H.R. 538/S. 135); The National Park Service Legacy Act to establish, fund and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes (S. 3172). OMB - Historic Leasing, deferred maintenance and HOPE crews.
Client expense: $55,522 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act; H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; and H.R. 4558, Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act - all bills.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
Client expense: $174,375 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · Environment/Superfund
HR 5210 - National Park Restoration Act, Sec. 2 HR 4532 - Section 3 of Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 502 - a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), Sec. 1 HR 8 - Everglades Agricultural Area of the Water Resources Development Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584); Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (HR 801) - This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail; Route 66 Centennial Commission Act (HR 66) - a bill to establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor centennial anniversary of Route 66; Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017 (HR 4328); National Monument Creation and Protection Act (HR 3990) - This bill amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to allow the President to declare by public proclamation an object or objects of antiquity (currently, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest) that are situated on lands owned or controlled by the federal government to be national monuments. "Objects of antiquity" means relics, artifacts, human or animal skeletal remains, fossils, and certain buildings constructed before enactment of this bill; Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act (HR 4518) - a bill to expand the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah; National Park Restoration Act (HR 5210/S. 2509); Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (HR 4532); Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act (S. 2907); Improved National Monument Creation and Protection Act (S. 33); A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund ( S. 896/ H.R. 502); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act ( S. 569); Senate Amendment #3087 to HR 2 to provide for congressional and State approval of national monuments ; Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act (H.R. 5532); Ocmulgee Mounds Boundary Revision Act (H.R. 538/S. 135); The National Park Service Legacy Act to establish, fund and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes (S. 3172). OMB - Historic Leasing, deferred maintenance and HOPE crews.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Comments on the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account for Bureau of Economic Analysis, Secretarial Order on Recreation (SO 3365), infrastructure package, special use permitting, GO Act, PLORIA discussion draft, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act (H.R. 3400 & S.1633), wildfire funding fix, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, Omnibus spending deal and budget deal, House and Senate Outdoor recreation caucus, Land and Water Conservation Fund (S.896, H.R. 502, S.569, H.R. 2863), Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act, S.751 - National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017, H.R.2584 - National Park Restoration Act (S. 250 ; H.R.5210); DOI-2017-0002 Executive Order on National Monuments Review, 82 FR 28818 - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; request for comments,, H.R. 3990- National Monument Creation and Protection Act. In opposition to: The Grand Staircase- Escalante Enhancement Act (H.R. 4558) The Shash Jaa National Monument & Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532), DOI Park fee increase proposal, DOI Recreation Business Advisory Council
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.443 - James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act H.R.502 - To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. H.R.801 - Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act H.R.835 - To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. H.R.1002 - National Heritage Area Act of 2017 H.R.1135 - To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program. H.R.1349 - To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes. H.R.1350 - To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. H.R.1992 - Camp Nelson Heritage Park Study Act H.R.2888 - Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act H.R.3008 - George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act H.R.3058 - Gateway Arch National Park Designation Act H.R.3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R.3961 - Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2018 H.R.3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R.4086 - Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act H.R.4266 - Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act H.R.4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R.4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R.4731 - To extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. H.R.4895 - Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act H.R.5005 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System. H.R.5201 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes. H.R.5210 - National Park Restoration Act S.135 - Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act S.400 - Susquehanna National Heritage Area Act S.896 - A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. S.1160 - Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act S.1446 - A bill to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program. S.1472 - A bill to reauthorize the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area. S.1602 - Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Study Act S.1645 - Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act S.1646 - President Street Station Study Act S.1956 - A bill to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. S.2102 - Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S.2225 - Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2017 S.2509 - National Park Restoration Act
Client expense: $140,996 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 1460, Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S.33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S. 79, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act S. 214, a bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project at Terror Lake in the State of Alaska. S. 215, a bill to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. S. 490, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam. S. 491, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam. S. 501, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. H.R. 4645, East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. S. 710, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Jennings Randolph Dam. S. 714, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes. S. 723, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the W. Kerr Scott Dam. S. 724, a bill to modernize authorizations for necessary hydropower approvals. S. 730, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadlines for commencement of constructions of hydroelectric projects involving the Gathright and Flannagan Dams. S. 734, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Cannonsville Dam. S. 1012, New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 S.677, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S.1230, Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 S. 1332, The Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act S. 1548, The Oregon Wildlands Act H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Coordination Act H.R. 3961, Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017 H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1350, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes H.R. 310, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act S. 192, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act S. 2563, Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 S.140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund
Client expense: $21,839 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Oppose attempts to weaken National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Seek increased funding for the Historic Preservation Fund. Oppose HR 4532, a bill to shrink Bears Ears National Monument.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018; H.R.1992 - Camp Nelson Heritage Park Study Act; HR 5005 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund; Senate Democratic infrastructure plan (support), HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; S. 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2017; Continental Divide Wilderness and Recreation Act; HR 23230 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; S.2337 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; S.1842/HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; Recreation Not Red-Tape Act S 1633 and HR 3400; forthcoming Arctic Refuge drilling repeal legislation in House and or Senate; H.R. 4257 Advancing Conservation and Education (ACE) Act; supporting a Senate amendment budget deal that increased non-defense discretionary budgets to H.R. 1892; H.R. 995 the 21st Century Respect Act; H.R. 4072 Central Coast Heritage Protection Act; S. 2249 (Udall) the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program; S. 441, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; H.R. 4847, the Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act; S. 2354, the ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018; HR 1889 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act and National Monument Bills Not Yet Introduced. Expressed views on: H.R. 520 the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act; H.R. 5133 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018; H.R. 4731 a bill to extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; HR 5210 National Park Restoration Act; S. 2206 Protect Public Use of Public Land Act; H.R. 1157 To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes; S. 414/H.R. 1107 Pershing County Economic Development & Conservation Act; HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act; HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act; HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; HR 2936/S.2068 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017; HR 857 California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act; S. 1481 (Murkowski), the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act; S. 1222 (Flake), the La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; S. 612/H.R. 1547 Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act; S. 1481 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act; S. 2206 Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act; HR 3905, Mining in Minnesota's National Forests; HR 1349, Wheels Over Wilderness; S. 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Concerns about BLM re-opening of Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Opposition to proposed BLM leasing of Utah public lands for oil and gas extraction Opposition to HR 4532, the Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act Support of Antiquities Act Support for congressional Historic Preservation Caucus
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act; H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; and H.R. 4558, Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act - all bills.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
Client expense: $122,954 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · first_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act HR 1281, S 1627 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1434, S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act S 569 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 896 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization HR 1965 LAND Act HR 1157 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge HR 1350, S 502 Voyageurs National Park H Res 5 House Rules Package HR 232 State National Forest Management Act S Con Res 3 FY 17 Budget Resolution HR 267 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park Act HR 344 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act HR 502 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization S 117 Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act HR 763, S 257 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act HR 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act S 363, HR 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act H Con Res 27 America's Federal Public Lands HR 1099 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act HR 2167 Acre In Acre Out Act HR 1424 National Scenic Trails Parity Act S 751, HR 2584 National Park Service Legacy Act HR 2863 Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act HR 2950 Making Public Lands Public Act S 1460 Energy and National Resources Act S 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act S 1522, HR 3186 Every Kid Outdoors Act HR 3668 SHARE Act HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act HR 4266, S 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S 2185 FLTFA Reauthorization Act S 2099 Federal Land Management Act HR 4489 ACCESS Act HR 5133 FLTFA Reauthorization Act Division of Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (bill not yet introduced) HR 5210, S 2509 National Park Restoration Act HR 5170 FLIP Act HR 4179 LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act HR 4895 Medgar Evers National Monument Act
Client expense: $36,200 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Support the Endangered Species Act, which is facing unprecedented threats. Oppose the Interior Departments recommendations regarding rescinding or shrinking national monument protections. Oppose the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act (S. 131/H.R. 513) and reject any legislative attempt that would privatize the Tongass National Forest. Oppose H.R. 1157, which would remove lands and waters in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge from federal public ownership. Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, which changes the Antiquities Act to make it easier to block designations. Oppose H.R. 3115, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017, which would transfer National Forest lands to a mining company. Oppose H.R. 4558, the Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act, which would codify President Trumps removal of protections for that national monument. Oppose H.R.4532, which would codify the elimination of vast portions of the Bears Ears National Monument. Oppose H.R. 3133, which would weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Oppose Section 2029 of H.R. 4667, which erodes FEMAs responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act. Oppose S. 2206, the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act, which would strip protections of National Forest land in Montana. Support the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which encourages bird conservation. Oppose S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act, which would undermine the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584/H.R. 2584); Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (HR 801) - This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail; Route 66 Centennial Commission Act (HR 66) - a bill to establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor centennial anniversary of Route 66; Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017 (HR 4328); National Monument Creation and Protection Act (HR 3990) - This bill amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to allow the President to declare by public proclamation an object or objects of antiquity (currently, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest) that are situated on lands owned or controlled by the federal government to be national monuments. "Objects of antiquity" means relics, artifacts, human or animal skeletal remains, fossils, and certain buildings constructed before enactment of this bill; Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act (HR 4518) - a bill to expand the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah; Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act (HR 3905); National Park Restoration Act (HR 5210); Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (HR 4532).
Client expense: $31,678 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
HR 5210 - National Park Restoration Act, Sec. 2 HR 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act, Sec. 3 HR 502 - a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), Sec. 1
Client expense: $91,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for: H.R. 502 which amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund; Continental Divide Wilderness and Recreation Act; Recreation Not Red Tape Act S. 1633; S. 1842 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; H.R.3039 - San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; Public Lands Recreation Opportunity Improvement Act; HR 2862/S1842; S.507 - Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act of 2017; H.Res.639 - Honoring the success of the more-than-a-decade-long process by Southern California locals to create the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument; S 566 Methow Headwaters mineral withdrawal bill; H.R. 4072 Central Coast Heritage Protection Act. Expressed views on: H.R.2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017; S. 1731 Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017; House Con. Res. 71 and Senate FY18 Budget Resolution and impacts on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017; S.605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act; S. 1991 Wildland Fires Act of 2017; Senator Barrasso's "Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act; Legislation affecting the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Interior Appropriations bill; Tongass National Forest in Senate Appropriations Bill; S. Con. Res. 25; H.Con.Res.71; HR 4239, the SECURE Act; HR 2630 La Paz county land conveyance; HR 4299 making permanent military land withdrawals; riders on Senate draft Interior-Environment Appropriations (no bill number); HR 1349; H.R.3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act; H.R.4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act; H.R.4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; HR 3371 (115th) Modoc County Land Transfer and Economic Development Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
In support of H. Res 195 Republican Climate Resolution, Bears Ears National Monument Review, definition of outdoor recreation for Bureau of Economic Analysis, Energy Executive Order and Secretarial Order on Hunting and Fishing, infrastructure package, special use permitting, GO Act, PLORIA discussion draft, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act, wildfire funding fix, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, Outdoor recreation caucus, park maintenance backlog funding, Land and Water Conservation Fund S.896, H.R. 502, H.R. 2863, Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act, S.751 - National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017, H.R.2584 - National Park Service Legacy Act of2017, DOI-2017-0002 Executive Order on National Monuments Review, Secretarial Order 3359 American Energy Independence and Executive OrderPromoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth, 82 FR 28818 - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; request for comments, H.R 3400, H.R. 3990- National Monument Creation and Protection Act. In opposition to: The Grand Staircase- Escalante Enhancement Act (H.R. 4558) The Shash Jaa National Monument & Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532), Park fee increase proposal and National Monuments Rollbacks. In support of DOI Recreation Business Advisory Council
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
S.33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S. 79, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act S. 214, a bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project at Terror Lake in the State of Alaska. S. 215, a bill to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. S. 490, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam. S. 491, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam. S. 501, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. S. 710, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Jennings Randolph Dam. S. 714, a bill to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, and for other purposes. S. 723, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the W. Kerr Scott Dam. S. 724, a bill to modernize authorizations for necessary hydropower approvals. S. 730, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadlines for commencement of constructions of hydroelectric projects involving the Gathright and Flannagan Dams. S. 734, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Cannonsville Dam. S. 1012, New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 S.677, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S.1230, Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 S. 1332, The Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act S. 1548, The Oregon Wildlands Act H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Senate Unnumbered, Magnuson-Stevens Coordination Act H.R. 3961, Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017 H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1350, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes H.R. 310, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act S. 192, Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act H.R. 4419, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4532, Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act
Client expense: $12,475 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2017 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act HR 1281, S 1627 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1434, S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act S 569 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 896 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization HR 1965 LAND Act HR 1157 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge HR 1350, S 502 Voyageurs National Park H Res 5 House Rules Package HR 232 State National Forest Management Act S Con Res 3 FY 17 Budget Resolution HR 267 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park Act HR 344 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act HR 502 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization S 117 Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act HR 763, S 257 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act HR 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act S 363, HR 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act H Con Res 27 America's Federal Public Lands HR 1099 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act HR 2167 Acre In Acre Out Act HR 1424 National Scenic Trails Parity Act S 751, HR 2584 National Park Service Legacy Act HR 2863 Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act HR 2950 Making Public Lands Public Act S 1460 Energy and National Resources Act S 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act S 1522, HR 3186 Every Kid Outdoors Act HR 3668 SHARE Act HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act HR 4266, S 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S 2185 FLTFA Reauthorization Act S 2099 Federal Land Management Act HR 4489 ACCESS Act
Client expense: $27,169 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
HR 1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act HR 1281, S 1627 Highlands Conservation Act Extension HR 1434, S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act S 569 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S 896 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization HR 1965 LAND Act HR 1157 Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge HR 1350, S 502 Voyageurs National Park H Res 5 House Rules Package HR 232 State National Forest Management Act S Con Res 3 FY 17 Budget Resolution HR 267 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park Act HR 344 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act S 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act HR 502 Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization S 117 Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act HR 763, S 257 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act HR 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act S 363, HR 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act H Con Res 27 America's Federal Public Lands HR 1099 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act HR 2167 Acre In Acre Out Act HR 1424 National Scenic Trails Parity Act S 751, HR 2584 National Park Service Legacy Act HR 2863 Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act HR 2950 Making Public Lands Public Act S 1460 Energy and National Resources Act S 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act S 1522, HR 3186 Every Kid Outdoors Act HR 3668 SHARE Act HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act HR 4266, S 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act S 2185 FLTFA Reauthorization Act S 2099 Federal Land Management Act HR 4489 ACCESS Act
Client expense: $27,169 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654: Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27: celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust HR 232: State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044, Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837- Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739- This Is Our Land Act H.R.1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 HR 1778: moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. HR 3177: Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115: Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R.200 Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act H.R. 2023 - Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 - Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558-Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990-National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905--Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518-Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act HR 1483/S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S.820/HR 1889: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1731: Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468: Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941: Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748- Protecting the Rights Of Families and Immigrants who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S.668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S.677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460: Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752: Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879: A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991--Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068-Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160-Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act Farm Bill 2018: Conservation and Forestry Title Senate Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Nominations: Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair
Client expense: $177,870 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Oppose provisions within HR 2936, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017, that would remove protections for a national monument and are a backdoor attack on our national monuments and the Antiquities Act. Support the Endangered Species Act, which is facing unprecedented threats. Oppose the Interior Departments review of national monuments and any attempts to rescind or shrink national monuments. Oppose the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act (S. 131/H.R. 513) and reject any legislative attempt that would privatize the Tongass National Forest. Support H.R. 1889, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness bill. Oppose H.R. 1157, which would remove lands and waters in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge from federal public ownership. Support S.820, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. Oppose H.R. 3668, the Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enforcement Act (SHARE Act), which contains provisions that threaten wildlife, public lands, marine ecosystems, and erodes and undermines environmental laws and conservation policies. Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, which changes the Antiquities Act to make it easier to block designations. Oppose EPAs efforts to undo protections for Alaskas Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. Oppose H.R. 1, the Republican tax bill, which contains a provision that would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Oppose H.R. 3905, the Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act, which would allow mining on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Support amendment from Senator Cantwell to H.R. 1, which would strip provisions from the bill that enable drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oppose H.R. 3115, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017, which would transfer National Forest lands to a mining company. Oppose H.R. 3419, which undermines the Wilderness Act by threatening wilderness areas and changing the management of wilderness areas. Oppose H.R. 4558, the Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act, which would codify President Trumps removal of protections for that national monument. Oppose H.R.4532, which would codify the elimination of vast portions of the Bears Ears National Monument.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE