ESA Amendments Act of 2024
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 10, 2024
Latest Action
December 16, 2024
Primary Sponsor
Bruce WestermanRepublican(AR)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
83pct
97d open
vs 10,564 other HR bills in the 118th — cohort avg 68d
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 717.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-879.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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2026 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes. Issues pertaining to rare earth supply chain. Issues related to federal royalty rates on minerals.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Special Counsel, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes. Issues pertaining to rare earth supply chain.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Republican |
| WY |
| Jeff Duncan | Republican | SC |
| Jerry L. Carl | Republican | AL |
| John S. Duarte | Republican | CA |
| Paul A. Gosar | Republican | AZ |
| Pete Stauber | Republican | MN |
| Russ Fulcher | Republican | ID |
| Thomas P. Tiffany | Republican | WI |
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 788 - Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 6482 - Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act H.R. 7409 - HEATS Act H.R. 6862 - To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes H.R.6747 - Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 H.R. 6814 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act H.R. 2925 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 5499 - Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act H.R. 6285 - Alaskas Right to Produce Act of 2023 H.R. 3195 - Superior National Forest Restoration H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 615 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023 H.R. 3397 - Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 8508 - Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act of 2024 H.R. 8507 - Bottom Trawl Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species and other bills S. 2269 - Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act S. 1715 - Wildfire Emergency Act S. 808 - Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act S. 452 - Nuclear Fuel Security Act S. 2031 - Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023 S. 3956/H.R. 4059 - A bill to include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior H.R. 8038 - 21st Century Peace through Strength Act H.R 8450 - Phosphate and Potash Protection Act H.R.2872 - SAFE Act H.R.9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 H.R.9678 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland (FLASH) Act S.620 - Alaska Offshore Parity Act S. 1553 - the Resiliency for Ranching and National Conservation Health Act S.2867 - Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023 S. 4310 - a bill to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes; S. 3790 - a bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes S. 4431 - A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes S. 4432 - A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2 Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number) H.J.Res. 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State" H.R. 8362 - Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act H.R. 200 - FIR Act H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 4821 - Interior Appropriations H.R. 6008 - R.I.C.E.s Whale Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 8788 - Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health Act H.R. 8862 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act H.R. 3075 - Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act S.3929 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from taking certain proposed actions relating to a land management plan direction for old-growth forest conditions across the National Forest System. Nomination Shannon Estenoz - Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Client expense: $118,468 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 788 - Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 6482 - Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act H.R. 7409 - HEATS Act H.R. 6862 - To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes H.R.6747 - Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 H.R. 6814 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act H.R. 2925 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 5499 - Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act H.R. 6285 - Alaskas Right to Produce Act of 2023 H.R. 3195 - Superior National Forest Restoration H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 615 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023 H.R. 3397 - Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 8508 - Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act of 2024 H.R. 8507 - Bottom Trawl Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species and other bills S. 2269 - Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act S. 1715 - Wildfire Emergency Act S. 808 - Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act S. 452 - Nuclear Fuel Security Act S. 2031 - Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023 S. 3956/H.R. 4059 - A bill to include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior H.R. 8038 - 21st Century Peace through Strength Act H.R 8450 - Phosphate and Potash Protection Act H.R.2872 - SAFE Act H.R.9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 H.R.9678 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland (FLASH) Act S.620 - Alaska Offshore Parity Act S. 1553 - the Resiliency for Ranching and National Conservation Health Act S.2867 - Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023 S. 4310 - a bill to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes; S. 3790 - a bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes S. 4431 - A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes S. 4432 - A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2 Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number) H.J.Res. 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State" H.R. 8362 - Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act H.R. 200 - FIR Act H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 4821 - Interior Appropriations H.R. 6008 - R.I.C.E.s Whale Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 8788 - Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health Act H.R. 8862 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act H.R. 3075 - Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act S.3929 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from taking certain proposed actions relating to a land management plan direction for old-growth forest conditions across the National Forest System. Nomination Shannon Estenoz - Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Client expense: $118,468 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 209, the Permitting for Mining Needs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act; H.R. 1335, the TAPP Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 6012, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act; H.R. 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act; S. 1449, RESTART Act; S. 2269, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; S. 4191, Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; S. 4343, Fire Ready Nation; S. 4628, Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; H.J. Res. 152, related to CCR regulations; H.J. Res. 163, related to EPA regulations; S.J. Res. 92; related to EPA regulation; S. J. Res. 95; related to CCR regulations; Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act section 111(d) and (b); EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Clean Air Act generally; Coal combustion residuals; Wildfire issues.
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 788 - Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 6482 - Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act H.R. 7409 - HEATS Act H.R. 6862 - To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes H.R.6747 - Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 H.R. 6814 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act H.R. 2925 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 5499 - Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act H.R. 6285 - Alaskas Right to Produce Act of 2023 H.R. 3195 - Superior National Forest Restoration H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 615 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023 H.R. 3397 - Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 8508 - Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act of 2024 H.R. 8507 - Bottom Trawl Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species and other bills S. 2269 - Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act S. 1715 - Wildfire Emergency Act S. 808 - Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act S. 452 - Nuclear Fuel Security Act S. 2031 - Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023 S. 3956/H.R. 4059 - A bill to include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior H.R. 8038 - 21st Century Peace through Strength Act H.R 8450 - Phosphate and Potash Protection Act H.R.2872 - SAFE Act H.R.9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 H.R.9678 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland (FLASH) Act S.620 - Alaska Offshore Parity Act S. 1553 - the Resiliency for Ranching and National Conservation Health Act S.2867 - Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023 S. 4310 - a bill to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes; S. 3790 - a bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes S. 4431 - A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes S. 4432 - A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2 Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number) H.J.Res. 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State" H.R. 8362 - Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act H.R. 200 - FIR Act H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 4821 - Interior Appropriations H.R. 6008 - R.I.C.E.s Whale Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 8788 - Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health Act H.R. 8862 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act H.R. 3075 - Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act S.3929 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from taking certain proposed actions relating to a land management plan direction for old-growth forest conditions across the National Forest System. S. 1871 - Intergovernmental Critical Mineral Task Force Act S. 3631/H.R. 7662 - Critical Minerals Security Act S. 5030 - National Critical Minerals Council Act S. 5039 - Unearth Innovation Act S. 4712 - Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals S.5251 - Critical Materials Future Act of 2024 H.R. 724/S. 282 Arctic Refuge Protection Act H.R. 8446 Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024 H.R.2685 - Mining Schools Act of 2024 H.R.10378 - To establish the Critical Mineral Reserve of the United States, and for other purposes H.R.9472 - CORE Act Nomination Shannon Estenoz - Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Client expense: $93,772 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 6008: Requiring Integrity in Conservation Efforts Act (R.I.C.E.s Whale Act); all provisions H.R. 8957: Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2024; all provisions H.R. 9533: ESA Amendments Act of 2024; all provisions Discussion Draft of H.R. ___: To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes; all provisions S. 1863: Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2024; all provisions S. 2986: Warding Off Hostile Administrative Leasing Efforts (WHALE) Act; all provisions S. 3170: Revising and Enhancing Project Authorizations Impacted by Review (REPAIR) Act of 2023; all provisions General Discussions Related to ENV (no specific Bill #): Bureau of Land Management Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resources Conservation Bureau of Land Management Conservation and Landscape Health Bureau of Land Management Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Council on Environmental Qualitys Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Guidance Carbon Price 50 CFR 424.02 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Rescinding the Rule on Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) - Ozone Rulemaking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Final NPDES General Permit for New and Existing Sources and New Discharges in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Category for the Western Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG290000) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Fenceline Monitoring Program Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Social Cost of Carbon Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Social Cost of non-CO2 GHG Emissions Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Preliminary Regulatory Determination for eight Contaminants on the Fourth Contaminant Candidate List - Preliminary Determinations to Regulate Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid in Drinking Water and to Not Regulate Six Contaminants (i.e., 1,1-Dichloroethane, Acetochlor, Methyl Bromide (bromomethane), Metolachlor, Nitrobenzene, and RDX). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 OCS General Permit GMG290000 (General Permit) Department of the Interior (DOI) Permitting Endangered Species Act Energy Transitions and Technology Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Guidance Implementing Regulations Revisions Methane Orphaned Well Issues Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Emissions Issues Gulf of Mexico Carbon Capture and Storage Issues Onshore Carbon Capture and Storage Issues Paris Agreement National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rice's Whale National Strategy to Develop Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico Seismic Permitting Issues Permitting reform Carbon Tax PFAS Carbon Border Adjustments Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Class VI Permitting Rice's Whale
Client expense: $2,530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 912 and H.R. 2685, Mining Schools Act of 2023, All Titles Coal Leasing Program Oversight H.R. 1457, Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act or the COAL Act, All Titles Mining Land Access Oversight S. 1435 and H.R. 3397, A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health, All Titles S. 1281 and H.R. 2925, Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, All Titles S. 1399, Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, Title I H.R. 1351, Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act, All Titles H.R. 3195, Superior National Forest Restoration Act, All Titles S. 1742 and H.R. 3495, Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2023, Multiple Titles H.R. 6862, To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes, All Titles H.R. 4059 and S. 3956, To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior, All Titles H.R. 3885, Copper is Critical Act, All Titles USFWS Proposed Missouri Headwaters Conservation Area H.R.3883, To nullify Public Land Order No. 7921, withdrawing certain land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from mineral entry, All Titles H.R.5504, To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes, All Titles H.R. 6085, Wyoming Rocksprings Resource Management Plan, All Titles Excess Claims Maintenance Fees Congressional Endangered Species Act Working Group Bureau of Land Management Ambler Road Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Withdrawal Mining Research and Development H.R. 8446, To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes, All Titles H.R. 8450, Phosphate and Potash Protection of 2024, All Titles H.R. 2405, North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023, All Titles H.R. 8693, No American Land for Communist China Act, All Titles H.R.8781, To prohibit the implementation of the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Federal coal managed by the Buffalo, Wyoming Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, All Titles H.J.Res.186 and S.J.Res.99, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2". S.4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, Multiple Titles H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, All Titles Mineral Reserve and Price Support to Counter China S. 5030, National Critical Minerals Council Act, All Titles S. 5251, Critical Materials Future Act, All Titles S. 5039, Unearth Innovation Act, All Titles H.R. 9898, To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure midstream processing of critical materials, and for other purposes. Discussion Draft - To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 5050 and H.R. 9717, A bill to prohibit the importation of certain minerals from the Russian Federation, All Titles S. 4712, Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024, All Titles H.R. 10378: Secure Minerals Act, All Titles H.R. 10377: Earth Sciences and Cooperation Enhancement Act, All Titles H.R. 8836 and S. 4953, Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act, All Titles
Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Monitor and engage on legislative and administrative action related to climate change, including sustainable agriculture. Monitor and engage on legislative and administrative action related to FIFRA Regulations, including voluntary carbon markets. Monitor and engage on legislative and administrative action related to the Endangered Species Act. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024.
Client expense: $2,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152/S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 10523- Federal Wildfire Relief Act of 2024; H.R. 8790- the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; HR 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act Draft legislation on virtual power plants Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Wildfires and other natural disasters; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Water Resources Development Act generally; Clean Air Act generally.
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
HR 1, opposing provisions that would expand offshore drilling, and amendments that would have damaged natural resources. S. 745, Virginia Wilderness Additions Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety. S. 873, America's Outdoor Recreation Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety. HR 1213, RESCUE Whale Act, supporting provisions that restore protections for the North Atlantic right whale. HR 3971, Flatside Wilderness Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety HR ____ Energy and Water Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations, opposing inclusion of riders that would undermine natural resource protection laws. S 1149, Recovering America's Wilderness Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety S 808, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery, opposing provisions that undermine public participation and sound science. HR 524, Coastal Barrier Resources Act Amendment, opposing the legislation. HR 4323, to prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed and deployed, opposing the legislation in its entirety. S. 2867- Promoting Effective Forest Management Act, opposing provisions that would lead to overharvesting in Southeastern forests. S. 2991- Americas Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act, concerning carbon sequestration provisions. S. 1719 - FIRESHEDS Act, concerning provisions that would lead to overharvesting in Southeastern forests. H.R. 200 - Forest Information Reform Act, opposing the legislation in its entirety S. 199 - Root and Stem, ensuring that collaborations are sufficiently broad to encompass all interests S. 1540 - A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes, opposing the bill in its entirety. H.R. 5504 - To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, opposing the bill in its entirety. H.R. ___ - To prohibit the implementation of certain documents until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the Rices whale, opposing the bill in its entirety. HR 524, To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites, opposing the provisions in the legislation that provide a broad exemption to environmental requirements HR 5490, Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act, supporting the addition of acreage to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. HR 3971, Flatside Wilderness Additions Act, supporting the legislation HR 7408. America's Wildlife Conservation Act, opposing the legislation as weakening protections for threatened and endangered species. H.R. 8467 "Farm, Food, and National Security At of 2024", opposing forest management changes and biomass provisions. H.R. ___ ESA Amendments Act of 2024. Opposing the legislation H.R. 8704 To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species, opposing the legislation H.R. 8790 Fix Our Forests Act opposing the legislation H.R. 7408 Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act opposing the legislation H.R. 6492 "Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act" opposing the legislation. H.R.4366 "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, opposing provisions related to right whales. H.R. 8812, Water Resources Development Act of 2024,opposing language related to New Savannah Lock and Dam. S 1149 / H.R 7408, "Recovering America's Wildlife Act" supporting the legislation. HR 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, opposing the legislation in its entirety. H.R. 8704. To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species, opposing the legislation as inadequate to protect the species. H.R. 8836/S. 4953, Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety. H.R. 8632, Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Actm opposing the legislation in its entirety. S. 2867, a bill to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, and for other purposes, opposing the legislation. S. 2991, a bill to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, and for other purposes, oppsoing the legislation.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152/S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 10523- Federal Wildfire Relief Act of 2024; H.R. 8790- the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; HR 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act Draft legislation on virtual power plants Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Wildfires and other natural disasters; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Water Resources Development Act generally; Clean Air Act generally
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Regulatory activities under the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act; US S 1614; S 2811: HR 5009; S 2395; HR 520; FY25 Appropriations for Interior: ESA permitting; BCPSA Regulations; HR 7999 Wildlife Confiscation; S 3694 and HR 7145 (SWIMS Act); Captive Primate Safety Act (HR 8164 and S 4206); HR 9533
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 10523- Federal Wildfire Relief Act of 2024; H.R. 8790- the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; HR 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act Draft legislation on virtual power plants Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Wildfires and other natural disasters; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Water Resources Development Act generally; Clean Air Act generally.
Client expense: $1,536,066 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Animals
H.R. 9971 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds of that Act includes incidental take, and to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to authorize such incidental take, and for other purposes. H.R. 9026/S. 4795 FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills - North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rice's whale H.R. 9027.S. 4690 - FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations - USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative H.R. 8998/S. 4802 - FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other ESA and wildlife related riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding H.R. 8752 - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall House/Senate - NOAAs Vessel Speed Rulemaking/Potential CRA House/Senate - NOAA's proposed critical habitat designation for Rices whale H.R. 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species. H.R. 8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 - whales, ESA, permitting, and forestry H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 1245 - Delisting Greater Yellowstone Population of Grizzly Bears S. 445 - Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023 H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears H.R. 94 - American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act H.R. 97 - Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act H.R. 99 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act H.R. 248 - Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act H.R. 518 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act H.R. 520 - Artificially Propagated Animals H.R. 872 - Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 1142 - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes. H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears H.R. 1558/S. 771 - Saving Americas Vulnerable Endangered Species Act S. 1788 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes. S. 1895 - A bill to require the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. H.R.4558 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw a proposed rule relating to the endangered species status of the dunes sagebrush lizard S. 2571 - A bill to provide for determination of the grizzly bear species consistent with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes H.R. 5504/S. 2811 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. H.R. 6393/S. 2870 - Sturgeon Conservation and Sustainability Act H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 7817 - Michigan SPEAR Act S. 3963 - Native Species Protection Act H.J. Res 159/S.J. Res 80 - CRA for ESA blanket 4(d) rule regs H.J. Res 155/S.J. Res 81 - CRA for ESA Section 7 regs (NMFS) H.J. Res 156/S.J. Res 86 - CRA for ESA Section 7 regs (FWS) H.J. Res 158/S.J. Res 84 - CRA for ESA Section 4 regs (FWS) H.J. Res 157 S.J. Res 85 - CRA for ESA Section 4 regs (NMFS) H.J. Res 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State". H.J. Res 162 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard". H.J. Res 169 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot". H.R. 9776 - Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Conservation Act of 2024 H.R. 9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 S.4953 - Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 9026/S. 4795 - FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills - North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rice's whale H.R. 9027/S. 4690 FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations - USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative H.R. 8998/S. 4802 - FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other ESA and wildlife related riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding H.R. 8752/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall H.R. 8467 / Senate no bill number - 2024 Farm Bill H.R. 8754 - SOIL Act H.R. 7221 - Wildlife Corridors and USDA Conservation Programs Act of 2024 H.R. 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species. H.R. 8836 - To establish the Wildlife Movement and Movement Area Grant Program and the State and Tribal Migration Research Program, and for other purposes H.R. 8104 / S 4193 Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act H. Res. 195/S. Res. 494 - Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations. H.R. 200 - Forest Information Reform Act H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 1245 - Delisting Greater Yellowstone Population of Grizzly Bears S. 445 - Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023 H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears H.R. 94 - American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act H.R. 97 - Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act H.R. 99 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act H.R. 248 - Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act H.R. 518 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act H.R. 520 - Artificially Propagated Animals H.R. 724 - Arctic Refuge Protection Act H.R. 872 - Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 1142 - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes. H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears H.R. 1558/S. 771 - Saving Americas Vulnerable Endangered Species Act S. 1788 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes. S. 1895 - A bill to require the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. H.R.4558 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw a proposed rule relating to the endangered species status of the dunes sagebrush lizard S. 2571 - A bill to provide for determination of the grizzly bear species consistent with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes HR 5504/S 2811 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 7817 - Michigan SPEAR Act S. 3963 - Native Species Protection Act H.R. 3397/S. 1435 - A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health H.J. Res 159/S.J. Res 80 - CRA for ESA blanket 4(d) rule regs H.J. Res 155/S.J. Res 81 - CRA for ESA Section 7 regs (NMFS) H.J. Res 156/S.J. Res 86 - CRA for ESA Section 7 regs (FWS) H.J. Res 158/S.J. Res 84 - CRA for ESA Section 4 regs (FWS) H.J. Res 157 S.J. Res 85 - CRA for ESA Section 4 regs (NMFS) H.J. Res 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State". H.J. Res 162 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard". H.J. Res 169 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot". H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 8070/ S. 4638 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 - whales, ESA, permitting and forestry S. 4462/H.R. 8640 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center, and for other purposes. House H.R. 9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 H.R. 9776 - Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Conservation Act of 2024 House No Bill Number- To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Discussion Draft S. 4753- Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024 H.R. 6747- Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act H.R. 1705- A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act H.R. 9760- Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act S. 2867- Promoting Effective Forest Management Act S. 2991- Americas Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act S. 4424- National Prescribed Fire Act S. 1540- A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes. H.R. 7544/S. 64 - Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 9776 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland Act H.R. 9971 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds of that Act includes incidental take, and to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to authorize such incidental take, and for other purposes. H.R. 2925 - Mining Regulatory Clarify Act of 2024 H.R. 3195 - Superior National Forest Restoration Act H.R. 6285 - Alaskas Right to Produce Act S. 1348 - Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 2023 S. 1889 - Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act S. 2216 - S. 2216- Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act S. 3617 - a bill to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes. S. 3790 - a bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes. S. 4454 - a bill to provide for the establishment of an Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes. S. 535 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act H.R. 1 - Lower Energy Costs Act H.R. 7409 - HEATS Act H.R. 6994 - ROUTES Act H.R. 7033 - WEST Act of 2024 H.R. 9494 - Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025 - Disaster funding for public lands H.R.10545 - American Relief Act, 2025 - Disaster funding for public lands
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2024 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1 Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 1335, the TAPP Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act H.R. 1577, The Builder Act H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152/S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 10523- Federal Wildfire Relief Act of 2024; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; HR 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023 S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Water Resources Development Act generally; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Legislation related to wildfires and other natural disasters; Farm Bill Reauthorization; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Draft legislation on virtual power plants; Clean Air Act generally
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 788 - Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 6482 - Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act H.R. 7409 - HEATS Act H.R. 6862 - To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes H.R.6747 - Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 H.R. 6814 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act H.R. 2925 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 5499 - Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act H.R. 6285 - Alaskas Right to Produce Act of 2023 H.R. 3195 - Superior National Forest Restoration H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 615 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023 H.R. 3397 - Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 8508 - Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act of 2024 H.R. 8507 - Bottom Trawl Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species and other bills S. 2269 - Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act S. 1715 - Wildfire Emergency Act S. 808 - Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act S. 452 - Nuclear Fuel Security Act S. 2031 - Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023 S. 3956/H.R. 4059 - A bill to include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior H.R. 8038 - 21st Century Peace through Strength Act H.R 8450 - Phosphate and Potash Protection Act H.R.2872 - SAFE Act H.R.9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 H.R.9678 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland (FLASH) Act S.620 - Alaska Offshore Parity Act S. 1553 - the Resiliency for Ranching and National Conservation Health Act S.2867 - Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023 S. 4310 - a bill to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes; S. 3790 - a bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes S. 4431 - A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes S. 4432 - A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2 Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number) H.J.Res. 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State" H.R. 8362 - Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act H.R. 200 - FIR Act H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 4821 - Interior Appropriations H.R. 6008 - R.I.C.E.s Whale Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 8788 - Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health Act H.R. 8862 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act H.R. 3075 - Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act S.3929 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from taking certain proposed actions relating to a land management plan direction for old-growth forest conditions across the National Forest System. Nomination Shannon Estenoz - Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Client expense: $118,468 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Regulatory activities under the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act; US S 1614; S 2811: HR 5009; S 2395; HR 520; FY24 Appropriations for Interior; FY25 Appropriations for Interior: ESA permitting; BCPSA Regulations; HR 7999 Wildlife Confiscation; S 3694 and HR 7145 (SWIMS Act); HR 8164; HR 9533
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 6008: Requiring Integrity in Conservation Efforts Act (R.I.C.E.s Whale Act); all provisions H.R. 8957: Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2024; all provisions H.R. 9533: ESA Amendments Act of 2024; all provisions Discussion Draft of H.R. ___: To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes; all provisions S. 1863: Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2024; all provisions S. 2986: Warding Off Hostile Administrative Leasing Efforts (WHALE) Act; all provisions S. 3170: Revising and Enhancing Project Authorizations Impacted by Review (REPAIR) Act of 2023; all provisions General Discussions Related to ENV (no specific Bill #): Bureau of Land Management Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resources Conservation Bureau of Land Management Conservation and Landscape Health Bureau of Land Management Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Council on Environmental Qualitys Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Guidance Carbon Price 50 CFR 424.02 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Rescinding the Rule on Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) - Ozone Rulemaking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Final NPDES General Permit for New and Existing Sources and New Discharges in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Category for the Western Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG290000) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Fenceline Monitoring Program Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Social Cost of Carbon Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Social Cost of non-CO2 GHG Emissions Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Preliminary Regulatory Determination for eight Contaminants on the Fourth Contaminant Candidate List - Preliminary Determinations to Regulate Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid in Drinking Water and to Not Regulate Six Contaminants (i.e., 1,1-Dichloroethane, Acetochlor, Methyl Bromide (bromomethane), Metolachlor, Nitrobenzene, and RDX). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 OCS General Permit GMG290000 (General Permit) Department of the Interior (DOI) Permitting Endangered Species Act Energy Transitions and Technology Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Guidance Implementing Regulations Revisions Methane Orphaned Well Issues Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Emissions Issues Gulf of Mexico Carbon Capture and Storage Issues Onshore Carbon Capture and Storage Issues Paris Agreement National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rice's Whale National Strategy to Develop Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico Seismic Permitting Issues Permitting reform Carbon Tax PFAS Carbon Border Adjustments Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Class VI Permitting Rice's Whale
Client expense: $2,640,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S. 912 and H.R. 2685, Mining Schools Act of 2023, All Titles Coal Leasing Program Oversight H.R. 1457, Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act or the COAL Act, All Titles Mining Land Access Oversight/Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations Oversight S. 1435 and H.R. 3397, A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health, All Titles S. 1281 and H.R. 2925, Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, All Titles S. 1399, Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, Title I H.R. 1351, Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act, All Titles H.R. 3195, Superior National Forest Restoration Act, All Titles S. 1742 and H.R. 3495, Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2023, Multiple Titles H.R. 6862, To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes, All Titles H.R. 4059 and S. 3956, To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior, All Titles H.R. 3885, Copper is Critical Act, All Titles USFWS Proposed Missouri Headwaters Conservation Area H.R.3883, To nullify Public Land Order No. 7921, withdrawing certain land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from mineral entry, All Titles H.R.5504, To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes, All Titles H.R. 6085, Wyoming Rocksprings Resource Management Plan, All Titles Excess Claims Maintenance Fees Congressional Endangered Species Act Working Group Bureau of Land Management Ambler Road Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Withdrawal New York Stock Exchange Proposed Listing Standard for Natural Asset Companies Mining Research and Development H.R. 8446, To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes, All Titles H.R. 8450, Phosphate and Potash Protection of 2024, All Titles H.R. 2405, North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023, All Titles H.R. 8693, No American Land for Communist China Act, All Titles H.R.8781, To prohibit the implementation of the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Federal coal managed by the Buffalo, Wyoming Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, All Titles H.J.Res.186 and S.J.Res.99, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2". S.4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, Multiple Titles H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, All Titles Mineral Reserve and Price Support to Counter China S. 5030, National Critical Minerals Council Act, All Titles S. 5251, Critical Materials Future Act, All Titles S. 5039, Unearth Innovation Act, All Titles H.R. 9898, To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure midstream processing of critical materials, and for other purposes. Discussion Draft - To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 5050 and H.R. 9717, A bill to prohibit the importation of certain minerals from the Russian Federation, All Titles House MINERALS Act S. 4712, Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024, All Titles
Client expense: $610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Animals
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Chemicals/Chemical Industry
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Farm Bill, Safeguarding Americas Future and the Environment Act (no bill number), H.J.Res. 149, H.R. 8362, H.R. 8997, H.R. 9026, H.R. 9027/S. 4690, S.4802, S.3830, H.J Res 163, S. 4753, S.4927, H.R.1705, H.R. 1507, H.R. 926, H.R. 300, H.R. 8191, H.R. 8830, S.359, H.R. 8281, H.R.8784, H.R. 9014, S.325, S. 1290, H.R. 3973/S.1908, H.R. 8790, H.R.2872, H.R.9533, S.620, S. 1553, S.2867, S. 4310, S. 3790, S. 4431, S. 4432,
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 209, the Permitting for Mining Needs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act; H.R. 1335, the TAPP Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 6012, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act; H.R. 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act; S. 1449, RESTART Act; S. 2269, Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act; S. 4191, Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; S. 4343, Fire Ready Nation; S. 4628, Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; H.J. Res. 152, related to CCR regulations; H.J. Res. 163, related to EPA regulations; S.J. Res. 92; related to EPA regulation; S. J. Res. 95; related to CCR regulations; Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act section 111(d) and (b); EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Clean Air Act generally; Coal combustion residuals; Wildfire issues.
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
HR 1, opposing provisions that would expand offshore drilling, and amendments that would have damaged natural resources. S. 745, Virginia Wilderness Additions Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety. S. 873, America's Outdoor Recreation Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety. HR 1213, RESCUE Whale Act, supporting provisions that restore protections for the North Atlantic right whale. HR 3971, Flatside Wilderness Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety HR ____ Energy and Water Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations, opposing inclusion of riders that would undermine natural resource protection laws. S 1149, Recovering America's Wilderness Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety S 808, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery, opposing provisions that undermine public participation and sound science. HR 524, Coastal Barrier Resources Act Amendment, opposing the legislation. HR 4323, to prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed and deployed, opposing the legislation in its entirety. S. 2867- Promoting Effective Forest Management Act, opposing provisions that would lead to overharvesting in Southeastern forests. S. 2991- Americas Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act, concerning carbon sequestration provisions. S. 1719 - FIRESHEDS Act, concerning provisions that would lead to overharvesting in Southeastern forests. H.R. 200 - Forest Information Reform Act, opposing the legislation in its entirety S. 199 - Root and Stem, ensuring that collaborations are sufficiently broad to encompass all interests S. 1540 - A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes, opposing the bill in its entirety. H.R. 5504 - To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, opposing the bill in its entirety. H.R. ___ - To prohibit the implementation of certain documents until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the Rices whale, opposing the bill in its entirety. HR 524, To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites, opposing the provisions in the legislation that provide a broad exemption to environmental requirements HR 5490, Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act, supporting the addition of acreage to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. HR 3971, Flatside Wilderness Additions Act, supporting the legislation HR 7408. America's Wildlife Conservation Act, opposing the legislation as weakening protections for threatened and endangered species. H.R. 8467 "Farm, Food, and National Security At of 2024", opposing forest management changes and biomass provisions. H.R. ___ ESA Amendments Act of 2024. Opposing the legislation H.R. 8704 To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species, opposing the legislation H.R. 8790 Fix Our Forests Act opposing the legislation H.R. 7408 Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act opposing the legislation H.R. 6492 "Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act" opposing the legislation. H.R.4366 "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, opposing provisions related to right whales. H.R. 8812, Water Resources Development Act of 2024,opposing language related to New Savannah Lock and Dam. S 1149 / H.R 7408, "Recovering America's Wildlife Act" supporting the legislation. HR 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, opposing the legislation in its entirety. H.R. 8704. To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species, opposing the legislation as inadequate to protect the species. H.R. 8836/S. 4953, Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act, supporting the legislation in its entirety. H.R. 8632, Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Actm opposing the legislation in its entirety. S. 2867, a bill to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, and for other purposes, opposing the legislation. S. 2991, a bill to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, and for other purposes, oppsoing the legislation.
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing. Bureau of Land Management, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Utility-scale Solar Energy Development and associated Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (BLM-HQ-FRN-MO4500177363) (Jan. 19, 2024), including provisions related to land management and preferred uses. H.R. 9533, ESA Amendments Act of 2024, including provisions related to process and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species. S. 4753, Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, including provisions related to improving timelines for permit approval processes.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 3746 - the Fiscal Responsibility Act: Provisions related to FY25 appropriations and NERC interregional transfer capacity study. H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92: Provisions related to EPA regulations. H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forest Act: Provisions related to Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management practices to prevent wildfires. H.R. 9533 - the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act: Provisions related to federal transmission planning and cost allocation, distributed energy resources, interconnection policies, and federal backstop authority. Issuse related to wildfires and other natural disasters. Issues related to EPA regulations and the Clean Air Act. Issues related to siting and permitting. Issues related to the National Environmental Policy Act. Issues related to the Clean Water Act.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; HR 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act Draft legislation on virtual power plants Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Wildfires and other natural disasters; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Water Resources Development Act generally; Clean Air Act generally.
Client expense: $2,865,372 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; H.R. 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act Draft legislation on virtual power plants Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Wildfires and other natural disasters; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Water Resources Development Act generally; Clean Air Act generally.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Urged Congress to support the nomination of Shannon A. Estenoz to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 8704, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species. Urged Congress to oppose the Ambler Road amendment to S.4638, the National Defense Authorization Act. Urged the Department of the Interior (DOI) to protect caribou habitat and expand protections for Special Areas in the Western Arctic. Urged the White House to permanently protect the Blake Plateau. Urged Congress to oppose the BIOSAFE Act (H.R. 8632). Urged Congress to oppose H.J. Res. 168, the congressional resolution disapproving of the Council on Environmental Qualitys National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2. Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 6129, the Studying NEPAs Impact on Projects Act. Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 9533, the ESA Amendments Act of 2024. Urged Congress to oppose H.R.9676, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish National Plastics Recycling Standards, and for other purposes. Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act. Supported efforts to protect Frances Perkins homestead as a national monument. Supported efforts to designate Sattitla National Monument. Celebrated the designation of Springfield Race Riot National Monument.
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act S. 1449, the RESTART Act; H.R. 1577, the Builder Act; H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act; H.J.Res.163/S.J.Res.92 related to EPA regulations; H.J.Res.152S.J.Res.95 related to CCR regulations; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forest Act; H.R. 6012 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S.2269 Fire Safe Electric Corridors Act of 2023; S. 4628 Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience Act; S. 4343 Fire Ready Nation; H.R. 8656 Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024; S. 4191 Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act; HR 9533, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act Draft legislation on virtual power plants Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Wildfires and other natural disasters; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Rights-of-way; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Water Resources Development Act generally; Clean Air Act generally.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 9026/S. 4795 - FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills -- North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rices whale H.R. 9027/S. 4690 FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations -- USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative H,R. 8998/S. 4802 - FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other ESA and wildlife related riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding H.R. 8752/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall H.R. 8467 / Senate no bill number - 2024 Farm Bill H.R. 8754 - SOIL Act Rep. Tokuda Native Plants Marker Bill H.R. 7221 -- Wildlife Corridors and USDA Conservation Programs Act of 2024 HR 8704 - To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species. HR 8836 - To establish the Wildlife Movement and Movement Area Grant Program and the State and Tribal Migration Research Program, and for other purposes HR 8104 / S 4193 Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act H. Res. 195/S. Res. 494 - Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations. H.R. 200 - Forest Information Reform Act H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act H.R. 1245 - Delisting Greater Yellowstone Population of Grizzly Bears S. 445 - Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023 H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears H.R. 94 - American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act H.R. 97 - Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act H.R. 99 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act H.R. 248 - Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act H.R. 518 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act H.R. 520 - Artificially Propagated Animals H.R. 872 - Federally Integrated Species Health Act H.R. 1142 - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes. H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears H.R. 1558/S. 771 - Saving Americas Vulnerable Endangered Species Act S. 1788 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes. S. 1895 - A bill to require the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. H.R.4558 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw a proposed rule relating to the endangered species status of the dunes sagebrush lizard S. 2571 - A bill to provide for determination of the grizzly bear species consistent with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes HR 5504/S 2811 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act H.R. 7817 - Michigan SPEAR Act S. 3963 - Native Species Protection Act H.R. 3935 - Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act H.R. 3397/S. 1435 - A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health H.J. Res 159/S.J. Res 80 - CRA for ESA blanket 4(d) rule regs H.J. Res 155/S.J. Res 81 - CRA for ESA Section 7 regs (NMFS) H.J. Res 156/S.J. Res 86 - CRA for ESA Section 7 regs (FWS) H.J. Res 158/S.J. Res 84 - CRA for ESA Section 4 regs (FWS) H.J. Res 157 S.J. Res 85 - CRA for ESA Section 4 regs (NMFS)\ H.J. Res 149 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State". H.J. Res 162 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard". H.J. Res 169 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot". H.R. 8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 - whales, ESA, permitting and forestry S. 4462/H.R. 8640 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center, and for other purposes. House H.R. 9533 - ESA Amendments Act of 2024 H.R. 9776 - Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Conservation Act of 2024 House No Bill Number- To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Discussion Draft S. 4753- Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024 H.R. 6747- Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act H.R. 1705- A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act H.R. 8790- Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act S. 2867- Promoting Effective Forest Management Act S. 2991- Americas Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act S. 4424- National Prescribed Fire Act S. 1540- A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes. H.R. 7544/S. 64- Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 9776 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland Act H.R. 9971 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds of that Act includes incidental take, and to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to authorize such incidental take, and for other purposes.
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Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service