Help Hoover Dam Act

H.R. 338 (Costa, D-CA): Every Drop Counts Act; H.R. 831 (Calvert, R-CA)/S. 291 (Padilla, D-CA): Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025; H.R. 1311 (Harder, D-CA): Stop the Tunnels Act; H.R. 1894 (Calvert, R-CA): Federally Integrated Species Health Act of the FISH Act; H.R. 3158 (Lee, D-NV)/S. 1570 (Cortez Masto (D-NV): Help Hoover Dam Act, H.R. 6204 (Lee, D-NV) / S.3693 (Cortez-Masto): Large Scale Water Recycling Reauthorization Act; S, 3737 (Padilla): Growing Resilient Operations from Water Saving and Municipal-Agricultural Reciprocally-beneficial Transactions Act or the GROW SMART Act; S.3738 (Padilla): Making Our communities Resilient through Enhancing Water for Agriculture, Technology, the Environment, and Residences Act or the MORE WATER Act. Water supply conditions in California and Colorado River Basin.

Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Reclamation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Hydropower and Colorado River basin program issues generally H.R.3158/S.1570, Help Hoover Dam Act H.R.4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act) H.R. 3898, Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act (PERMIT Act) H.R. 831/S. 291, Lower Colorado River MSCHP Program Amendment Act of 2025

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Discussed support for H.R. 3158/S. 1570, the Hoover Dam Act, to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund Discussed the need for the Bureau of Reclamation to release approximately $52 million in the Colorado River Dam Fund for upgrades at Hoover Dam. Discussed the need for appropriate staffing at the Bureau of Reclamation to counter the impacts of staff cuts that have increased overhead rates at Hoover Dam from 12 percent to 41 percent (no legislation). Discussed support for H.R. 471/S. 1462, the Fix Our Forests Act, including section 204 in the House bill to provide categorical exclusion for vegetation management along power line rights-of-way on federal lands. Discussed support for agency actions to expedite environmental reviews under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and National Historic Preservation Act to reduce the risk of wildfires. Discussed strict liability caps for wildfires on federal lands under the Forest Land Policy and Management Act (P.L. 94-579). Discussed the need for more consistency of land management practices at federal land management agencies, such as U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Discussed support for S. 1034/H.R. 2432, the Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act (all provisions).

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Hydropower and Colorado River basin program issues generally H.R.3158/S.1570, Help Hoover Dam Act H.R.4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act) H.R. 3898, Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act (PERMIT Act) H.R. 831/S. 291, Lower Colorado River MSCHP Program Amendment Act of 2025

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 338 (Costa, D-CA): Every Drop Counts Act; H.R. 831 (Calvert, R-CA)/S. 291 (Padilla, D-CA): Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025; H.R. 1311 (Harder, D-CA): Stop the Tunnels Act; H.R. 1894 (Calvert, R-CA): Federally Integrated Species Health Act of the FISH Act; H.R. 3158 (Lee, D-NV)/S. 1570 (Cortez Masto (D-NV): Help Hoover Dam Act, H.R. 6204 (Lee, D-NV): Large Scale Water Recycling Reauthorization Act. Water supply conditions in California and Colorado River Basin.

Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Reclamation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

FY2026 Energy and Water Appropriations, support funding for Reclamation programs including: CALFED, WIIN Storage projects, desalination, water recycling, ecosystem restoration projects, WaterSmart water and energy efficiency grants, Colorado River Salinity Control Program, DOIs water conservation obligations under the DCP, and Reclamations Safety of Dams program. Support funding for DOEs Moab Uranium Mill Tailing Remedial Action Project. FY2026 Interior-Environment Appropriations: Support funding for the USGS Water and Science Program, EPA Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, WIFIA, National Priorities Water Research Grant Program, and the Innovative Water Technologies Grant Program. Inclusion of H.R. 3158 (Lee, D-NV)/S. 1570 (Cortez Masto (D-NV): Help Hoover Dam Act in FY26 Energy and Water appropriations bill.

Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Reclamation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Discussed the importance of maintaining adequate staffing levels at the Power Marketing Administrations (no legislation). Discussed support for H.R. 3158/S. 1570, the Hoover Dam Act, to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund. Discussed the need for the Bureau of Reclamation to release approximately $52 million in the Colorado River Dam Fund for upgrades at Hoover Dam. Discussed support for H.R. 1001, to provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. Discussed the need for appropriate staffing at the Bureau of Reclamation to counter the impacts of staff cuts that have increased overhead rates at Hoover Dam from 12 percent to 41 percent (no legislation). Discussed support for H.R. 471/S. 1462, the Fix Our Forests Act, including section 204 in the House bill to provide categorical exclusion for vegetation management along power line rights-of-way on federal lands. Discussed draft legislation to amend the Forest Land Policy and Management Act (P.L. 94-579) to amend strict liability caps for wildfires on federal lands.

Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported

●Hydropower and Colorado River basin program issues generally ●H.R.3158/S.1570, Help Hoover Dam Act ●H.R.4776, SPEED Act - introduced in September 2025 ●H.R. 831, Lower Colorado River MSCHP Program Amendment Act of 2025

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 338 (Costa, D-CA): Every Drop Counts Act; H.R. 831 (Calvert, R-CA)/S. 291 (Padilla, D-CA): Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025; H.R. 1311 (Harder, D-CA): Stop the Tunnels Act; H.R. 1894 (Calvert, R-CA): Federally Integrated Species Health Act of the FISH Act; H.R. 3158 (Lee, D-NV)/S. 1570 (Cortez Masto (D-NV): Help Hoover Dam Act. Water supply conditions in California and Colorado River Basin.

Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Reclamation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Hydropower and Colorado River basin program issues generally H.R.3158/S.1570 - Help Hoover Dam Act H.R. 831 - Lower Colorado River MSCHP Program Amendment Act of 2025

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 338 (Costa, D-CA): Every Drop Counts Act; H.R. 831 (Calvert, R-CA)/S. 291 (Padilla, D-CA): Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025; H.R. 1311 (Harder, D-CA): Stop the Tunnels Act; H.R. 1894 (Calvert, R-CA): Federally Integrated Species Health Act of the FISH Act; H.R. 3158 (Lee, D-NV)/S. 1570 (Cortez Masto (D-NV): Help Hoover Dam Act. Water supply conditions in California and Colorado River Basin.

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Reclamation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE