NOAA Data Preservation Act

H.R. 3538, the Wildlife Confiscations Network Act of 2025 H.R. 4294, the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support (MAWS) Act of 2025 H.R. 6184, the NOAA Data Preservation Act

Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

House bills that have been introduced: H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act, all provisions H.R. 6184, NOAA Data Preservation Act, all provisions H.R. 7332, Whale CHARTS Act, all provisions Not yet introduced in House: FY27 Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, programmatic requests seeking funding for: -Top-line funding of $6.2 billion for NOAA. -Pop-up fishing gear for West Coast fisheries. -California fishermen to transition away from large-mesh drift gillnets. -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. -Report language directing the National Marine Fisheries Service to invest in science-based shark and ray conservation. -Pilot program on coastal blue carbon research. -Harmful algal bloom and hypoxia research. -Programs important to conservation in the National Ocean Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Protected Resources and Management, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Procurement/Acquisition/Construction, and Mission Support accounts. FY 27 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act House and Senate programmatic requests seeking funding for: -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. FY27 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, programmatic request seeking Coast Guard funding to procure new shore-to-ship Automatic Identification System technology. Not yet introduced in Senate: FY27 Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, programmatic requests seeing funding for: -Pop-up fishing gear. -California fishermen to transition off large drift gillnets for swordfish. -National Marine Fisheries Service including for fishery stock assessments. -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. -Congressionally-directed request for The Marine Mammal Center for advancing early cancer diagnostics in marine mammals. FY 27 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act House and Senate programmatic requests seeking funding for: -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: Administrative layoffs and proposed budget cuts at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency (NOAA). The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Amend the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule. Convening of the Endangered Species Committee.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 3538, the Wildlife Confiscations Network Act of 2025 H.R. 4294, the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support (MAWS) Act of 2025 H.R. 6184, the NOAA Data Preservation Act

Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)