Local Input Act

H.R. 142 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025 H.R. 178 - To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes. H.R. 184 - Action Versus No Action Act H.R. 471/ S. 1462 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 556/S. 537 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025 H.R. 582 - Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act H.R. 598 - Forest Information Reform Act H.R. 717 - Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act H.R. 1555 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act H.R. 1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 2235 - Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2025 H.R. 2317 - Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2026 H.R. 2673 - The Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R. 2709 - Save Our Sequoias Act H.R. 2820 - The California Clean Coast Act H.R. 2848 / S. 1445 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act H.R. 2849 / S.1432- West Coast Ocean Protection Act H.R. 2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act H.R. 2865 / S. 1472 (related but not identical)- New England Coastal Protection Act H.R. 2881 / S.1486 - COAST Anti-drilling Act H.R. 2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act H.R. 2886 - Defend Our Coast Act H.R. 3067/S. 1519 - Arctic Refuge Protection Act H.R. 3329 - Wildlife Corridors and USDA Conservation Programs Act H.R. 3930/ S. 2042 - Roadless Area Conservation Act H.R. 4038/ S. 902 - the Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act H.R. 4503 - ePermit Act H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act H.R. 5587- Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act or the HEATS Act H.R. 6078 - Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act H.R. 6268 - LEAD Act of 2025 H.R. 6300 / S. 2787 - Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025 H.R. 7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (House Farm Bill) H.R.7695 - To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. H.R. 7951 - Long-Term Good Neighbor Authority Act H.R. 8308 - Create Expedited Reviews to Transform American Infrastructure Now Act, CERTAIN Act, and related language H.R. 8438 - Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Conservation Act H.R. 8646/Senate no bill number - FY 2027 Agriculture Appropriations - USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative H.R. 8682 - Accelerating Forest Management Act H.R. 8688 - Forest Health and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act H.R. 8800 - FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act H.R. 8845/Senate no bill number - FY 2027 CJS Appropriation bills - North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rices whale, ESA funding H.R. 8870 - Build America 250 Act H.R. 8919 - Protect Gulf Life Act H.R. 9017 - Restore Florida Water Independence Act H.R. 9138 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction of certain land located on Adak Island, Alaska H.R. 9171/Senate no bill number - FY 2027 Interior Appropriations - ESA and wildlife related riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding, BLM Plant Conservation and Restoration Program, FS Research and Development Program, Marine Minerals Administration H.R. 9188 - the Military Readiness Permitting Efficiency Act of 2026 H.R. 9250/ S. 1547 - Great American Outdoors Act/ America the Beautiful Act H.R. 9901 - Safeguarding Endangered Species Act H.R. 9924 / S. 5118 - Local Input Act H.R. 10061- the Wildfire Response and Readiness Act S. 90 / H.R. 376 - Historic Roadways Protection Act S. 140 - Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025 S. 1449 - RESTART Act S. 2554/ H.R. 41 - Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act S. 2968 / H.R. 9221 - Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act S. 2969 - Establishes that state law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within NPS units S. 2970 - Establishes that state law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on covered roads in Capitol Reef National Park S. 3503 - Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act S. 3715 / H.R. 6380 - Chiricahua National Park Act S. 3947 - REWIRE Act S. 4462/H.R. 8640 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center, and for other purposes. S. 4753 - Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024 S. 4784 - National Defense Authorization Act S. 4975 - HEATS Act S. 5008- Grid Connection and Congestion Management Act S. 5234 Human-Wildlife Conflict Reduction Act of 2026 S. 5378 - Outer Continental Shelf Lease Restoration Act of 2026 S. 5438 - Alaska's Right to Produce Act 2.0 S. 5526 - Agriculture Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) S. 5604 - Improving Species Recovery Act S. 5653- Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) S.J. Res 504 - A joint resolution 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 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration relating to "Rescinding the Definition of 'Harm' Under the Endangered Species Act". House no bill number - Oil and Gas bankruptcy clean-up costs House no bill number - Oil and Gas penalty, royalty relief, and transportation allowance reform House no bill number / Senate no bill number - legislation to transfer Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge House no bill number - Expanded God Squad bill Senate no bill number- Wildlife Refuge Contracting legislation House/Senate no bill number - legislation to build/fund a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

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

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

Legislation and administrative actions related to habitat conservation and restoration, implementation of federally appropriated funds related to such purposes, protection and use of public lands and waters, including responsible development energy development, protection and restoration of special landscapes, reauthorization of programs related to such goals including in federal highway bill (eg: culverts and connectivity programs), western water and drought security, and fish and wildlife management. Protection against blanket federal public land sales and the use of land disposal authority, including the Public Lands in Public Hands Act, H.R.718 and Public Lands Integrity Act, H.R.9167/S.4455. Administrative and legislative proposals related to the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule including USDA comment period and the Roadless Area Conservation Act, H.R.3930/S.2042 as well as the Wildfire Prevention Act, S.140; To provide that the final rule titled Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes, H.R.7695. Legislation to conserve and manage public lands and waters including: A River Runs Through It Act, H.R.10529; America the Beautiful Act, S. 1547; Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act, H.R.10054/S.5282; Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, S. 764; Defending Our Dams Act, H.R.2073; Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act, S.1787; Fix Our Forests Act, H.R.417/S.1462; Great American Outdoors Act 250, H.R.9250; Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act, H.R.3421/S.1791; M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act, S. 1476; Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act, H.R.6788/S.3527; Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, S.888; Pecos Watershed Protection Act, S. 1319; PUBLIC Lands Act, S.3526; Public Lands Integrity Act. H.R.9167/S.4455; Ruby Mountains Protection Act, S.1349; Santini-Burton Modernization Act, H.R.7255/S.3695; Sarvis Creek Wilderness Completion Act, S.1341; Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act, S.945; Upper Price River Watershed Project Act, H.R.5752/S.3004; Upper Raritan River Watershed Wild and Scenic River Study Act, H.R.5852; Wabeno Economic Development Act, H.R. 3937; Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, S.1737; Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act, S.5045. Legislation regarding oil and gas leasing and mineral development and reclamation: Critical Minerals Security Act, S.789; Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Technology Assessment Initiative Authorization Act, H.R.9616; Legacy Mine Cleanup Act, H.R.3713/S.2741; Local Input Act, H.R. 9924/S.5118; MERICA Act, H.R.3872; Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, H.R.1366/S.544; Stop Orphaned Wells Act, H.R.10721/S.5630. Legislation to reauthorize a federal highway bill, the BUILD America 250 Act, H.R.8870; particularly programs to support fish and wildlife connectivity including the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program and the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program, as well as to improve resiliency such as the PROTECT Program. Also to reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and include the Sporting Goods Excise Tax Modernization Act, H.R.1494/S.1649. Colorado River, drought, and western water issues. This includes advocacy on current federal funding programs such as the Bureau of Reclamations WaterSMART programs and distribution of funds for the Colorado and other western rivers through the Inflation Reduction Act. Legislation including: Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act, H.R.7978/S.4041, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, H.R.2025/S.953; Headwaters Protection Act, H.R.605/S.2701; Healthy Headwaters, Healthy Communities Act, S.4234; Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act, H.R.3857/S.2437; Water Project Navigators Act, H.R.7408/3792; Western Water Reinvestment Act, S.5402. Legislation influencing fish and wildlife management. Aquatic Invasive Species Control and Prevention Act, H.R.8876; Fisheries Science Modernization Act, S.5273; To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes, H.R.181;

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 145, Risk Disclosure and Investor Attestation Act H.R. 654, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2025 H.R. 1013, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 H.R. 1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025 H.R. 1190, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 1827/S. 847, Child Care Availability and Affordability Act H.R. 1900, Bank Failure Prevention Act of 2025 H.R. 2225, Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act H.R. 2441/S. 1877, the Improving Disclosures for Investors Act of 2025 H.R. 2675 Protecting Our Courts From Foreign Manipulation Act of 2025 H.R. 2702/S. 875, Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act H.R. 3230, Financial Institution Regulatory Tailoring Enhancement Act H.R. 3301, ELEVATE Act of 2025 H.R. 3323, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 3339, Equal Opportunity for Investors Act of 2025 H.R. 3343, Greenlighting Growth Act of 2025 H.R. 3348, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 3351, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 3352, HALOS Act of 2025 H.R. 3357, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 3379, HUMPS Act of 2025 H.R. 3380, TAILOR Act of 2025 H.R. 3381, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025 H.R. 3382, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 3383, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 3394, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 3395, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3422, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 3645, ACCESS Act of 2025 H.R. 3672, Securities Research Modernization Act H.R. 3673, Small Business Investor Capital Access Act H.R. 3682, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025 H.R. 3959, Protecting Private Job Creators Act S. 985, PROTECT USA Act S. 1605, International Competition for American Jobs Act H.J.Res. 59/S.J.Res. 18, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions" S.J.Res. 28, A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications" Potential legislation to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that removes medical debt from credit reports Potential legislation similar to H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2579, the Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2590, Unlocking Capital for Small Business Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2607, Improving Crowdfunding Opportunities Act, 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2609, Small Entrepreneur Empowerment and Development Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2651, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2622, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to codify certain Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letters that exclude brokers and dealers compensated for certain research services from the definition of investment adviser Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2799, the Investment Opportunity Expansion Act, 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2790, the Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4168/S. 2005, Mandatory Materiality Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6623/S. 2068, Main Street Growth Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 9924, Litigation Transparency Act of 2024 Potential legislation to repeal the SECs Universal Proxy Rule of 2021 Potential legislation to expand Well Known Seasoned Issuer eligibility Potential legislation to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain rulemaking requirements Nomination of Jonathan Gould to be the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Nomination of Michelle Bowman as Vice Chair of Supervision for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Nomination of Paul Atkins to be Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Final Rule, Securities Exchange Commission, on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V) (89 Fed. Reg. 101,402, December 13, 2024) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council activities, including the approach to and designation of systemic importance and risk of nonbank financial companies and firms; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Proposal on Corporate Governance and Risk Management; Basel III Endgame Rule; FDIC Monitoring of Investment Funds Passivity Agreements; issues related to the Export-Import Bank of the United States; European Unions (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-05, Improper Overdraft Opt-In Practices; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; recommendations for Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory agenda; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; reform to the function of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; rulemaking regarding corporate exemptions for shareholder proposals under SEC Rule 14a-8; index fund passivity; rulemaking regarding reform to the proxy voting advice industry at the SEC; request for comment from SEC on potential revisions to executive compensation disclosure; request for comment from SEC on potential revisions to definition of Foreign Private Issuer; SEC Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations: Regulation 13D-G (February 11, 2025); potential policy affirming materiality as the standard for corporate disclosure at the SEC; draft report language proposed for Appropriations FSGG to direct the SEC to update regulations to promote e-delivery of information to investors; draft report language proposed for Appropriations FSGG to restore the 2019 Guidance regarding the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important institutions; oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding, including its national security implications

Client expense: $19,340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)