A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 H.R. 4005, the Coast Guard Authorization Act / S.2444, Coast Guard Reauthorization Act

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislative Bills: Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX;; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical ParkBoundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S. 2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS. FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs.Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line. H.R. 4005, the Coast Guard Authorization Act / S.2444, Coast Guard Reauthorization Act

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line. H.R. 4005, Coast Guard Authorization Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement: labor, investment, rules of origin, manufacturing H.R. 3830/S. 1900, Trade Promotion Authority (Fast Track): opposition, procedure US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP): opposition, labor, investment Colombia FTA/Labour Action Plan: support for worker rightsChina Bilateral Investment Treaty: opposition H.R. 4163, Trade Adjustment Assistance: renewal Trade in Services Agreement (TISA): public services Sweatfree Procurement: support Trade Advisory Committees: more transparency greater labor representation NAFTA: analysis of impact on workers Guatemala FTA Labor Complaint: support for advancement to dispute settlement H.R. 2052/S. 1022, global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013: opposition to Senate version Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS): seek to amend Currency manipulation: enforcement

Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service.Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Distributed National Trusts report on stewardship and management of historic properties under the stewardship of the agency to the Secretary asking that he consider implementing the reports recommendations to improve their cultural resources management practices.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960/S. 1034) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Preserving Americas Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) NAT; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge and working with Glover Park Group. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.USFS - Met with the U.S. Forest Service regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. VA Met with Department of Veterans Affairs staff regarding the proposed closure of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs, South Dakota; discussed the possibility of the VA to issue guidance regarding the use of the Section 111 leasing provisions for VA properties under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Issues pertaining to overnight passenger cruise vessels H.R. 1961 / S. 1022 To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) - NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Lnad Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.