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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2016-FY2017 as well as an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 for each of them. Prior authorization of appropriations shall be required for the Coast Guard Reserve program. Additional appropriations are authorized for FY2016-FY2017 for preacquisition activities for a new polar icebreaker, including initial specification development and feasibility studies . TITLE II--COAST GUARD (Sec. 201) The grade of the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard shall be increased from vice admiral to admiral, and the Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard shall be a vice admiral. (Sec. 202) The President may designate within the Executive branch, outside the Coast Guard, positions of importance and responsibility held by officers with the grade of vice admiral. (Sec. 203) The Coast Guard shall develop and implement a plan to conduct every two years a multirater assessment for each Coast Guard: (1) flag officer, (2) member of the Senior Executive Staff, and (3) officer nominated for promotion to the grade of captain. A multirater assessment is a review that seeks opinion from members senior to the reviewee as well as the reviewee's peers and subordinates. The Coast Guard shall report to Congress on the feasibility of including a multirater assessment as part of its personnel development programs. The Coast Guard shall also develop an annual training course for all Coast Guard flag officers newly appointed or assigned to billets in the National Capital Region, and all Coast Guard senior executive service personnel employed in the National Capital Region, to educate them on the workings of Congress. (Sec. 204) The bill repeals certain requirements and Enlisted Personnel Board procedures for the involuntary retirement of enlisted Coast Guard members with 20 or more years of active military service. (Sec. 205) The Coast Guard shall: (1) report to Congress on alternative methods for notifying members of the Coast Guard of their monthly earnings, and (2) audit annually the pay and allowances for the members transferred to new units during the year. (Sec. 206) The Coast Guard may recall and order to active duty, without the member's consent, a retired Coast Guard member subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) for the purpose of a preliminary hearing under the UCMJ, trial by court-martial, and nonjudicial punishment. (Sec. 207) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall, in lieu of reimbursement, transfer, from amounts appropriated for the operating expenses of the Coast Guard, an amount, determined by the Department of Defense (DOD) Board of Actuaries, that represents the value of care that the DOD or a military department, during the fiscal year in which funds are made available, provides to a member or former member of the Coast Guard (or a dependent). (Sec. 208) DHS may have remitted or cancelled any part of a person's indebtedness to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States if: the indebtedness was incurred while the person served on active duty as a member of the Coast Guard; and DHS determines that remitting or cancelling the indebtedness is in the best interest of the United States. (Sec. 209) The bill reduces from 90 to 30 days the deadline for the Coast Guard to notify Congress before approving a community as Coast Guard City, USA. (Sec. 210) The Coast Guard shall report quarterly to Congress a current assessment of the risks associated with all current major acquisition programs. (Sec. 211) The Coast Guard shall assess for Congress the effect of any new major acquisition on its stated Program of Record and Capital Investment Plan. (Sec. 212) A Polar Icebreaker shall be exempt from the requirement that it be classed by the American Bureau of Shipping before final acceptance by the Coast Guard. On the other hand the Coast Guard shall cause the design and construction of each Polar Icebreaker to be assessed by an independent third party with expertise in vessel design and construction certification. The Coast Guard may contract for the acquisition of Polar Icebreakers and associated equipment using incremental funding. The Department in which the Coast Guard is operating (the Department, unless otherwise indicated) shall: complete a materiel condition assessment with respect to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, and determine whether it is cost effective to reactivate the Polar Sea when compared with other options to provide icebreaking services as part of a strategy to maintain polar icebreaking services. The Coast Guard may also decommission the Polar Sea if reactivation is not cost effective. (Sec. 213) The Coast Guard may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement on a sole source basis, or into a lease or license, with a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association may establish in order to apply for and administer federal, state, or other educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy. For the support of such research the Coast Guard may also: allow that organization to use, at no cost, personal property of the Coast Guard; accept, retain, and use funds, supplies, and services from the organization (Sec. 214) The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is amended, with respect to enforcement of national fishery management program requirements, to specify the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii as the appropriate court for Hawaii (as under current law) or any U.S. possession of in the Pacific Ocean, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Guam as the appropriate court for Wake Island. (Sec. 215) The bill repeals the prohibition against (and so shall allow) expending appropriated federal funds for the engineering, design, or construction of a National Coast Guard Museum. (Sec. 216) The DHS Inspector General shall consult with the DOD Inspector General anytime a report of allegations of misconduct are made against senior officials (flag officers and Senior Executive Service). Investigations of misconduct must be consistent with DOD policies. (Sec. 217) DHS shall issue guidance and procedures for Coast Guard boards and personnel necessary to ensure that, in determining whether the disability of a Coast Guard member is combat-related and so eligible for combat-related special compensation, those boards and personnel consider DOD criteria in the same manner as boards and personnel of the military departments consider such criteria in making similar determinations. Such a disability shall include one incurred in the performance of combat-related eligible duties while permanently or temporarily assigned to a combatant command or other DOD unit or while executing a mission or training in support of DOD. Such a disability shall also include one incurred by a member of the Coast Guard when it was not operating as a service in the Navy: while engaged in hazardous service, including aviation duty, diving duty, rescue swimmer or similar duty, and hazardous service duty onboard a small vessel (such as surfman duty) in the performance of duties for which certain special or incentive pay was paid; in the performance of a homeland security mission or of a search and rescue mission; or while engaged in a training exercise for the performance of such a mission or duty. (Sec. 218) Within a year after DOD or the Navy promulgates a new rule, policy, or memorandum regarding maternity leave, the Department shall promulgate a similar rule, policy, or memorandum, consistent with whichever maternity leave policy is greater in terms of both duration and compensation. TITLE III--SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION (Sec. 301) Whistleblower protections for seamen reporting possible violations of a maritime safety or environmental protection law or regulation shall extend to reports to a vessel owner, a vessel operator, or the seaman's employer. (Sec. 302) The bill prescribes criminal penalties for destruction of evidence and other property subject to forfeiture during maritime counter-drug operations. Practices commonly recognized as smuggling tactics, including specified indicia, may provide prima facie evidence of intent to use a vessel to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, an controlled substances offense, even in the absence of controlled substances aboard the vessel. The bill prescribes criminal penalties also for knowing concealment of over $100,000 in currency or other monetary instruments in the course of maritime bulk cash smuggling. (Sec. 303) Requirements and prohibitions for the carriage of liquid bulk dangerous cargoes shall apply to fishing or fish tender vessels of 500 gross tons or less if they are carrying flammable or combustible liquid cargoes in bulk. (Sec. 304) The Department and the Department of Transportation (DOT) shall establish policies and practices to ensure that the authorities relating to maritime transportation of hazardous materials are enforced in the same manner and to the same extent, and the civil and criminal penalties are assessed or recommended in the same manner and to the same extent. (Sec. 305) The Department may develop and propose a model for a national recreational vessel training curriculum and education standards for operators of recreational vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind. (Sec. 306) Freedom of Information requirements for federal agencies shall not apply to a question from any examination for a merchant seamen license, certificate, or document, let alone the answer. The Secretary shall develop a sample merchant mariner exam and outline of merchant mariner exam topics on an annual basis. (Sec. 307) The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 is revised with regard to the application to Cape Flattery, Washington, of certain requirements for tank vessel response plans for oil, response plan requirements for vessels carrying animal fats and vegetable oils as a primary cargo, and response plan requirements for vessels carrying other non-petroleum oils as a primary cargo. The application of these requirements to the higher volume port area for the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Port Angeles, Washington (including any water area within 50 nautical miles seaward), to and including Puget Sound, shall be deemed also to apply, in the same manner, and to the same extent, to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Cape Flattery, Washington (including any water area within 50 nautical miles seaward), to and including Puget Sound. (Sec. 308) The Department may treat as one of its own any assessment of the effectiveness of a foreign port's antiterrorism measures conducted by a foreign government (including an entity of or operating under the auspices of the European Union) or by an international organization if certain requirements are met. The Department may enter into an agreement with a foreign government (including one under European Union auspices) or an international organization for the conduct of such assessments and the sharing of information. (Sec. 309) In establishing a model year for recreational vessels and associated equipment, the Department shall begin it on June 1 of one year and end it on July 31 of the following year, which shall also be the year designated. (Sec. 310) The Department shall amend regulations relating to weights (pounds) of outboard motor and related equipment for various boat horsepower ratings to reflect Standard 30-Outboard Engine and Related Equipment Weights published by the American Boat and Yacht Council. (Sec. 311) The Secretary shall make a minimum of $59 million of direct loan obligations available each fiscal year for repairs or replacements of fishing vessels according to historic uses. The Fisheries Financing Act is amended to declare that the prohibition against federal direct loans or loan guarantees for the construction or rebuilding of fishing vessels exceeding specified dimensions shall not apply to vessels in fisheries under the jurisdiction of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and managed under a fishery management plan issued under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, or in the Pacific whiting fishery under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Fishery Management Council and managed under a fishery management plan issued under that Act. Any fishing vessel operated in fisheries under such jurisdictions and managed under such plans, and that is replaced by a vessel constructed or rebuilt with a federal loan or loan guarantee, may not be used to harvest fish in any fishery under the jurisdiction of any regional fishery management council but the North Pacific Fishery Management Council or the Pacific Fishery Management Council. (Sec. 312) Certain fishing or fish tender vessels of between 50 and 190 feet in length, which are built after January 1, 2016, which meet other specified criteria shall be exempted from American Bureau of Shipping certification requirements. Any modification or substantial change to such a vessel must meet specified requirements, including review and approval by a registered professional engineer before the modification or change is begun. TITLE IV--FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION (Sec. 401) The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is reauthorized for FY2016-FY2017. (Sec. 402) All appointments by the FMC Chairman of the heads of major organizational units, and all requests to the President and Congress for appropriations, must be approved by the entire FMC. TITLE V--SPORTFISH RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY REAUTHORIZATION Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act (Sec. 502) The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act is amended to: revise a formula to increase from 57% to 57.42% of certain appropriations the supplemental amount of unexpended or unobligated funds available to be apportioned among the states; increase percentages in the division of appropriations for coastal wetlands, boating safety, and boating infrastructure, among other things; and require a special set-aside to the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating for recreational boating safety. (Sec. 504) The Internal Revenue Code is amended to extend through FY2023 the exception to the limit on transfers to the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund for expenditures to pay certain contracts. (Sec. 505) This bill repeals: the 5% limitation on fiscal year allocations for national boating safety activities of national nonprofit public service organizations; and the 2% limitation on available fiscal year amounts for state recreational boating safety programs to pay specified administrative and investigative costs. (Sec. 506) Funds are made available for the National Boating Safety Advisory Council and to ensure compliance with federal recreational boating safety requirements, including the Coast Guard Manufacturing Compliance Program. (Sec. 507) The National Boating Safety Advisory Council is reauthorized through FY2023. (Sec. 508) The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act is amended to require the triennial report of the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force on the effectiveness of the coastal wetlands restoration projects to evaluate any improvements made to the quality of fish and wildlife habitat conditions. (Sec. 509) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall report annually to the states and the sportfishing community on its administrative services for the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. TITLE VI--CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY Subtitle A--Conveyance of Coast Guard Property in Point Spencer, Alaska (Sec. 603) The Department of the Interior shall convey the surface and subsurface estates of Tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 as identified on the map titled "Point Spencer Land Retention and Conveyance Map," dated January 2015, to the Bering Straits Native Corporation and tract 6 surface and subsurface estates to Alaska in accordance with specified terms. (Sec. 604) The bill establishes the Port Coordination Advisory Council for the Port of Point Spencer. Subtitle B--Other Conveyance of Coast Guard Property (Sec. 611) The Coast Guard may convey: 32 acres of federal land (including all buildings, structures, utilities, and facilities on the land) known as CAMSPAC Housing in Point Reyes Station to Marin County, California, to be used for affordable housing or to provide a public benefit approved by the County, and 3.25 acres of real property under Coast Guard administrative control (including all improvements located on the property) in Tok, Alaska, upon payment to the United States of the property's fair market value. TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS (Sec. 701) The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 is amended to name the U.S. Arctic Research Commission as a member of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research. Representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall serve, on a rotating basis, as vice chairperson of the Committee. (Sec. 702) The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 is amended to repeal the requirement that the National Response Center, after receiving from owners and operators of pipeline facilities any revisions to an initial telephonic or electronic notification of a pipeline facility accident or incident, update the initial report instead of generating a new report. (Sec. 703) The bill makes technical corrections to the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 with respect to the Coast Guard to specify the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating instead of the DOT. (Sec. 704) The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 is amended with respect to international port and facility inspection coordination to shift assessment authority from the Secretary to DHS and require DHS to develop a process by which the assessments are coordinated between the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection. (Sec. 705) The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 is amended to: change to July 1 of each year the deadline for annual reports of the Coast Guard and the National Marine Fisheries Service on the distant water tuna fleet, and replace the requirement for an annual update to a certain report on limits to liability with one for an update only after an oil discharge from a vessel or nonvessel source that results or is likely to result in removal costs and damages exceeding liability limits under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. (Sec. 706) The Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 is amended to revise the declaration that bars the Department and the EPA from prohibiting a vessel operating within the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve from taking up or discharging ballast water to allow for safe and efficient vessel operation if the uptake or discharge meets all federal and state ballast water management requirements that would apply if the area were not a marine sanctuary. The bar on such a prohibition shall extend to any national marine sanctuary that preserves shipwrecks or maritime heritage in the Great Lakes, unless the sanctuary designation documents do not allow taking up or discharging ballast water in the sanctuary. (Sec. 707) The Department may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the F/V RONDYS. (Sec. 708) The Coast Guard shall report to Congress on current operations to perform the International Ice Patrol mission as well as alternatives for carrying out that mission, including satellite surveillance technology. (Sec. 709) The Department of Commerce shall convey all right, title, and interest in specified property in Alaska to the native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island. The Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may operate, maintain, keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace any federal aid to navigation located on the property as long as the aid is needed for navigational purposes. The Department of Commerce and the presiding officer of the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island shall enter into an agreement to exchange of certain other property on St. Paul Island. A procedure is prescribed for transfer to the Village Corporation of any other property not specified in a certain document. (Sec. 710) The Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 is amended with respect to the allowance of parking spaces at the DHS St. Elizabeths Campus to Coast Guard members or employees to require that parking be at no cost to the Coast Guard, its members, or employees. (Sec. 711) The Coast Guard shall: assess the effectiveness of oil spill response activities specific to the Great Lakes, and report to Congress on the status of technology for immediately detecting cruise ship passengers who have fallen overboard TITLE VIII--VESSEL INCIDENTAL DISCHARGE ACT Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (Sec. 804) The Coast Guard shall establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges into navigable waters incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. (Sec. 805) The Coast Guard's 2012 rule for ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel are adopted until those performance standards are revised or a more stringent state standard is adopted. Ballast water is water taken aboard a vessel to control stability or during the operation of a vessel's ballast water treatment technology. Within two years, the Coast Guard must establish best management practices for discharges other than ballast water which are also incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. By January 1, 2020, the Coast Guard must complete a feasibility review to determine whether revising ballast water performance standards will result in a scientifically demonstrable and substantial reduction in the risk of introduction or establishment of aquatic nuisance species. By January 1, 2022, the Coast Guard must establish a revised standard based on the ballast water treatment technology available. Further revisions to the performance standards shall be considered every 10 years. (Sec. 806) This bill establishes a certification requirement for ballast water treatment technology. The Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not approve a technology if it uses a biocide or generates a biocide that is a pesticide. (Sec. 807) The bill permanently exempts certain vessels from permit requirements for those discharges, including fishing vessels, recreational vessels, or vessels that are less than 79 feet and engaged in commercial service. (Sec. 808) The Department may establish one or more compliance programs as an alternative to ballast water management regulations issued under this Act for a vessel that: has a maximum ballast water capacity of less than 8 cubic meters, is less than 3 years from the end of the useful life of the vessel, or discharges ballast water into a facility for the reception of ballast water that meets certain standards. (Sec. 809) Interested persons may petition within 120 days for review of a final regulation promulgated under this title in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Sec. 810) This bill also establishes a petition process for a state seeking to enforce a state or local statute or regulation related to ballast water discharges more stringent than federal performance standards. (Sec. 811) This title is declared the exclusive statutory authority for federal regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel to which this title applies.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 302.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-168.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Provisions related to vessel classification in the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Acts (H.R. 4909, S. 2943) and in the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (S. 2829) Vessel classification issues related to USCG Polar Class Icebreaker provisions in House and Senate versions of Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 4188, H.R. 1987, and S. 1611) Vessel classification issues related to fishing vessels provisions in House and Senate versions of Coast Guard Authorization Acts of 2015 (H.R. 4188, H.R. 1987, S. 1611)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Provisions related to Navy High Speed Ferry vessel classification in the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Acts (H.R. 4909, S. 2943) and in the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (S. 2829) Vessel classification issues related to USCG Polar Class Icebreaker provisions in House and Senate versions of Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 4188, H.R. 1987, and S. 1611) Vessel classification issues related to fishing vessels provisions in House and Senate versions of Coast Guard Authorization Acts of 2015 (H.R. 4188, H.R. 1987, S. 1611)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
H.R.4188 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 - penalty wage provision S.1611 -Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 - penalty wage provision
Client expense: $525,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
S. 373/H.R. 980, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act / S.1611 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, provisions relating to standards for ballast water and other vessel discharges.
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislative proposals to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 regarding coastwise endorsements for tugboats, towboats, and barges. Current and emerging legislative response to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study on control of aquatic invasive species. S. 1611 / H.R. 1987, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 - provisions relating to merchant mariner credentials, radar observer endorsements, medical certificates, marine casualty reporting, aids to navigation, and the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study. S. 1376 / H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, relating to priority processing of credentials for members undergoing discharge or release from the armed services. Congressional oversight of possible changes to the Missouri River Master Manual by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
| Republican |
| FL |
| Roger F. Wicker | Republican | MS |
| HR 2284 |
114th |
| Related bill |
| HR 2038 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 1987 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 1402 | 114th | Related bill |
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Provisions in House and Senate Coast Guard Authorization Acts (H.R. 1987, S. 1611, H.R. 4188, P.L. 114-120) pertaining to classification and third party certification of Fishing Vessels and classification of Polar Icebreaker vessels; Provisions related to Navy High Speed Ferry vessel classification in the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Acts (H.R. 4909, S. 2943) and in the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (S. 2829); U.S. Navy's Great Green Fleet Initiative; Issues related to the capabilities and competencies of High Speed Vessels
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
Issues related to infrastructure investment, including the Highway Trust Fund, surface transportation, rail programs and government procurement Issues related to inland waterways, including government procurement, Asian Carp, harbor maintenance, dredging, locks and Great Lakes transportation, including H.R.5303, the Water Resources Development Act CAFE/Greenhouse gas standards and lifecycle assessment H.R. 1987/S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, and S.2943, National Defense Authorization Act - issues related to Great Lakes heavy icebreaker and ballast water
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
S. 525, Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 HR 563, Honoring Our WW II Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 HR 597, Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act HR 1987 and S 1611 - Coast Guard Authorizations Act for 2015 S. 373 - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act HR 1567 and S. 1252 - Global Food Security Act HR 4909 and S. 2814 - National Defense Authorizations Act for FY'17 HR 5531 - Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments of 2016 S.2829 - Maritime Administration Authorizations and Enhancement Act for FY'17 HR 5394 - Transportation Appropriations Act, 2017 FY'17 Continuing Resolution (no bill number assigned at this time)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
S.1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015; S. 373, The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act; Amendments included in National Defense Authorization Act 2017, H.R. 4909; Ballast Water; S. 2816 DERA reauthorization; Port emissions issues
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Maintenance dredging permitting issues in the Magnuson Stevens Act (H.R. 1335), Coast Guard Bill (S.1611 & H.R. 1987) and Water Resource Development Act (H.R. 5303, S. 2848).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 1335 and S. 1403, Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization; S.1611, Coast Guard reauthorization and vessel discharge provision and federal fisheries financing opportunities. Possible legislation pertaining to the National Ocean Policy and Congressional authorization of such policy. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. S. 2529 and HR 4617, legislation to amend the National School Lunch Act to strengthen the Buy American requirement for seafood sold through federally subsidized food procurement programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Transportation
Issues related to infrastructure investment, including the Highway Trust Fund, surface transportation, rail programs and government procurement Issues related to inland waterways, including government procurement, Asian Carp, harbor maintenance, dredging, locks and Great Lakes transportation, including H.R.5303, the Water Resources Development Act CAFE/Greenhouse gas standards and lifecycle assessment H.R. 1987/S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, and S.2943, National Defense Authorization Act - issues related to Great Lakes heavy icebreaker and ballast water Issues related to truck weight, including H.R. 3488, Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015 Issues related to Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) requirements for commercial shipping, including S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, and H.R.5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Provisions in House and Senate Coast Guard Authorization Acts (H.R. 1987, S. 1611, H.R. 4188, P.L. 114-120) pertaining to classification and third party certification of Fishing Vessels and classification of Polar Icebreaker vessels; Provisions related to Navy High Speed Ferry vessel classification in the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Acts (H.R. 4909, S. 2943) and in the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (S. 2829); U.S. Navy's Great Green Fleet Initiative; Issues related to the capabilities and competencies of High Speed Vessels
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
S. 525, Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 HR 563, Honoring Our WW II Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 HR 597, Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act HR 1987 and S 1611 - Coast Guard Authorizations Act for 2015 S. 373 - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act HR 1567 and S. 1252 - Global Food Security Act HR 4909 and S. 2814 - National Defense Authorizations Act for FY'17 HR 5531 - Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments of 2016 S.2829 - Maritime Administration Authorizations and Enhancement Act for FY'17
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2016 · third_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
S. 373/H.R. 980, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act / S.1611 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, provisions relating to standards for ballast water and other vessel discharges.
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislative proposals to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 regarding coastwise endorsements for tugboats, towboats, and barges. Current and emerging legislative response to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study on control of aquatic invasive species. S. 1611 / H.R. 1987, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 - provisions relating to merchant mariner credentials, radar observer endorsements, medical certificates, marine casualty reporting, aids to navigation, and the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study. S. 1376 / H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, relating to priority processing of credentials for members undergoing discharge or release from the armed services. Congressional oversight of possible changes to the Missouri River Master Manual by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Homeland Security
Fishing Vessel Safety USCG Authorization Act, S.1611 Ice breakers Offshore vessels and accommodation modules
Client expense: $36,752 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Maintenance dredging permitting issues in the Magnuson Stevens Act (H.R. 1335), Coast Guard Bill (S.1611 & H.R. 1987) and Water Resource Development Act (H.R. 5303, S. 2848).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 1335 and S. 1403, Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization; S.1611, Coast Guard reauthorization and vessel discharge provision and federal fisheries financing opportunities. Possible legislation pertaining to the National Ocean Policy and Congressional authorization of such policy. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. S. 2529 and HR 4617, legislation to amend the National School Lunch Act to strengthen the Buy American requirement for seafood sold through federally subsidized food procurement programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
S. 525, Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 HR 563, Honoring Our WW II Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 HR 597, Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act HR 1987 and S 1611 - Coast Guard Authorizations Act for 2015 S. 373 - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act HR 1567 and S. 1252 - Global Food Security Act HR 4909 and S. 2814 - National Defense Authorizations Act for FY'17 HR 5531 - Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments of 2016 S.2829 - Maritime Administration Authorizations and Enhancement Act for FY'17
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Provisions in House and Senate Coast Guard Authorization Acts (H.R. 1987, S. 1611, H.R. 4188, P.L. 114-120) pertaining to classification and third party certification of Fishing Vessels and classification of Polar Icebreaker vessels; Provisions related to Navy High Speed Ferry vessel classification in the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Acts (H.R. 4909, S. 2943) and in the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (S. 2829); U.S. Navy's Great Green Fleet Initiative; Issues related to the capabilities and competencies of High Speed Vessels; Polar icebreaker funding in the Senate FY 17 Defense Appropriations bill (S. 3000) and in the House FY 17 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (H.R. 5634)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Maintenance dredging permitting issues in the Magnuson Stevens Act (H.R. 1335), Coast Guard Bill (S.1611 & H.R. 1987) and Water Resource Development Act (H.R. 5303, S. 2848).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
S. 373/H.R. 980, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act / S.1611 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, provisions relating to standards for ballast water and other vessel discharges. Title XXXVI of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, provisions relating to the establishment and implementation of uniform national standards and requirements for discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel.
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislative proposals to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 regarding coastwise endorsements for tugboats, towboats, and barges. Current and emerging legislative response to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study on control of aquatic invasive species. S. 1611 / H.R. 1987, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 - provisions relating to merchant mariner credentials, radar observer endorsements, medical certificates, marine casualty reporting, aids to navigation, and the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study. S. 1376 / H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, relating to priority processing of credentials for members undergoing discharge or release from the armed services. Congressional oversight of possible changes to the Missouri River Master Manual by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislative proposals to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 regarding coastwise endorsements for tugboats, towboats, and barges. Current and emerging legislative response to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study on control of aquatic invasive species. S. 1611 / H.R. 1987, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 - provisions relating to merchant mariner credentials, radar observer endorsements, medical certificates, marine casualty reporting, aids to navigation, and the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study. S. 1376 / H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, relating to priority processing of credentials for members undergoing discharge or release from the armed services. Congressional oversight of possible changes to the Missouri River Master Manual by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
S. 373/H.R. 980, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act / S.1611 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, provisions relating to standards for ballast water and other vessel discharges.
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Reauthorization of Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (S834, HR3462, S1611), Biscayne National Park GMP, USCG model year definition, Magnuson Stevens Act, Red Snapper reallocation in Gulf of Mexico, USCG reauthorization bill (HR 1987). REC Act S 2219 HR 4665, Billfish Conservation, Water Resources Development Act.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of the Census, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Alternative Planning Criteria requirements for vessels under the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990 and related regulations; S. 1611, the Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Alternative Planning Criteria requirements for vessels under the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990 and related regulations; S. 1611, the Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · second_quarter · Transportation
Issues related to infrastructure investment, including the Highway Trust Fund, surface transportation, rail programs and government procurement Issues related to inland waterways, including government procurement, Asian Carp, harbor maintenance, dredging, locks and Great Lakes transportation CAFE/Greenhouse gas standards and lifecycle assessment H.R. 1987/S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, issues related to Great Lakes heavy icebreaker and ballast water Issues related to truck weight, including H.R. 3488, Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015 Issues related to Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) requirements for commercial shipping, including S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, and H.R.5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Homeland Security
Fishing Vessel Safety USCG Authorization Act, S.1611 Ice breakers
Client expense: $35,912 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · second_quarter · Homeland Security
HR 1683/S 985: Coast Guard coin for museum act, S 1611/HR 1987: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 1335 and S. 1403, Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization; S.1611, Coast Guard reauthorization and vessel discharge provision and federal fisheries financing opportunities. Possible legislation pertaining to the National Ocean Policy and Congressional authorization of such policy. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. S. 2529 and HR 4617, legislation to amend the National School Lunch Act to strengthen the Buy American requirement for seafood sold through federally subsidized food procurement programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
S. 525, Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 HR 563, Honoring Our WW II Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 HR 597, Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act HR 1735 - National Defense Authorizations Act for FY'16 HR 1987 and S 1611 - Coast Guard Authorizations Act for 2015 S. 373 - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act HR 1567 and S. 1252 - Global Food Security Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Reauthorization of Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (S834, HR3462, S1611), Biscayne National Park GMP, USCG model year definition, Magnuson Stevens Act, Red Snapper reallocation in Gulf of Mexico, USCG reauthorization bill (HR 1987)
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of the Census, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
H.R. 1248; S. 1717 - To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials H.R. 4188/P.L. 114-120, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (S. 371); Coast Guard Authorization Act (S. 1611).
Client expense: $239,076 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Transportation
Issues related to infrastructure investment, including the Highway Trust Fund, surface transportation, rail programs and government procurement Issues related to inland waterways, including government procurement, Asian Carp, harbor maintenance, locks and Great Lakes transportation CAFE/Greenhouse gas standards and lifecycle assessment H.R. 1987/S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, issues related to Great Lakes heavy icebreaker and ballast water Issues related to truck weight, including H.R. 3488, Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015 Issues related to Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) requirements for commercial shipping, including S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015
Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Boating Infrastructure Grant Program; Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway Dredging; Coast Guard Reauthorization, HR1987, S1611; Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, S834; Boating access to National Parks; Clean Vessel Act;
Client expense: $5,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2016 · first_quarter · Transportation
H.R. 680, Update, Promote, and Develop Americas Transportation Essentials Act of 2015 H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2410, Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America (GROW AMERICA) Act H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2716/S. 1541, Transportation Empowerment Act H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 4441, Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 4721, Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 S. 1298, Port Performance Act S. 1519, Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act S. 1589, Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Title VIII, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S. 2658, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A)
Client expense: $15,750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Homeland Security
Fishing Vessel Safety USCG Authorization Act, S.1611 Ice breakers
Client expense: $33,209 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
S. 373, The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - included in Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (S. 1611); DERA reauthorization - included in Senate energy bill, S. 2012
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
S. 373, The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - included in Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (S. 1611); DERA reauthorization - included in Senate's energy bill, S. 2012
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act of 2010 and Implementing Regulations H.R.3142/S.1673 - Cruise Passenger Protection Act H.R.1987/S.1611 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, PL #114-120
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Maintenance dredging permitting issues in the Magnuson Stevens Act (H.R. 1335), Coast Guard Bill (S.1611 & H.R. 1987) and Water Resource Development Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Homeland Security
HR 1683/S 985: Coast Guard coin for museum act, S 1611/HR 1987: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015.
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Homeland Security
HR 1683/S 985: Coast Guard coin for museum act, S 1611/HR 1987: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015.
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 1335 and S. 1403, Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization; S.1611, Coast Guard reauthorization and vessel discharge provision and federal fisheries financing opportunities. Possible legislation pertaining to the National Ocean Policy and Congressional authorization of such policy. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. S. 2529 and HR 4617, legislation to amend the National School Lunch Act to strengthen the Buy American requirement for seafood sold through federally subsidized food procurement programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Provisions in House and Senate Coast Guard Authorization Acts (H.R. 1987 and S. 1611) pertaining to classification and third party certification of Fishing Vessels and classification of Polar Icebreaker vessels.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S 1558/HR 2685 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, space programs, Army procurement, Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDTE), Operations and Maintenance provisions (O&M); S 1356/HR 1735 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 including issues related to space programs, satellites and launch services, missile defense programs, Army procurement, RDTE, O&M provisions, aircraft and technology programs; S (not yet introduced)/HR 2577 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to aviation programs, airport security, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Information Technology Fund, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Transformation Fund initiatives; S 1910/HR 2995 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to the Treasury and Financial Systems and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HR 2250 - Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, defense programs; S 1619 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to Coast Guard provisions; HR 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 including issues related to defense programs; S 1611/HR 4188 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 including issues related to Coast Guard provisions; S 2130 - An Act Making Appropriations for National Security and for Other Purposes, 2016 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs for budget and defense issues and Coast Guard and joint federal firefighting aircraft programs; S 1695/HR 3020 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to the Social Security Administration Information technology infrastructure, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services and the Department of Education; S (not yet introduced)/HR 2578 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to biometric programs, information technology programs, science programs; S (not yet introduced)/HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including providing funding for the federal government and Department of Defense and tax extenders (PATH ACT) legislation which makes permanent (research and development tax credit) and short-term extensions of tax provisions for businesses and individuals and cybersecurity related to liability and including issues related to US Coast Guard aviation programs and Interior and Environment title, US Forest Service wild land firefighting aviation assets, aircraft and technology programs, shipbuilding, electronic warfare programs, missile programs, helicopter programs, remote mine hunting systems, Medal of Honor pension increases, Veterans healthcare information technology programs, electronic patient care records, compensation and pension examinations, space programs, satellites and launch services, missile defense programs, O&M provisions, RDTE, procurement, Homeland Security provisions, Coast Guard provisions; H.Con.Res. 27, The Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolution, sets budgetary levels for FY 2017-2025, including defense; HJR 75 and 78, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, defense programs.
Client expense: $3,140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE