Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1644, Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining (STREAM) Act H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 3801 and Senate Amendment 3811 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4775/S. 2882, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, particularly state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Draft legislation titled Access and Transparency for New Energy Act Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Proposed rule to reissue and modify nationwide permits (80 Fed. Reg. 35,186-35,240, June 1, 2016) Proposed rules on National Pollutant Discharge System (NPDES): applications and program updates (81 Fed. Reg. 31,344-31,374, May 18, 2016) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; permit streamlining provisions of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94, Title 41); EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); risk management programs under the Clean Air Act (P.L. 88-206); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service mitigation policy; EPAs stream buffer rule; EPA-USGS technical report titled Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration

Government Contracting H.R.185 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S.168 - Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 H.R. 427 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act H.R. 758 Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015

Client expense: $141,413 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R.585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1644, Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining (STREAM) Act H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4715/S. 2659, Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports (RPM) Act of 2016 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 H.J. Res. 59/S.J. Res. 22, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res. 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res. 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, particularly state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Draft legislation titled Access and Transparency for New Energy Act Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; FOIA requests for citizen suits; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; G-7 circular economy summit planning; compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service mitigation policy; EPAs stream buffer rule; EPAs guidelines for human exposure assessment; EPA-USGS technical report titled Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration; collection of citizen science and crowdsourcing information for regulatory purposes; Waters of the United States definition rule issued by the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Government Contracting H.R.185 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S.168 - Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 H.R. 427 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act H.R. 758 Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015

Client expense: $141,957 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE

H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R.585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res. 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res. 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 743 Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, particularly state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Proposed regulations on source determination for certain emission unites in the oil and natural gas sector, including provisions relating to the definition of term adjacent (80 Fed. Reg. 56,579, September 18, 2015) Proposed regulation on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty engines and vehicles - phase 2 (80 Fed. Reg. 53,756, September 8, 2015) Proposed regulations on management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals (80 Fed. Reg. 58,014, September 25, 2015) Proposed regulations on hazardous waste generator improvements (80 Fed. Reg. 57,918, September 25, 2015) Proposed regulations on federal plan requirements for greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units constructed on or before January 8, 2014; model trading rules; amendments to framework regulations (80 Fed. Reg. 64,966, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on cross-state air pollution rule update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS (80 Fed. Reg. 75,706, December 3, 2015) Potential rule revisions on hazardous waste export-import RIN 2050-AG77 Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings;EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; EPAs clean energy incentive program; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; proposed stream protection rule; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; FOIA requests for citizen suits; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; requests for correction of data under the Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515); G-7 circular economy summit planning; compensatory mitigation; EPAs buffer stream rule

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Government Contracting H.R.185 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S.168 - Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 H.R. 427 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act H.R. 758 Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015

Client expense: $254,924 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S.2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 743 Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Proposed regulations on source determination for certain emission unites in the oil and natural gas sector, including provisions relating to the definition of term adjacent (80 Fed. Reg. 56,579, September 18, 2015) Proposed regulation on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty engines and vehicles - phase 2 (80 Fed. Reg. 53,756, September 8, 2015) Proposed regulations on management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals (80 Fed. Reg. 58,014, September 25, 2015) Proposed regulations on hazardous waste generator improvements (80 Fed. Reg. 57,918, September 25, 2015) Proposed regulations on national ambient air quality standards for ozone (79 Fed. Reg. 75,234, December 17, 2014) Potential rule revisions on hazardous waste export-import RIN 2050-AG77 Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule; EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; FOIA requests for citizen suits; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; requests for correction of data under the Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515); G-7 circular economy summit planning

Government Contracting H.R.185 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S.168 - Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015

Client expense: $142,569 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

Client expense: $32,735 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

Client expense: $48,144 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427 /S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 585 /S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712 /S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029 /S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030 /S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320 /S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327 /S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388 /S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1667 /S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2098 /S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557 /S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 743 Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; estimates of economic impact, costs and benefits; adequacy of analyses required by agency by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (P.L. 104-4); Executive Order 12866 compliance; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205), including implementation, the listing process, and reforms relating to species preservation, economic development, and land use; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; FOIA requests for citizen suits; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; requests for correction of data under the Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515)

House: -H.R. 928, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act - support. -H.R. 636, the Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 596, to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and healthcare-related provisions in the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes support. -H.R. 550, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) Transparency and Accountability Act - support. -H.R. 549, the Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 548, the Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1189, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - support. -H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1199, the Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - support. -H.R. 1671, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. -H.Con. Res. 27, the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolution - support. -H.R. 1147, the Legal Workforce Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 863, the STARS Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1270, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act - support. -H.R. 622, State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 2911, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. -Section 105 to H.R. 2028, the FY2016 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - support. -H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support. -Sections 113, 407, and 408 of FY2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - support. -H.R. 540 and S. 255, the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act, or FAIR Act - support. -H.R. 1932, a bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 - support. -H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act - support. -H.R. 2524, Support Our Start-Ups Act - support. -H.R. 758, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 2310, Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs (HOME) Act - support. -Mulvaneys (R-S.C.) amendment ensuring fair and open competition for federal construction contracts authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2016 (H.R. 1735) - support. -Section 132 and 134 of the Houses Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation-Housing Appropriations Bill - support. -Section 913 of S 1269 - oppose. -H.R. 629, the Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gain Recognition Period Act of 2015 - support. Senate: -S. 183, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act of 2015 - support. -S. 341, Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act - support. -S. 168, the Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 - support. -S. 30, Forty Hours is Full-Time Act of 2015 - support. -S. 860, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support. -S.J. Res. 8, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval in response to the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) ambush election rule related to the union election process - support. -S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - support. -S. 71, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. -S. 709, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 - support. -S. 1697, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. -S. 1141, Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act - support. -S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act - support. -S. 1536, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 - support. -S. 1324, the Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 - support. -Small Business Tax Compliance Relief Act - support. -S. 1281, Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs (HOME) Act - support. -S. 1099, the PACE Act - support. -S. 1487, the Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015 - support. -Sec. 134 (HOS) and 135 (insurance) of H.R. 2577, FY2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill - support. -Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management - NFIB letter in response to their March 18, 2015 request seeking assistance in identifying existing and proposed regulations that have had or will have a real impact on members of the National Federation of Independent Business. April 24, 2015. -Senate Finance Committee, Tax Reform Working Groups, April 15, 2015. Hearings: -Holly Wade testified before the Joint Economic Committee on Small Business, Big Taxes: Are Taxes Holding Back Small Business Growth? April 15, 2015. -Scott Lipps testified before the House Committee on Small Business on Tax Reform: Enduring that Main Street Isnt Left Behind, April 15, 2015. -Elizabeth Milito testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on An Examination of Proposed Environmental Regulations Impacts on Americas Small Businesses, May 19, 2015. -Joe Sergio testified before the Joint Economic Committee on Examining the Effectiveness of the ACA, June 3, 2015. Comments: -Internal Revenue Service, Notice 2015-16 - Section 4980I-Excise Tax on High Cost Employer- Sponsored Health Coverage May 15, 2015 -U.S. Department of Labor, RIN 1210-AB32 - Request of comment deadline extension for the Definition of the Term Fiduciary; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice and associated proposed exemptions, May 5, 2015. -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Docket ID No. FWS-R5-ES-2011-0024 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for the Northern Long-Eared Bat with 4(d) Rule, April 24, 2015. Other Issues: -5-year recognition period for built-in gains, basis adjustment for charitable giving by S corporations. -Tax Reform -Regulatory Reform -Expansion of the small group health insurance market -Estate tax repeal -The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, Public Law No. 113-76, authorized this grant funding for for activities to address the misclassification of workers. -H-2B visas

H.R. 1, Tax Reform Act of 2014 as introduced in 113th Congress, Senate Finance Committee Tax Reform Working Group S. 168 - The Wireless Innovation Act H.R. 821 / S. 424 - the Wi-Fi Innovation Act Issues relating to the FCC's Open Internet Order Issues relating to wireless infrastructure deployment on federal property Issues relating to wireless broadband deployment Issues relating to spectrum policy, including efforts to reallocate federal spectrum to Issues relating to FCC oversight Issues relating to the development and functioning of FirstNet

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1, Tax Reform Act of 2014 as introduced in 113th Congress, Senate Finance Committee Tax Reform Working Group S. 168 - The Wireless Innovation Act H.R. 821 / S. 424 - the Wi-Fi Innovation Act Issues relating to the FCC's Open Internet Order Issues relating to wireless infrastructure deployment on federal property Issues relating to wireless broadband deployment Issues relating to spectrum policy, including efforts to reallocate federal spectrum to Issues relating to FCC oversight Issues relating to the development and functioning of FirstNet

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government Contracting H.R.185 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S.168 - Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015

Client expense: $164,373 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE

Supporting passage of Regulatory Responsibility Act for our Economy of 2015 (S 168) which gives Congress more oversight of major regulations. Supporting Open Book on Equal Access to Justice (HR 384) - reinstates tracking and reporting requirements. Supporting the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015 (S 350) to require a public accounting of taxpayer funds sent to litigants

Client expense: $31,869 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

House: -H.R. 928, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act - support. -H.R. 594, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 636, the Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act - support. -S.J. Res. 8, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval, in response to the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) ambush election rule - support. -H.R. 596, to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and healthcare-related provisions in the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes - support. -H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 636, the Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 550, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) Transparency and Accountability Act - support. -H.R. 549, the Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 548, the Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1189, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - support. -H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1199, the Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - support. -H.R. 1671, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. -H.Con. Res. 27, the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolution - support. -H.R. 348, the Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1147, the Legal Workforce Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 863, the STARS Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1270, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 - support. -H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act - support. -H.R. 622, State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 - support. Senate: -S. 183, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act of 2015 - support. -S. 341, Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act - support. -S. 168, the Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 - support. -S.Con.Res. 11, the Senate budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2016 - support. -S. 30, Forty Hours is Full-Time Act of 2015 - support. -S. 860, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support. -S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act - support. -S.J. Res. 8, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval in response to the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) ambush election rule related to the union election process - support. -S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - support. -S. 71, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. -S. 709, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 - support. -S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 - support. Hearings: -NFIB submitted a Statement for the Record to the Senate Finance Committee on Getting to Yes on Tax Reform: What Lessons Can Congress Learn from the Tax Reform Act of 1986? February 10, 2015. -Elizabeth Milito testified before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015 March 17, 2015. -Holly Wade testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the Affordable Care Act at Five Years, March 19, 2015. -NFIB submitted a Statement for the Record to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means for their hearing on, Moving America Forward: With a Focus on Economic Growth. January 13, 2015 -Elizabeth Milito testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Ambushed: How the NLRBs New Election Rule Harms Employers & Employees, February 11, 2015. -NFIB submitted a Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Small Business on Tangled in Red Tape: New Challenges for Small Manufacturers, March 18, 2015. -An NFIB coalition (FBETC) submitted a Statement for the Record to the Senate Committee on Finance on Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 with U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jacob - J. Lew, February 19, 2015. -An NFIB coalition (FBETC) submitted a Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Ways and Means on Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 with U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, February 17, 2015. -NFIB submitted a Statement for the Record to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary on the E- Verify Program, February 4, 2015. Comments: -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699 - National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, March 12, 2015. -Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, No. FMCSA-2014-0211 - Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Brokers, February 20, 2015. -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0304 - Lead-Based Paint Programs; Amendment to Jurisdiction-Specific Certification and Accreditation Requirements and Renovator Refresher Training Requirements, February 9, 2015. -Internal Revenue Service, IRS Notice 2013-54 on Employer Healthcare Payment Plans, January 2015. Other Issues: -5-year recognition period for built-in gains, basis adjustment for charitable giving by S corporations. -Tax Reform -Regulatory Reform -Expansion of the small group health insurance market

H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427 / S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 585 / S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712 / S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029 / S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030 / S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320 / S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327 / S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388 / S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act (113th Congress) Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Proposed regulations on national ambient air quality standards for ozone (79 Fed. Reg. 75,233-75,411, December 17, 2014) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs review of the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standards; estimates of economic impact, costs and benefits; adequacy of analyses required by agency by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (P.L. 104-4); Executive Order 12866 compliance; full and accurate estimation of regulatory costs and benefits; data quality; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (P.L. 111-203); definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone

Government Contracting H.R.185 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S.168 - Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015

Client expense: $191,380 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense Logistics Agency, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE