Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017

Issues related to amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (ANCSA), S.1481

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

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. H.R.211, Chugach Region Lands Study Act (a land exchange provision). S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1493, ANCSA Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Study Act of 2017.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

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

Issues relating to land acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika's lands at Cube Cove in Admiralty Island National Monument. H.R.230, SALE Act, legislation authorizing the acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika lands at Cube Cove. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 - Issues related to revenue sharing and oil and gas funds tied to sections 7(j) and 7(i) S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

Conveyance of lands to Canyon Village, including H.R. 231, S. 1487, S. 1481

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

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

SENATE S. 0031 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 (Support) S. 0483 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Support) S. 0728 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 (Oppose) S. 0738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 (Support) S. 0985 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022. (Support) S. 0991 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 (Support) S. 0999 - COAST Anti-Drilling Act (Support) S. 1263 - Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act (Support) S. 1403 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (Support) S. 1519 - National Defense Authorization Act (Oppose) S. 1522 - Every Kid Outdoors Act (Support) S. 3333 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 (Support) S. 785 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act (Oppose) S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 (Oppose) S. 569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (Support) H.R. 2 (Senate amended the house bill)Senate Farm Bill (Support) HOUSE H.R. 0502 - To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. (Support) H.R. 1285 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Support) H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 (Support) H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 (Support) H.R. 1889 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (Support) H.R. 2158 - Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act (Support) H.R. 2248 - To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022. (Support) H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (Oppose) H.R. 3186 - Every Kid Outdoors Act (Support) H.R. 3608 - The Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6344 - Land Ownership Collaboration Accelerates Life Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R 6345 - Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6346 - Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6354 - Stop Takings on Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6335 - Providing ESA Timing Improvements that Increase Opportunities for Nonlisting Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6356 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6360 - Permit Reassurances Enabling Direct Improvements for Conservation,Tenants, and Species Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6364 - Localizing Authority of Management Plans Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 2987 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (Support) H.R. 4883 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act (Support) H.R. 6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (Oppose) H.R. 6784 - Manage Our Wolves Act (Oppose) H.R. 3593 - Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act (Oppose) H.R. 6939 - Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act (Oppose) NOT YET INTRODUCED NYI - Senate Infrastructure Bill (Support) NYI - House Infrastructure Bill (Support) NYI - HR 1 For the People

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6939-Restoring Local Input & Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 H.R. 5727-Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 S. 47 - Public lands package, including S. 785, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment program S. 2078-Advancing Conservation and Education Act H.R. 2-Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders BLM draft Environmental Assessment for a 30 day public comment period for renewing hardrock mineral leases near the Boundary Waters. (December 20, 2018) Department of Interior proposed rule to change Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, limiting FOIA. 83 FR 67175 (December 28, 2018) Executive Order On promoting active management of Americas Forests, Rangelands, and aother Feeral lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk (December 21, 2018) Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

- Federal legislation, including S. 784 and H.R. 1867, to provide for the equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans. - Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. Native American Energy Act H.R. 231 - Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act Alaska Land Use Council Act H.J. Res. 44 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 H.J. Res. 69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1487 - A bill to provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1889, Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act, all provisions S. 820, A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, all provisions H.R. 49, American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act, all provisions S. 49, Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, all provisions H.R. 1784/S. 991, Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 218/S.101, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, all provisions S. 785, Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act, all provisions H.R. 2248/S. 985, A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022, all provisions S. 883, OPENS Alaska Act, all provisions H.R. 2242/S. 750, Keep it in the Ground Act, all provisions S. 665, Unleashing American Energy Act, all provisions S. 956, OCEAN Act, all provisions H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act, all provisions Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, provisions relating to the Tongass National Forest (Sec. 508 and 509) H.R. 4239, Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act, all provisions S. 2192 - SECURE Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4426, Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act, all provisions S. 1491, ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act, all provisions S. 1484, ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Improvement Act, all provisions S. 2319 - ONSHORE Act, all provisions H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, all provisions S. 720, Clean Coasts Act, all provisions H.R. 5911 - Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, all provisions Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes

Support for: Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water; H.R.4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; H.R.5636 - Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act; S.441 - Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; S.483 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; S.941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; S.1403 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2017; S.1522 - Every Kid Outdoors Act; S.3550 - Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act; S.3333 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018; S.2078 - Advancing Conservation and Education Act; S.2249 - Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2017; S.2889 - Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act; S.3287 - Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument Act; restore Our Parks Act (HR 6510), and support inclusion of, or action on, LWCF legislation within that markup (HR 502); America's Public Lands Act (No bill number); H.R.6410 - ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018; HR 5911 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act; S.2721 - San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; HR 2323 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; S. 1959 Central Coast Heritage Protection; S.2907 - Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2018; Expressed views on: H.R. 5727: Emery County Public Lands Act; H.R.6682 - Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act; S.414 - Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act; H.R.6365 - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018; S.785 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act; S.1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017; S.1987 - Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act; H.R.2075 - Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act; S.2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act; S.2297 - Custer County Airport Conveyance Act; S.3245 - Lake Fannin Conveyance Act; S.1222 - La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; HR 2 (Farm Bill); H.R.5513 - Big Bear Land Exchange Act; H.R.6299 - Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2018; H.R.6678 - Claude Moore Farm Land Conveyance Act; S.3297 - Washington County, Utah, Public Land Act; ; HR 5515 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; H.R.5347 - Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act; H.R.2630 - La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; S.3172 - Restore Our Parks Act

Issues relating to land acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika's lands at Cube Cove in Admiralty Island National Monument. H.R.230, SALE Act, legislation authorizing the acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika lands at Cube Cove. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

H.R.230, SALE Act. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. H.R.211, Chugach Region Lands Study Act (a land exchange provision). S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1493, ANCSA Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Study Act of 2017.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

SENATE S. 0031 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 (Support) S. 0483 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Support) S. 0728 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 (Oppose) S. 0738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 (Support) S. 0985 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022. (Support) S. 0991 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 (Support) S. 0999 - COAST Anti-Drilling Act (Support) S. 1263 - Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act (Support) S. 1403 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (Support) S. 1519 - National Defense Authorization Act (Oppose) S. 1522 - Every Kid Outdoors Act (Support) S. 3333 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 (Support) S. 785 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act (Oppose) S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 (Oppose) S. 569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (Support) Senate Farm Bill (Support) HOUSE H.R. 0169 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 (Support) H.R. 0360 - Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act (Support) H.R. 0502 - To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. (Support) H.R. 1285 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Support) H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 (Support) H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 (Support) H.R. 1889 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (Support) H.R. 2158 - Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act (Support) H.R. 2248 - To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022. (Support) H.R. 2252 - Coastal Economies Protection Act (Support) H.R. 2272 - COAST Anti-Drilling Act (Support) H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 2987 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (Support) H.R. 3186 - Every Kid Outdoors Act (Support) H.R. 5911 - Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (Support) H.R. 4883 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act" (Support) H.R. 3114 -To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes (Oppose) H.R. 6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act H.R. 4760 - Securing America's Future Act (Oppose) H.R. 3608 - The Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6344 - Land Ownership Collaboration Accelerates Life Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R 6345 - Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6346 - Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6354 - Stop Takings on Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6335 - Providing ESA Timing Improvements that Increase Opportunities for Nonlisting Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6356 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6360 - Permit Reassurances Enabling Direct Improvements for Conservation,Tenants, and Species Act of 2018 (Oppose) H.R. 6364 - Localizing Authority of Management Plans Act of 2018 (Oppose) NOT YET INTRODUCED NYI - Senate Infrastructure Bill (Support) NYI - House Infrastructure Bill (Support) NYI - Healthy Kids Outdoors Act (Support)

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. Native American Energy Act H.R. 231 - Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act Alaska Land Use Council Act H.J. Res. 44 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 H.J. Res. 69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1487 - A bill to provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

- Federal legislation, including S. 784 and H.R. 1867, to provide for the equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans. - Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Conveyance of lands to Canyon Village, including H.R. 231, S. 1487, S. 1481

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

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

H.R. 1889, Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act, all provisions S. 820, A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, all provisions H.R. 49, American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act, all provisions S. 49, Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, all provisions H.R. 1784/S. 991, Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 218/S.101, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, all provisions S. 785, Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act, all provisions H.R. 2248/S. 985, A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022, all provisions S. 883, OPENS Alaska Act, all provisions H.R. 2242/S. 750, Keep it in the Ground Act, all provisions S. 665, Unleashing American Energy Act, all provisions S. 956, OCEAN Act, all provisions H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act, all provisions Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, provisions relating to the Tongass National Forest (Sec. 508 and 509) H.R. 4239, Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act, all provisions S. 2192 - SECURE Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4426, Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act, all provisions S. 1491, ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act, all provisions S. 1484, ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Improvement Act, all provisions S. 2319 - ONSHORE Act, all provisions H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, all provisions S. 720, Clean Coasts Act, all provisions H.R. 5911 - Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, all provisions Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes

H.R. 8 Water Resources Development Act H.R. 717 - Listing Reform Act HR 865 Emergency Forest Restoration Act H.R. 1274 - State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 2603 - Saving Americas Endangered Species Act (SAVES Act) H.R. 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3131 - Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act H.R. 3144 - To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes. H.R. 4239 - SECURE American Energy Act H.R. 4299 - To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposes. HR 5597 Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act HR 5817 Protect Joshua Tree National Park H.R. 5911 - Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act H.R. 6147 -- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 S. 164 & H.R. 424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S. 2800 Water Resources Development Act S. 3073 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 HR 2 House Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 HR 2 Senate Farm Bill Endangered Species Act legislation Tongass National Forest issues USAF draft LEIS for Nevada Test and Training Range land withdrawal reauthorization House Interior Appropriations Bill

Client expense: $112,235 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.230, SALE Act. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

Issues relating to land acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika's lands at Cube Cove in Admiralty Island National Monument. H.R.230, SALE Act, legislation authorizing the acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika lands at Cube Cove. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. H.R.211, Chugach Region Lands Study Act (a land exchange provision). S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1493, ANCSA Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Study Act of 2017.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

Conveyance of lands to Canyon Village, including H.R. 231, S. 1487, S. 1481

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

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

- Federal legislation, including S. 784 and H.R. 1867, to provide for the equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans. - Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. Native American Energy Act H.R. 231 - Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act Alaska Land Use Council Act H.J. Res. 44 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 H.J. Res. 69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1487 - A bill to provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1889, Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act, all provisions S. 820, A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, all provisions H.R. 49, American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act, all provisions S. 49, Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, all provisions H.R. 1784/S. 991, Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 218/S.101, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, all provisions S. 785, Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act, all provisions H.R. 2248/S. 985, A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022, all provisions S. 883, OPENS Alaska Act, all provisions H.R. 2242/S. 750, Keep it in the Ground Act, all provisions S. 665, Unleashing American Energy Act, all provisions S. 956, OCEAN Act, all provisions H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act, all provisions Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, provisions relating to the Tongass National Forest (Sec. 508 and 509) H.R. 4239, Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act, all provisions S. 2192 - SECURE Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4426, Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act, all provisions S. 1491, ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act, all provisions S. 1484, ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Improvement Act, all provisions S. 2319 - ONSHORE Act, all provisions H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, all provisions S. 720, Clean Coasts Act, all provisions H.R. 5911, To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, and for other purposes, all provisions Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes

H.R.230, SALE Act. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

Issues relating to land acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika's lands at Cube Cove in Admiralty Island National Monument. H.R.230, SALE Act, legislation authorizing the acquisition by the Forest Service of Shee Atika lands at Cube Cove. S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017. S.1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Forest Service

Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. H.R.211, Chugach Region Lands Study Act (a land exchange provision). S.1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S.1493, ANCSA Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Study Act of 2017

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 164 & H.R. 424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 H.R. 717 - Listing Reform Act H.R. 1157 - To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes. H.R. 1274 - State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 1483 Litigation Relief Act H.R.1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 1769 - San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act H.R. 2603 - Saving Americas Endangered Species Act (SAVES Act) H.R. 2579 - Broader Options for Americans Act - several immigration/border security related amendments: S Amdt 1958; S Amdt 1959; S. Amdt 1955 H.R. 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act H.R. 3131 - Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act H.R. 3144 - To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period, and for other purposes. H.R. 3155 Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act (FLTFA) reauthorization H.R. 3979 - Keep Americas Refuges Operational Act H.R. 4299 - To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposes. H.R. 4239 - SECURE American Energy Act H.R. 4299 Military Withdrawal and NEPA H.R. 4731 a bill to extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands H.R. 4796 and S. 2367 - USA Act of 2018 S. 605 Litigation Relief Act S. 1417 Sage Grouse Mule Deer Conservation Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1514 - HELP for Wildlife Act S. 1842 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Endangered Species Act legislation National Wildlife Refuge System Tongass National Forest issues USAF draft LEIS for Nevada Test and Training Range land withdrawal reauthorization

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018; H.R.1992 - Camp Nelson Heritage Park Study Act; HR 5005 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund; Senate Democratic infrastructure plan (support), HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; S. 32 California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2017; Continental Divide Wilderness and Recreation Act; HR 23230 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; S.2337 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; S.1842/HR 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; Recreation Not Red-Tape Act S 1633 and HR 3400; forthcoming Arctic Refuge drilling repeal legislation in House and or Senate; H.R. 4257 Advancing Conservation and Education (ACE) Act; supporting a Senate amendment budget deal that increased non-defense discretionary budgets to H.R. 1892; H.R. 995 the 21st Century Respect Act; H.R. 4072 Central Coast Heritage Protection Act; S. 2249 (Udall) the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program; S. 441, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; H.R. 4847, the Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act; S. 2354, the ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018; HR 1889 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act and National Monument Bills Not Yet Introduced. Expressed views on: H.R. 520 the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act; H.R. 5133 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018; H.R. 4731 a bill to extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; HR 5210 National Park Restoration Act; S. 2206 Protect Public Use of Public Land Act; H.R. 1157 To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes; S. 414/H.R. 1107 Pershing County Economic Development & Conservation Act; HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act; HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act; HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; HR 2936/S.2068 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017; HR 857 California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act; S. 1481 (Murkowski), the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act; S. 1222 (Flake), the La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; S. 612/H.R. 1547 Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act; S. 1481 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act; S. 2206 Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act; HR 3905, Mining in Minnesota's National Forests; HR 1349, Wheels Over Wilderness; S. 2102 Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act.

To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes. Native American Energy Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 231 - Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act Alaska Land Use Council Act H.J. Res. 44 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 H.J. Res. 69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1487 - A bill to provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

- Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Federal legislation, including S. 784 and H.R. 1867, to provide for the equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans. - Federal legislation, including S. 1484 and S. 1481, to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service subsurface and surface estate on Prince of Wales Island. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 229, S. 1491, and S. 1481, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Federal legislation to authorize Alaska Native corporations to participate in certain Federal programs under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Conveyance of lands to Canyon Village, including H.R. 231, S. 1487, S. 1481

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

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

H.R. 1889, Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act, all provisions S. 820, A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, all provisions H.R. 49, American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act, all provisions S. 49, Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, all provisions H. J. Res. 69, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska, all provisions H.R. 1784/S. 991, Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 513/S. 131, Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act, all provisions H.R. 232, State National Forest Management Act, all provisions H.R. 229, Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act, all provisions H.R. 218/S.101, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, all provisions H.R. 244, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, provisions related to Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange (sec. 431) S. 785, Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act, all provisions H.R. 2248/S. 985, A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022, all provisions S. 883, OPENS Alaska Act, all provisions H.R. 2242/S. 750, Keep it in the Ground Act, all provisions S. 665, Unleashing American Energy Act, all provisions S. 956, OCEAN Act, all provisions H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act, all provisions H.R. 1, To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, all provisions S. Amdt. 1301 to S. Amdt. 1116, To strike the reconciliation instructions for the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate to prevent oil and gas development within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, all provisions S. Amdt. 1717 to S. Amdt. 1618, To strike title II, all provisions H. Con. Res. 71, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027, all provisions S. Con. Res. 25, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027, all provisions H.R. 3354, Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018; Section 454 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, provisions relating to the Tongass National Forest (Sec. 508 and 509) H.R. 4239, Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act, all provisions H.R. 4426, Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act, all provisions S. 1491, ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1483, ANCSA Shee Atika Land Exchange Settlement Act, all provisions S. 1484, ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1481, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1485, ANCSA Cook Inlet Region Land Conveyance Finalization Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1487, ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1490, ANCSA Nagamut Group Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1493, ANCSA Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Study Act of 2017, all provisions PN814, Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior PN365, David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior