Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018

Support for: H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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.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; S.3550 - Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act; America's Public Lands Act (no bill number); HR 5911 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act; Public Lands Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act; Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; H.R.1889 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; HR 2323 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; H.R.2943 - Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act; S.3333 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018; S.2337 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; H.R.6596 - Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act. Expressed views on: H.R. 5727: Emery County Public Lands Act; H.R.6682 - Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act; H.R.6365 - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018; S.414 - Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act; 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; S.2809 - Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018; H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; H.R.6939 - Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act of 2018; H.R.3593 - Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act; S.32 - California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018;

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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) 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)

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

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)