Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

- H.R. 2238, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, all sections - H.R. 5533, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all sections  - H.R. 7861, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, all sections - Draft legislation on environmental justice - S. 984, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, all sections - S. 2960, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all sections - S. 1507, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, all sections Regulatory topics discussed with Congressional offices: - Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3407 on phasing out single-use plastics - General Services Administration Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Plastic Procurement

Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Supporting the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (HR5999/ S3220), with outreach requesting cosponsorship, support, and committee hearing; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling acts, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to animals, workers, and the public. Support the following measures to the extent they protect animals from harm, end animal suffering, and promote conservation of wild populations (supporting ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering and to promote conservation of wild populations): TEAPSPA (HR5999/ S3220); AFTER (Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research) Act (HR5244); Alternatives to Animals for Regulatory Fairness (AARF) Act (HR1905); Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act HR1016; Bear Protection Act (HR2325); Big Cat & Public Safety Act (HR263/ S1210); Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act (HR2238); Captive Primate Safety Act HR3135/ S1588; Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act (HR1569); Ejiao Act (HR5203); End Palm Oil Deforestation Act HR5863; Environmental Justice for All Act (HR2021/ S872); Extinction Crisis Emergency Act HR4182; Federal fur action; FDA Modernization Act (HR2565/S2952); Federal fur action; Food and Drug Amendments Act HR7667; FOREST (Fostering Overseas Rule of law and Environmentally Sound Trade) Act S2950; Healthy Future Students and Earth Pilot Program Act HR4108; HRes69 (National Biodiversity Strategy); HRes1163; Humane Cosmetics Act HR6207/ S3357; Humane Research & Testing Act (HR1744); Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces (MINKS) are Superspreaders Act (HR4310); Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act HR3764; PIGS Act HR7004; President Bidens Earth Day Executive Order; Preventing all soring tactics (PAST) Act HR5441/ S2295; Preventing Future Pandemics Act (HR151/ S37/ S4074); Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act HR7398; REDUCE Act S2645; Reducing Waste in National Parks Act HR5533 /S2960; Right Whale Coexistence Act (HR6785/ S3664); Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment (SAFE) Act HR2872; Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program HR7918; Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (S1106); Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings (SWIMS) Act HR8514/ S4740; Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act S1931 (wildlife connectivity provisions); Tropical forest /deforestation Act HR241; Veterans for Mustangs Act HR7631; Wild Horse & Burro Protection Act HR6635; Wildlife Conservation & Anti-Trafficking Act HR6059. Opposing the following bills, which seek to reduce protections for animals, and/or their ecosystems and habitats: HR8136; Listing Reform Act HB4370; Trust the Science Act HR7766; permitting reform that endangers ESA & species, and precludes judicial review. Mixed, with amendments proposed: FDASLA S4348---support NAMs provisions (section 501); urge amendment to replace section 807 w Humane Cosmetics Act (HR6207/ S3357) text; oppose section 614 (preemption clause) absent such amendment. Monitoring, but taking a neutral or no position on, the following bills: Inflation Reduction Act; Recovering Americas Wildlife Act (HR2773/ S2372).

Client expense: $7,684 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), President of the U.S., SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

- H.R. 2238, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, all sections - H.R. 5533, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all sections  - H.R. 7861, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, all sections - S. 984, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, all sections - S. 2960, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all sections - S. 1507, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, all sections - H.R. 8262, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2023, NPS, report language request on reducing plastic waste in national parks - Senate: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2023, report language on reducing waste in national parks, impact of plastic pellet spills, EPA pilot program for reuse and refill enterprises, SOS 2.0 report on reducing new plastics - Department of the Interior: reducing single-use plastic in national parks and across DOI - EPA: spills of plastic pellets into waterways

Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior, Dept of (DOI)