mr SHAW SPRAGUE esq

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID) and appropriations (ID); Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army -Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) proposed relocation; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; Proposed demolition of Little Makalapa; Proposed demolition of Fort Kamehameha; and Ewa Field battlefi eld disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) -Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Litigation challenging Beltway & I-270 HOT lanes through historic Plummers Island (MD); Frank J.Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI); Cape Cod Bridges (MA); Hana Highway bridges (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land UseImprovement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifi eld Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL);St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg.; new parking garage (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway datacenter development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); Sandlass House, Gateway Natl Recreation Area (NJ); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). National Capital Planning Commission - Capital One Arena alterations (DC) Smithsonian - Air & Space Museum, Bezos Learning Center; Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY).

Route 66 National Historic Trail Historic Preservation Fund Reauthorization A bill to provide that certain communications projects are not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews, and for other purposes. National Register nomination program National Mall Tidal Basin Repeal of Section 134 of the Clean Air Act to Repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (H.R.2941/S.1459) One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act (H.R.1454/S.631) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act

H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID) and appropriations (ID); Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army -Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) proposed relocation; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; Proposed demolition of Little Makalapa; Proposed demolition of Fort Kamehameha; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) -Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Litigation challenging Beltway & I-270 HOT lanes through historic Plummers Island (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI); Cape Cod Bridges (MA); Hana Highway bridges (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg.; new parking garage (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway data center development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); Sandlass House, Gateway Natl Recreation Area (NJ); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). National Capital Planning Commission - Capital One Arena alterations (DC) Smithsonian - Air & Space Museum, Bezos Learning Center; Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY).

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Thacker Pass (NV); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park (NM); Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM). Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA for proposed demolition (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army - Proposed nationwide program comment for pre-1919 historic homes; Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Interpretation Plan; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC); Fort Leavenworth (MO) PA consultation; Arlington National Cemetery proposed removal of confederate memorial (VA). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; Proposed demolition of Little Makalapa; Proposed demolition of Fort Kamehameha; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park (HI); Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI); Corridor H (WV); Cape Cod Bridges (MA); Hana Highway bridges (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC); Maritime Service Officers School, Alameda (CA). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - consultation to develop nationwide facilities PA; St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) - Sunrise Offshore Wind Project (RI) Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Rosenwald Schools and special resource study; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Haleakala National Park (HI); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway data center development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY). White House/Executive Office - Letter in support of Rosenwald Schools National Monument Designation.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Thacker Pass (NV); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park (NM); Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM). Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA for proposed demolition (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army - Proposed nationwide program comment for pre-1919 historic homes; Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Interpretation Plan; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC); Fort Leavenworth (MO) PA consultation; Arlington National Cemetery proposed removal of confederate memorial (VA). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; Proposed demolition of Little Makalapa; Proposed demolition of Fort Kamehameha; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park (HI); Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI); Corridor H (WV); Cape Cod Bridges (MA); Hana Highway bridges (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC); Maritime Service Officers School, Alameda (CA). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - consultation to develop nationwide facilities PA; St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) - Sunrise Offshore Wind Project (RI) Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Rosenwald Schools and special resource study; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Haleakala National Park (HI); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway data center development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY). White House/Executive Office - Letter in support of Rosenwald Schools National Monument Designation.

Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act (S. 384/H.R. 2415) To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. (H.R. 4338) Chaco Canyon Cultural Heritage Protection Act (H.R. 3062/S. 1404) Historic Preservation Fund Reauthorization (H.R. 3350) A bill to provide that certain communications projects are not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews, and for other purposes. (H.R. 4141) Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act (H.R. 5499/S. 2820) Repeal of Section 134 of the Clean Air Act to Repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (H.R. 1023)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Thacker Pass (NV); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park (NM); Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM). Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA for proposed demolition (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army - Proposed nationwide program comment for pre-1919 historic homes; Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Interpretation Plan; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC); Fort Leavenworth (MO) PA consultation; Arlington National Cemetery proposed removal of confederate memorial (VA). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; Proposed demolition of Little Makalapa; Proposed demolition of Fort Kamehameha; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park (HI); Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI); Corridor H (WV); Cape Cod Bridges (MA); Hana Highway bridges (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC); Maritime Service Officers School, Alameda (CA). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - consultation to develop nationwide facilities PA; St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) - Sunrise Offshore Wind Project (RI) Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Rosenwald Schools and special resource study; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Haleakala National Park (HI); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway data center development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY). White House/Executive Office - Letter in support of Rosenwald Schools National Monument Designation.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Thacker Pass (NV); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park (NM); Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM). Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA for proposed demolition (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army - Proposed nationwide program comment for pre-1919 historic homes; Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Interpretation Plan; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC); Fort Leavenworth (MO) PA consultation; Arlington National Cemetery proposed removal of confederate memorial (VA). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; Proposed demolition of Little Makalapa; Proposed demolition of Fort Kamehameha; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park (HI); Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI); Corridor H (WV); Cape Cod Bridges (MA); Hana Highway bridges (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC); Maritime Service Officers School, Alameda (CA). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - consultation to develop nationwide facilities PA; St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) - Sunrise Offshore Wind Project (RI) Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Rosenwald Schools and special resource study; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Haleakala National Park (HI); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway data center development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY). White House/Executive Office - Letter in support of Rosenwald Schools National Monument Designation.

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (H.R. 1785/S. 639) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (H.R. 3940/S. 657) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2023 (H.R. 2539)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the ACHP Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Thacker Pass (NV); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park (NM); Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; Sun Zia transmission line (AZ-NM). Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA for proposed demolition (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army - Proposed nationwide program comment for pre-1919 historic homes; Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Interpretation Plan; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC); Fort Leavenworth (MO) PA consultation; Arlington National Cemetery proposed removal of confederate memorial (VA). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park (HI); Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Hill (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - consultation to develop nationwide facilities PA; St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Rosenwald Schools and special resource study; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Haleakala National Park (HI); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites; Prince William Digital Gateway data center development adjacent to Manassas Battlefield (VA); proposed nationwide program comment for Mission 66 properties; proposed nationwide PA for grants. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (HI). NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY).

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (H.R. 1785/S. 639) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (H.R. 3940/S. 657) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2023 (H.R. 2539)

FY24 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 4821/S. 2605)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation of National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act (including comments on the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties). American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - proposed new Interpretive Center located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl) (HI). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA); Saugatuck Dunes proposed marina (MI); Review of Route 15 widening north of Leesburg (VA); Promontory Point, Chicago (IL); Fort Wool creation of new island to accommodate seasonal bird population (VA); Greenfield Louisiana Terminal 106 Consultation (LA); Chapel Springs development affecting Bristoe Station Battlefield (VA). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Thacker Pass (NV); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park (NM); Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; SunZia transmission line (AZ-NM). Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA for proposed demolition (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations. Department of the Army - Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Interpretation Plan; Fort McNair proposed demolition of historic homes (DC); Fort Leavenworth (MO) PA consultation; Arlington National Cemetery proposed removal of confederate memorial (VA). Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: Programmatic Agreement (PA) for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park (HI); Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ); proposed expansion of Hanscom Field (MA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO); Merritt Parkway (CT); Hawaiian Railway, OR&L right-of-way (HI); Lake County historic bridges No. 2 & 36 (IN); Battle Road (MA); Ala Wai Bridge (HI). Federal Railroad Administration - Washington Union Station Expansion Project (DC); Shockoe Bottom (VA); Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY). Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Honolulu Transit project (HI). Forest Service - Development of nationwide facilities Programmatic Agreement (PA). General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Century & Consumers Buildings, 202-220 South State Street (IL); St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - consultation to develop nationwide facilities PA; St. Elizabeths - Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bldg. (DC). Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX). Interior (DOI)/NPS - Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI) Wilderness Stewardship Plan; HOPE Crews; Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Rosenwald Schools and special resource study; Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Management Plans, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Haleakala National Park (HI); Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); Clara Barton National Historic Site Rehabilitation (MD); preservation of Emmett Till-related national monument sites. Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. NASA - Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement (PA). Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core area (DC). Surface Transportation Board - Harsimus Branch Embankment (NJ) Sec. 106 consultation re proposed abandonment. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI). Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY).

Implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation

A bill to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in the State of Illinois (S. 562) Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act (HR 1351) Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act (S. 384) The African American History Act (S. 233/H.R. 765) The National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2023 (S. 215/H.R. 727) To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. (H.R. 4338) Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3746/P.L. 118-5) Chaco Canyon Cultural Heritage Protection Act (H.R. 3062/S. 1404) Historic Preservation Fund Reauthorization (H.R. 3350) The School Infrastructure Modernization Act (S. 1523) A bill to provide that certain communications projects are not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews, and for other purposes. (H.R. 4141) Reconstruction Era National Historic Park (DRAFT)

A bill to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in the State of Illinois (S. 562) Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act (HR 1351) Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act (S. 384) The African American History Act (S. 233/H.R. 765) The National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2023 (S. 215/H.R. 727) To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. (DRAFT) Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) Reconstruction Era National Historic Park (DRAFT)

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (H.R. 1785/S. 639)

appropriations, historic tax incentives, conservation easements, diversity, Section 106 and NEPA compliance, National Historic Preservation Act, zoning, public lands and monuments

appropriations, historic tax incentives, conservation easements, diversity, Section 106 and NEPA compliance, National Historic Preservation Act, zoning, public lands and monuments

appropriations, historic tax incentives, conservation easements, diversity, Section 106 and NEPA compliance, National Historic Preservation Act, zoning, public lands and monuments

appropriations, historic tax incentives, conservation easements, diversity, Section 106 and NEPA compliance, National Historic Preservation Act, zoning

appropriations, historic tax incentives, conservation easements, diversity, Section 106 and NEPA compliance, National Historic Preservation Act, zoning

appropriations, historic tax incentives, conservation easements, diversity, Section 106 and NEPA compliance, National Historic Preservation Act, zoning

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2294/S. 2266) Revitalizing Economies, Housing, And Businesses Act (HR 1483) Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act (H.R.7451/S.3340)

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256) Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act (H.R.7451/S.3340)

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256) Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act (H.R.7451/S.3340)

FY23 Interior Appropriations (HR 8262, H. Report 117-400) Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376)

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256) Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act (H.R.7451/S.3340)

FY23 Interior Appropriations (HR 8262, H. Report 117-400)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation or potential revisions to National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act. Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River (VA). Carters Grove 106 Consultation (VA). Port Hudson Battlefield Transmission Line (LA); Saugatuck Dunes (MI). Review of Route 15 corridor in Leesburg, VA. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Lava Ridge Wind Farm Section 106 Review (ID); Sonoran Desert Target Shooting (AZ); Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing. Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge MOA Section 106 Consultation (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Revisions to NEPA regulations (Contact on Dominion Power transmission lines over the James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; Department of the Army - Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ). Vietnam War Era Housing Program Comment development. Department of the Navy - Section 106 Consultation on Pearl Harbor: PA for Shipyard Modernization; DEIS for new Drydock & Waterfront Production Facility at Pearl Harbor; and Ewa Field battlefield disposal (HI) Federal Aviation Administration - Air Tour Management Plan, Hawaii Volcanoes Natl Park; Tule Lake Internment Camp, fence issue (AZ) Federal Highway Administration - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery (MD); Frank J. Wood Bridge (ME); Gasconade River Bridge, Route 66 (MO) Federal Railroad Administration - Shockoe Bottom (VA). Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (NY) Federal Transit Administration - Honolulu Transit project (HI) General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA). 202-220 South State Street (IL). Housing & Urban Development - Stephen F. Austin Historic School (Wharton, TX) Interior (DOI)/NPS - Historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Technical Preservation Services, NPS affiliated areas; Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; Consultation on Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek. Preservation of the Tidal Basin, sites related to Brown v. Board of Education court case, Rosenwald Schools and special resource study. Comments submitted on the America the Beautiful Initiative and the corresponding American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. Washington Canoe Club (DC); Topaz Internment Camp (UT); Air Tour Mgmt Plan, Hawaii Volcanoes Natl Park; Foundry Branch Trestle proposed demolition (DC); preservation of Carter Barron Amphitheater (DC). Library of Congress - Oculus project (proposed demolition of central circulation desk) Marine Corps - proposed demolition of historic hangars at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Office of Management & Budget (OMB) - Meeting regarding the FY 2024 Historic Preservation Fund budget request. Postal Service- Development of nationwide Programmatic Agreement Smithsonian - Redevelopment of Historic Core Treasury/IRS - Curbing abusive charitable contribution easement valuations. Veterans Affairs - Zablocki VA Medical Center NHL (MKE-WI) Western Area Power Administration- Rail Tie Wind Section 106 Consultation (WY)

A bill to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in the State of Illinois (S 795) Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act (HR 920/S. 270) To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. (HR 3600) Amache National Historic Site Act (H.R. 2497/S. 1284) African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act (S. 3667/HR 6805) The Historic Preservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 6589)

Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act (H.R.7451/S.3340)

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

HR 2294/S.2266 - Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act HR 1483 - Revitalizing Economies, Housing, And Businesses Act (REHAB Act) HR 4164/S.2256 - Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2294/S. 2266) HR 1483 - Revitalizing Economies, Housing, And Businesses Act (REHAB Act) Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (HR 2143/S.98) Revitalizing Downtowns Act (HR 4759/S. 2511) The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Extension Act of 2021 (HR 1321/S. 456) Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256) BUILD BACK BETTER ACT (H.R. 5376), Subtitle E-Infrastructure Financing and Community Development

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR 3684)

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for FY2022 - mini-bus for LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT, INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 (HR 4502) Budget Reconciliation to Build Back Better (H.R.5376 - To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.)

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2294/S. 2266) HR 1483 - Revitalizing Economies, Housing, And Businesses Act (REHAB Act) Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (HR 2143/S.98) Revitalizing Downtowns Act (HR 4759/S. 2511) The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Extension Act of 2021 (HR 1321/S. 456) Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

* Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Various issues related to implementation or potential revisions to National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act and other pending legislation such as the Surface Transportation Reauthorization legislation. * Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River. Carters Grove 106 Consultation. Port Hudson Battlefield Transmission Line. * Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; BLM reorganization and relocation plan. Lava Ridge Section 106 Review. * Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge PA Consultation (ND) * Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Contact on Dominion Power transmission lines over the James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek; and, Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful. * Department of the Army - Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) * Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI); Nationwide PA consultation for Shipyard Optimization * Federal Aviation Administration - Camden County Spaceport Section 106 * Federal Highway Administration - Morningstar Tabernacle/Moses Cemetery * Federal Railroad Administration - Shockoe Bottom * General Services Administration (GSA) -Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA) * Housing & Urban Development - Wharton Historic School District * Interior (DOI)/NPS - Historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Technical Preservation Services, NPS affiliated areas; Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; Consultation on Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek. * Treasury/IRS - Curbing abusive charitable contribution easement valuations. *White House/Executive Office - Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis: directing the Secretary of the Interior to review the revocation of the Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument.

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 4164/S. 2256)

HR 2294/S.2266 - Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act HR 1483 - Revitalizing Economies, Housing, And Businesses Act (REHAB Act) HR 4164/S.2256 - Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act

The American Jobs Plan (DRAFT) Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 (S.1931/S.2016) Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act or the INVEST in America Act (HR 3684)

HR 2294/S.2266 - Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act HR 1483 - Revitalizing Economies, Housing, And Businesses Act (REHAB Act) HR 8842/S.170 - Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (HR 8842/S. 170)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - ACHP Program Comment on Army Inter-War Era Housing; Proposed Program Comment on FCC Twilight Towers (voted down). Various issues related to implementation or potential revisions to National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act and other pending legislation such as Great American Outdoors Act and the Interior Appropriations bill. Participated in task force on Leveraging Federal Historic Buildings Working Group. Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; BLM reorganization and relocation plan. Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge PA Consultation (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Contact on Dominion Power transmission lines over the James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek. Department of the Army - Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Department of Commerce - COVID-19 relief for Main Street towns. Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI); Nationwide PA consultation for Shipyard Optimization Federal Railroad Administration - CA high speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument; Union Station Expansion (DC) General Services Administration (GSA) - NEPA and NHPA exemptions as applicable to acquisition or improvement of properties to assist in COVID-19 pandemic response; Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) Interior (DOI)/NPS - historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; NPS affiliated areas; Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; Consultation on Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek. Office of Management & Budget (OMB) - Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) - meeting re: proposed National Register regulations Treasury/IRS - Curbing abusive charitable contribution easement valuations. Veterans Affairs (VA) - VA Nationwide Program Comment on Vacant & Underutilized buildings. White House/Executive Office - Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis: directing the Secretary of the Interior to review the revocation of the Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - ACHP Program Comment on Army Inter-War Era Housing; Proposed Program Comment on FCC Twilight Towers (voted down). Various issues related to implementation or potential revisions to National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act and other pending legislation such as Great American Outdoors Act and the Interior Appropriations bill. Participated in task force on Leveraging Federal Historic Buildings Working Group. Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; BLM reorganization and relocation plan. Coast Guard (USCG) - Bismarck Rail Bridge PA Consultation (ND) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Contact on Dominion Power transmission lines over the James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek. Department of the Army - Mountain View Officers Club, Ft. Huachuca (AZ) Department of Commerce - COVID-19 relief for Main Street towns. Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI); Nationwide PA consultation for Shipyard Optimization Federal Railroad Administration - CA high speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument; Union Station Expansion (DC) General Services Administration (GSA) - NEPA and NHPA exemptions as applicable to acquisition or improvement of properties to assist in COVID-19 pandemic response; Chet Holifield Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) Interior (DOI)/NPS - historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; NPS affiliated areas; Great American Outdoors Act implementation; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; Consultation on Dominion Power transmission lines on James River/Surry-Skiffes Creek. Office of Management & Budget (OMB) - Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) - meeting re: proposed National Register regulations Treasury/IRS - Curbing abusive charitable contribution easement valuations. Veterans Affairs (VA) - VA Nationwide Program Comment on Vacant & Underutilized buildings. White House/Executive Office - Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis: directing the Secretary of the Interior to review the revocation of the Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument.

Digitization and mapping of cultural resource properties affected by federal transportation planning and projects HR 2, "Moving Forward Act"

Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)

no maritime issues lobbied this quarter

Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)

* A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for FY2021 (H.R. 7612) * Corona virus stimulus legislation: HEROES Act, Senate skinny bill, other spending bills that include EDA funding under Commerce Department * Recharge and Empower Local Innovation and Entrepreneurs Fund (RELIEF) for Main Street Act * Draft emergency relief legislation for disaster-related affected states

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Outline for Americas Infrastructure Digitization and mapping of cultural resource properties affected by federal transportation planning and projects HR 2, "Moving Forward Act"

* A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for FY2021 (H.R. 7612) * Corona virus stimulus legislation: HEROES Act, Senate skinny bill, other spending bills that include EDA funding under Commerce Department * Recharge and Empower Local Innovation and Entrepreneurs Fund (RELIEF) for Main Street Act * Draft emergency relief legislation for disaster-related affected states

Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Various issues related to implementation or potential revisions to National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act and other pending legislation such as Great American Outdoors Act and the Interior Appropriations bill. Participated in task force on Leveraging Federal Historic Buildings Working Group. Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River. Communicated regarding a proposal by the James River Water Authority to build a new water pumping station in Virginia on the historic Monacan site of Rassawek to serve Fluvanna and Louisa counties. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing; BLM reorganization and relocation plan; Meeting re: new NEPA regulations Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI) Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) Federal Railroad Administration - CA high speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA); NEPA and NHPA exemptions as applicable to acquisition or improvement of properties to assist in COVID-19 pandemic response Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - - Executive Order 13578 and preparation of a response to a Request for Information (RFI) to assist the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing in identifying federal, state, local and tribal laws, regulations and administrative practices that raise the costs of affordable-housing development and contribute to shortages of housing supply. The Notice also seeks data, information, analyses and recommendations on methods for reducing these regulatory barriers which include historic preservation Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Listing of Chichil Bildagoteel (Oak Flat) Historic District Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; Proposed Secretarial Order concerning NEPA, NHPA and off-site mitigation Treasury/OCC - preparation of comments for Community Reinvestment Act Modernization proposed regulations related to categories of interest to historic preservation with respect to qualifying activities that affect small business loans, tax incentives and rental housing Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA)

Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan; BLM reorganization and relocation plan. Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI) Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) Federal Railroad Administration - CA high speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA); NEPA and NHPA exemptions as applicable to acquisition or improvement of properties to assist in COVID-19 pandemic response Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - - Executive Order 13578 and preparation of a response to a Request for Information (RFI) to assist the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing in identifying federal, state, local and tribal laws, regulations and administrative practices that raise the costs of affordable-housing development and contribute to shortages of housing supply. The Notice also seeks data, information, analyses and recommendations on methods for reducing these regulatory barriers which include historic preservation Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Listing of Chichil Bildagoteel (Oak Flat) Historic District Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; and, establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. Treasury/OCC - preparation of comments for Community Reinvestment Act Modernization proposed regulations related to categories of interest to historic preservation with respect to qualifying activities that affect small business loans, tax incentives and rental housing Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA)

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Outline for Americas Infrastructure Digitization and mapping of cultural resource properties affected by federal transportation planning and projects HR 2, "Moving Forward Act"

* A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for FY2021 (DRAFT) * A bill making Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (DRAFT) * HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act Division A (CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020) Title II (Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies) Title V (Interior, Environment and Related Agencies) Division B (REVENUE PROVISIONS) Title I (Economic Stimulus) * One year extension of substantial rehab test deadline to 2021

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2825/S. 2615) A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect data and issue a report on the opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the 2017 tax reform legislation, and for other purposes (S. 1344/H.R. 2593) Improving and Reinstating the Monitoring, Prevention, Accountability, Certification, and Transparency Provisions of Opportunity Zones - IMPACT Act (S. 2994) H.R. 2, "Moving Forward Act"

* A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for FY2021 (DRAFT) * A bill making Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (DRAFT) * HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act Division A (CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020) Title II (Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies) Title V (Interior, Environment and Related Agencies) Division B (REVENUE PROVISIONS) Title I (Economic Stimulus) * One year extension of substantial rehab test deadline to 2021

Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2825/S. 2615) A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect data and issue a report on the opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the 2017 tax reform legislation, and for other purposes (S. 1344/H.R. 2593) Improving and Reinstating the Monitoring, Prevention, Accountability, Certification, and Transparency Provisions of Opportunity Zones - IMPACT Act (S. 2994)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Consultation with regarding the Bears Ears National Monument. Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan; BLM reorganization and relocation plan. Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI) Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) Federal Railroad Administration - CA high speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA); NEPA and NHPA exemptions as applicable to acquisition or improvement of properties to assist in COVID-19 pandemic response Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - - Executive Order 13578 and preparation of a response to a Request for Information (RFI) to assist the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing in identifying federal, state, local and tribal laws, regulations and administrative practices that raise the costs of affordable-housing development and contribute to shortages of housing supply. The Notice also seeks data, information, analyses and recommendations on methods for reducing these regulatory barriers which include historic preservation Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Listing of Chichil Bildagoteel (Oak Flat) Historic District Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; and, establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. Treasury/OCC - preparation of comments for Community Reinvestment Act Modernization proposed regulations related to categories of interest to historic preservation with respect to qualifying activities that affect small business loans, tax incentives and rental housing Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA)

Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, FY2020 (HR 3055) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations, FY2020 - report language on Cape Flattery and tribal consultation (HJ Res. 31) H.R.3164 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: advocacy for inclusion of Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) grant program within

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River, VA. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Opportunity Zones; twinning of Historic and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Low-Income Tax Credit Expedited Projects Pilot Program (eligible projects). Department of the Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. NOAA - support for designation of Mallows-Potomac National Marine Sanctuary Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) Federal Railroad Administration - CA high-speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) US Coast Guard (USCG) - Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA) Department of the Navy - Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI) Department of Treasury - comment letter on establishing data metric points for measuring Opportunity Zone investment effectiveness.

Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 (H.R. 1865)  Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Management. Recommended increased funding for cultural resources management to enhance inventory information sharing and standardize and integrate cultural resources data on BLM lands through the National Cultural Resources Information Management System (NCRIMS);  Bureau of Land Management Greater Chaco Landscape. Advocated for report language directing BLM to refrain from leasing or proposing new leases within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park and prohibit oil and gas leasing on any Federal lands within the withdrawal area around Chaco Culture National Historical Park prior to the completion of a cultural resources survey of the area;  Bureau of Land Management Reorganization. Opposed reorganization of the BLM and encouraged appropriators to exercise strong oversight of the reorganization and work to halt actions that would diminish management of cultural resources;  National Park Service Proposed Changes to the National Register of Historic Places. Advocated for withdrawal of proposed modifications to the National Register of Historic Places regulations re: nomination of properties and called for further engagement and additional consultation with tribes and other stakeholders;  National Park Service Networks. Recommended specific funding of $2 million each for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, the recently established African American Civil Rights Network, and the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network established in the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9);  National Park Service Cultural Programs. Advocated for funding increase to cultural programs within the National Park Service and to support management of the National Register of Historic Places; review and approval of historic tax credit projects and other programs;  National Park Service (NPS) Deferred Maintenance. Advocated for increases in three deferred maintenance accounts: Repair and Rehabilitation, Cyclic Maintenance, and Line-Item Construction;  National Park Service Civil Rights Grants. Advocated for expanded funding for Civil Rights Grants to include $15.5 million for African American Civil Rights grants and a new $2.5 million competitive grant program for Civil Rights for All Americans;  National Park Serve Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Funding. Advocated for full funding and outlay of LWCF annual authorization of $900 million from offshore mineral leasing and other revenues;  National Park Service Grant Review. Advocated for language addressing the Department of the Interiors process for reviewing grant agreements above $50,000;  Independent Agencies: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Advocated for a modest increase for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP).

Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2825/S. 2615) A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect data and issue a report on the opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the 2017 tax reform legislation, and for other purposes (S. 1344/H.R. 2593) Improving and Reinstating the Monitoring, Prevention, Accountability, Certification, and Transparency Provisions of Opportunity Zones - IMPACT Act (S. 2994)

Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 (H.R. 1865)  Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Management. Recommended increased funding for cultural resources management to enhance inventory information sharing and standardize and integrate cultural resources data on BLM lands through the National Cultural Resources Information Management System (NCRIMS);  Bureau of Land Management Greater Chaco Landscape. Advocated for report language directing BLM to refrain from leasing or proposing new leases within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park and prohibit oil and gas leasing on any Federal lands within the withdrawal area around Chaco Culture National Historical Park prior to the completion of a cultural resources survey of the area;  Bureau of Land Management Reorganization. Opposed reorganization of the BLM and encouraged appropriators to exercise strong oversight of the reorganization and work to halt actions that would diminish management of cultural resources;  National Park Service Proposed Changes to the National Register of Historic Places. Advocated for withdrawal of proposed modifications to the National Register of Historic Places regulations re: nomination of properties and called for further engagement and additional consultation with tribes and other stakeholders;  National Park Service Networks. Recommended specific funding of $2 million each for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, the recently established African American Civil Rights Network, and the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network established in the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9);  National Park Service Cultural Programs. Advocated for funding increase to cultural programs within the National Park Service and to support management of the National Register of Historic Places; review and approval of historic tax credit projects and other programs;  National Park Service (NPS) Deferred Maintenance. Advocated for increases in three deferred maintenance accounts: Repair and Rehabilitation, Cyclic Maintenance, and Line-Item Construction;  National Park Service Civil Rights Grants. Advocated for expanded funding for Civil Rights Grants to include $15.5 million for African American Civil Rights grants and a new $2.5 million competitive grant program for Civil Rights for All Americans;  National Park Serve Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Funding. Advocated for full funding and outlay of LWCF annual authorization of $900 million from offshore mineral leasing and other revenues;  National Park Service Grant Review. Advocated for language addressing the Department of the Interiors process for reviewing grant agreements above $50,000;  Independent Agencies: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Advocated for a modest increase for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP).

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Consultation on the size of the Bears Ears National Monument Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River, VA. Department of the Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. NOAA - support for designation of Mallows-Potomac National Marine Sanctuary Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan; BLM reorganization and relocation plan Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) Federal Railroad Administration - CA high-speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) US Coast Guard (USCG) - Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA) Department of the Navy - Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI)

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Consultation on the size of the Bears Ears National Monument Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River, VA. Department of the Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. NOAA - support for designation of Mallows-Potomac National Marine Sanctuary Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan; BLM reorganization and relocation plan Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) Federal Railroad Administration - CA high-speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) US Coast Guard (USCG) - Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA) Department of the Navy - Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI)

Historic Tax Credit and Growth Opportunity Act (HR 2825) A Bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect data and issue a report on the Opportunity Zones tax incentives enacted by the 2017 tax reform legislation, and for other purposes (S. 1344)

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, FY2020 (HR 3055) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations, FY2020 - report language on Cape Flattery and tribal consultation (HJ Res. 31) H.R.3164 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: advocacy for inclusion of Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) grant program within

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Historic Tax Credit and Growth Opportunity Act (HR 2825) A Bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect data and issue a report on the Opportunity Zones tax incentives enacted by the 2017 tax reform legislation, and for other purposes (S. 1344)

Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, FY2020 (HR 3055) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations, FY2020 - report language on Cape Flattery and tribal consultation (HJ Res. 31) H.R.3164 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: advocacy for inclusion of Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) grant program within

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Making Appropriations for the Department of Interior FY2020 (draft bill)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Opportunity Zones; twinning of Historic and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Low-Income Tax Credit Expedited Projects Pilot Program (eligible projects). Department of the Interior (DOI)/NPS -- historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; and, establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) US Coast Guard (USCG) - Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA) Department of the Navy - Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Opportunity Zones; twinning of Historic and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Low-Income Tax Credit Expedited Projects Pilot Program (eligible projects). Department of the Interior (DOI)/NPS -- historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; and, establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) US Coast Guard (USCG) - Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA) Department of the Navy - Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI)

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Opportunity Zones; twinning of Historic and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Low-Income Tax Credit Expedited Projects Pilot Program (eligible projects). Department of the Interior (DOI)/NPS -- historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; and, establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND) General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA) US Coast Guard (USCG) - Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA) Department of the Navy - Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI)

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)

Amendment exempting older vessels from fire-retardant materials requirement that operation within inland waterways as contained in S. 140, the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (PL 115-282)

National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584); Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (HR 801) - This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail; Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act (HR 4518) - a bill to expand the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah; National Park Restoration Act (HR 5210/S. 2509); Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act (S. 2907); A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 896/ H.R. 502); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (S. 569); Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act (H.R. 5532); Ocmulgee Mounds Boundary Revision Act (H.R. 538/S. 135); The National Park Service Legacy Act to establish, fund and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes (S. 3172); Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 6521); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (HR 6759); A bill to amend title 46 U.S.C., to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed for fire-retardant materials, and for other purposes (HR 619). OMB - Historic Leasing, deferred maintenance and HOPE crews.

H.R. 619 - exempting older vessels from fire-retardant materials requirement that operation within inland waterways

National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584); Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (HR 801) - This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail; Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act (HR 4518) - a bill to expand the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah; National Park Restoration Act (HR 5210/S. 2509); Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act (S. 2907); A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 896/ H.R. 502); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (S. 569); Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act (H.R. 5532); Ocmulgee Mounds Boundary Revision Act (H.R. 538/S. 135); The National Park Service Legacy Act to establish, fund and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes (S. 3172); Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 6521); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (HR 6759); A bill to amend title 46 U.S.C., to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed for fire-retardant materials, and for other purposes (HR 619). OMB - Historic Leasing, deferred maintenance and HOPE crews.

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National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584); H.R. 538- Ocmulgee Boundary Revision Act; Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (HR 801) - This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail; Route 66 Centennial Commission Act (HR 66) - a bill to establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor centennial anniversary of Route 66; Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017 (HR 4328); National Monument Creation and Protection Act (HR 3990) - This bill amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to allow the President to declare by public proclamation an object or objects of antiquity (currently, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest) that are situated on lands owned or controlled by the federal government to be national monuments. "Objects of antiquity" means relics, artifacts, human or animal skeletal remains, fossils, and certain buildings constructed before enactment of this bill; Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act (HR 4518) - a bill to expand the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah; Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act (HR 3905).

National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751/H.R. 2584); H.J. Res. 44/S.J. Res 15 - revocation of BLM Planning 2.0 rule; H.R. 538- Ocmulgee Boundary Revision Act; H.R.; National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 - (H.R. 473, the Military LAND Act provision- to provide that if the head of the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion of certain property on the National Register or its designation as a National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security).

S. 89/H.R. 619, a bill exempting the Delta Queen from the provisions of the Safety of Law of the Sea (SOLAS)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - review of permit application for the James River Transmission line; sale of air rights above the Chelsea Post Office (NYC). Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) - Review of the permit application for the James River transmission line. Comments re: Draft Disposition Study with Integrated Environmental Assessment for the Willamette Falls Navigation Canal and Locks (OR). Department of Defense (DOD) - working with DODs Federal Preservation Officer regarding the Military LAND Act; the unintentional demolition of a historic bungalow on Ford Island in Hawaii. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- permit application for the James River transmission line; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; organized and provided over 5,300 comments on review of Antiquities Act monument designations over 100,000 acres in size dating back to 1996, including Bears Ears national monument in Utah. National Park Service (NPS) - historic leasing, deferred maintenance, HOPE Crews; the unintentional demolition of a historic bungalow on Ford Island in Hawaii. Department of Veterans Affairs - Review of Record of Decision (RoD) for proposed reconfiguration of VAs Black Hills Healthcare System (Battle Mountain Sanitarium National Treasure) and VAs realignment study for historic properties.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - review of permit application for the James River Transmission line; sale of air rights above the Chelsea Post Office (NYC). Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) - Review of the permit application for the James River transmission line. Comments re: Draft Disposition Study with Integrated Environmental Assessment for the Willamette Falls Navigation Canal and Locks (OR). Department of Defense (DOD) - working with DODs Federal Preservation Officer regarding the Military LAND Act; the unintentional demolition of a historic bungalow on Ford Island in Hawaii. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- permit application for the James River transmission line; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; organized and provided over 5,300 comments on review of Antiquities Act monument designations over 100,000 acres in size dating back to 1996, including Bears Ears national monument in Utah. National Park Service (NPS) - historic leasing, deferred maintenance, HOPE Crews; the unintentional demolition of a historic bungalow on Ford Island in Hawaii. Department of Veterans Affairs - Review of Record of Decision (RoD) for proposed reconfiguration of VAs Black Hills Healthcare System (Battle Mountain Sanitarium National Treasure) and VAs realignment study for historic properties.

S. 89/H.R. 619, a bill exempting the Delta Queen from the provisions of the Safety of Law of the Sea (SOLAS)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - review of permit application for the James River Transmission line. Army Corps of Engineers - Review of the permit application for the James River transmission line. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - BLM 2.0 Planning Rule revisions and revocation.  Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Review of the permit application for the James River transmission line. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service -discussion with agency staff about historic leasing options for USFS. Department of Commerce, National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - spoke with a lawyer at NOAA to gather info about the NEPA review process to designate Mallows Bay as a marine sanctuary. Department of Defense (DOD) - working with DODs Federal Preservation Officer regarding the Military LAND Act. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- permit application for the James River transmission line; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; creation of Birmingham National Civil Rights National Park; National Park Service (NPS) -permanent protections for Elkhorn Ranch landscape surrounding Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Review of the permit application for the James River transmission line. Monument declarations for Bears Ears, Gold Butte and Grand Canyon. USPS - Met with USPS officials regarding the potential closures of the Lihue, HI and Richmond, CA post office facilities.

Legislation: Proposed provisions in National Defense Authorization Act that would affecting listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of HIstoric Places and World Heritage List; Utah Public Lands Initiative Act (HR 5780); Utah Public Lands Partner Initiative Act (HR 5781); Improved National Monument Designation Process Act (S. 437); A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument (S. 1416); A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Utah except by express authorization of Congress (S. 3317); a bill to re-designate the boundary of the Ocmulgee National Monment in the State of Georgia (HR 538/S. 135). Federal agencies: Worked with BLM officials on monument designations for Bears Ears, Gold Butte and Grand Canyon National monument designations/expansion. Consulted with NPS on advance historic leasing in the National Parks.

S. 1717/HR 1248, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Legislation: Proposed provisions in National Defense Authorization Act that would affecting listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of HIstoric Places and World Heritage List; Utah Public Lands Initiative Act (HR 5780); Utah Public Lands Partner Initiative Act (HR 5781); Improved National Monument Designation Process Act (S. 437); A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument (S. 1416); A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Utah except by express authorization of Congress (S. 3317); a bill to re-designate the boundary of the Ocmulgee National Monment in the State of Georgia (HR 538/S. 135). Federal agencies: Worked with BLM officials on monument designations for Bears Ears, Gold Butte and Grand Canyon National monument designations/expansion. Consulted with NPS on advance historic leasing in the National Parks.

S. 1717/HR 1248, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Legislation: Proposed provisions in National Defense Authorization Act that would affecting listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of HIstoric Places and World Heritage List; Utah Public Lands Initiative Act (HR 5780); Utah Public Lands Partner Initiative Act (HR 5781); Improved National Monument Designation Process Act (S. 437); A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument (S. 1416); A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Utah except by express authorization of Congress (S. 3317).

Legislation: Proposed provisions in National Defense Authorization Act that would affecting listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of HIstoric Places and World Heritage List; Utah Public Lands Initiative Act (HR 5780); Utah Public Lands Partner Initiative Act (HR 5781); Improved National Monument Designation Process Act (S. 437); A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument (S. 1416); A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Utah except by express authorization of Congress (S. 3317).

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Various Section 106 compliance efforts including Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR), and the NASA Apollo 11 Mission Control Center (TX); Section 106 consultation regarding James River viewshed (VA)and Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting Theodore Roosevelt National Park; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion of permanent protection for the Elkhorn Ranch, ND. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service -Management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch; Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA);commented on BLMs Planning 2.0 evaluation process for creating better Resource Management Plans for public lands. Proposed legislation for the permanent protection for the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. Section 1312 guidance on accessing planning funding through the FAST Act. National Park Service (NPS) - Section 106 consultation regarding the protection of the James River viewshed (VA). discussions with staff re: permanent protections for lands surrounding Theodore Roosevelt NP and the Elkhorn Ranch. Veterans Affairs (VA) - Continued to work with VA staff to implement recommendations in the National Trusts 2014 report improving the VAs stewardship of all historic properties within their agencys real property portfolio.

S. 1717/HR 1248, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Legislation: Proposed provisions in National Defense Authorization Act that would affecting listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of HIstoric Places and World Heritage List; Utah Public Lands Initiative Act (HR 5780); Utah Public Lands Partner Initiative Act (HR 5781); Improved National Monument Designation Process Act (S. 437); A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument (S. 1416); A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Utah except by express authorization of Congress (S. 3317).

Legislation: HR 2817 - National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015 Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Act (draft bill) Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015 (S. 890/HR 1814)- Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund(LWCF). Proposed provisions in National Defense Authorization Act that would affecting listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of HIstoric Places and World Heritage List. Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 5556); National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) pertaining to the listing of historic and cultural properties in the National Register of Historic Places (S. 2943/HR 4909); Ocmulgee Munds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2015); A bill to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes (S. 718); Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parkers Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act (S. 1943); Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 (S. 1930); 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2015 (S. 1993); Medgar Evers House Study Act (S. 2177); Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2015 (S. 1975).

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Various Section 106 compliance efforts including Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR), and the NASA Apollo 11 Mission Control Center (TX); Section 106 consultation regarding James River viewshed (VA)and Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD);consultation re: the gransfer of earthquake-damaged post office building in Napa, CA in accordance with Section 106 and NEPA compliance; correspondence re: consluting party status for the Department of the Navy and military building-up in the CNMI. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) - submitted multiple written comments to Corp re: NHPA review and compliance for the preservation of the James River view shed. Held meetings regarding the future of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - ongoing issues re: National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park; the use of Master Leasing Plans in Utah and New Mexico. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion about VAs systemic lack of compliance with NEPA. Proposed legilsation for the permanent protection of the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument (AZ). Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service -Management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch; Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); development of Civil Rights Heritage Network legislation; commented on BLMs Planning 2.0 evaluation process for creating better Resource Management Plans for public lands. Proposed legislation for the permanent protection for the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. Discussion with DOI regarding possible monument declaration for the Sewall-Belmont House (Washington, DC). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. Section 1312 guidance on accessing planning funding through the FAST Act. Fish and Wildlife Service - spoke with DC FWS staff about unmitigated adverse effects on Amity Pueblo (AZ) and need to comply with NHPA. National Park Service (NPS) - continued advocacy for implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs; conducted discussions with NPS staff about external threats affecting Grand Canyon National Park; discussions with NPS staff about proposed demolition of Far View Visitor Center in Mesa Verde National Park; discussions with staff about Theodore Roosevelt NP and need to protect landscape around park. Section 106 conslutation regarding the protection of the James River viewshed (VA). Veterans Affairs (VA) - Continued to work with VA staff to implement recommendations in the National Trusts 2014 report improving the VAs stewardship of all historic properties within their agencys real property portfolio. Meetings with VA staff about Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) and Milwaukee Soldiers Home (WI).

S. 1717/HR 1248, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Various Section 106 compliance efforts including Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR), and the NASA Apollo 11 Mission Control Center (TX); Section 106 consultation regarding James River viewshed (VA)and Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD);consultation re: the gransfer of earthquake-damaged post office building in Napa, CA in accordance with Section 106 and NEPA compliance; correspondence re: consluting party status for the Department of the Navy and military building-up in the CNMI. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) - submitted multiple written comments to Corp re: NHPA review and compliance for the preservation of the James River view shed. Held meetings regarding the future of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - ongoing issues re: National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park; the use of Master Leasing Plans in Utah and New Mexico. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion about VAs systemic lack of compliance with NEPA. Proposed legilsation for the permanent protection of the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument (AZ). Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service -Management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch; Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); development of Civil Rights Heritage Network legislation; commented on BLMs Planning 2.0 evaluation process for creating better Resource Management Plans for public lands. Proposed legislation for the permanent protection for the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. Discussion with DOI regarding possible monument declaration for the Sewall-Belmont House (Washington, DC). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. Section 1312 guidance on accessing planning funding through the FAST Act. Fish and Wildlife Service - spoke with DC FWS staff about unmitigated adverse effects on Amity Pueblo (AZ) and need to comply with NHPA. National Park Service (NPS) - continued advocacy for implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs; conducted discussions with NPS staff about external threats affecting Grand Canyon National Park; discussions with NPS staff about proposed demolition of Far View Visitor Center in Mesa Verde National Park; discussions with staff about Theodore Roosevelt NP and need to protect landscape around park. Section 106 conslutation regarding the protection of the James River viewshed (VA). Veterans Affairs (VA) - Continued to work with VA staff to implement recommendations in the National Trusts 2014 report improving the VAs stewardship of all historic properties within their agencys real property portfolio. Meetings with VA staff about Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) and Milwaukee Soldiers Home (WI).

Legislation: HR 2817 - National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015 Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Act (draft bill) Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015 (S. 890/HR 1814)- Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund(LWCF).

S. 1717/HR 1248, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects;Various Section 106 compliance efforts including Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR), and Amity Pueblo (AZ). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) - submitted multiple written comments to Corp re: NHPA review and compliance for the preservation of the James River view shed. Held meetings regarding the future of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - ongoing issues re: National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park; the use of Master Leasing Plans in Utah and New Mexico. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion about VAs systemic lack of compliance with NEPA. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service -Management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch; Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); development of Civil Rights Heritage Network legislation; commented on BLMs Planning 2.0 evaluation process for creating better Resource Management Plans for public lands. Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. Fish and Wildlife Service - spoke with DC FWS staff about unmitigated adverse effects on Amity Pueblo (AZ) and need to comply with NHPA. National Park Service (NPS) - continued advocacy for implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs; conducted discussions with NPS staff about external threats affecting Grand Canyon National Park; discussions with NPS staff about proposed demolition of Far View Visitor Center in Mesa Verde National Park; discussions with staff about Theodore Roosevelt NP and need to protect landscape around park. Veterans Affairs (VA) - Continued to work with VA staff to implement recommendations in the National Trusts 2014 report improving the VAs stewardship of all historic properties within their agencys real property portfolio. Meetings with VA staff about Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) and Milwaukee Soldiers Home (WI).

S. 1717/HR 1248, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Legislation: HR 2817 - National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015 Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Act (draft bill)

Legislation: HR 2817 - National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015

S. 1717, a bill to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

BILLS: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (HR 83, PL 113-235) GOV; Tax Reform Act of 2014 (HR 1)--TAX; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act(HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022/S. 2924) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Re authorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S.2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS. FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion about VAs systemic lack of compliance with NEPA. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding.National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding keeping the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Legislative Bills: Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX;; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical ParkBoundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S. 2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS. FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD). Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs.Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; Bipartisan Sportmen's Act of 2014, Title II, Sec. 202: FLTFA Reauthorization (S. 2363) - NAT: National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 1960)/HR. 3034) - DEF/NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Formally participated in Section 106 compliance for proposed gravel pit within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Requested involvement in Section 106 process at the Veterans Administration National Historic Landmark (NHL) Battle Mountain Sanitarium (SD) -- including a request for a 213 report. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for thecompletion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.

Legislative Contacts: Ways and Means (Camp) Draft Discussion Tax Reform bill (HR 1); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906); - NAT; Water ResourcesDevelopment Act (HR 3080/S. 601) - BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416)- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; MAP-21 Reauthorization Bill (DRAFT) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; discussed implementation of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service.Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments. VA Distributed National Trusts report on stewardship and management of historic properties under the stewardship of the agency to the Secretary asking that he consider implementing the reports recommendations to improve their cultural resources management practices.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (HR 3080/S. 601) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960/S. 1034) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Preserving Americas Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) MAR; Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) NAT; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; Review of Yosemite National Park management plan and preservation of the parks collection of historic bridges that span the Merced River. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge and working with Glover Park Group. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.USFS - Met with the U.S. Forest Service regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; public comments on forthcoming Chimney Rock National Monument management plan; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act ; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch. VA Met with Department of Veterans Affairs staff regarding the proposed closure of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs, South Dakota; discussed the possibility of the VA to issue guidance regarding the use of the Section 111 leasing provisions for VA properties under the National Historic Preservation Act.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification (HR 2497) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (HR 687) - NAT. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - funding for Bureau of Lnad Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 520/S. 225) NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; H. Amdt. 214 (Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park) to National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1960) NAT, BUD; S. Amdt. No. 1077 (reauthorizing the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act [FLTFA] -S. 368) to Farm Bill (HR 1947)AGR. Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchcliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT. Preserving Americ'a Downtowns and Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2042) - URB; To exend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S. 1022) -MAR. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR). Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Section 106 of NHPA; the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act; planning for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding; regulatory streamlining. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.Federal Agency Contacts (continued) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

Legislative: HR 1 (Reserved for Draft Tax Reform bill); Senate Budget Resolution (S Con. Res. 8) - Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2014 (including potential amendments to Antiquities Act); Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (draft) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 908/S. 404)- NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247/HR 664/HR 513) - NAT;Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 877) TAX; any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT; Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD. Federal Agency Contacts and Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; Meetings on oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; consultation on Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument. Section 106 of NHPA, 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act and 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands. Department of the Interior (DOI) - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Department of Transportation (DOT) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Alternatives (TA); Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Alternatives (TA) funding. National Park Service (NPS) - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; designation of Harriet Tubman National Monument, Col. Charles Young National Monument, First State National Monument, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and San Juan Islands National Monument; Yosemite National Park - Merced River Plan consultation; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park. U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Green Mountain Lookout (HR 908/S. 404); cultural resource budget clarity; Theodore Roosevelt National Park and proposed oil and gas leasing/development affecting the park; oil and gas development affecting Mt. Taylor. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) - historic post office closings/relocations. Veterans Administration (VA) - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession.

Legislative Actions: H.R. 1 -- Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 BUD; FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578: Title XIV--National Security And Federal Lands Protection Act) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904); American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 (HR 2489) - NAT, BUD; Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 2555) TAX; A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to preserve the historical integrity of Zoar, Ohio, while carrying out any study relating to or construction of flood damage reduction measures, including levees (S. 3580) NAT; Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act 2012 (HR 6151/S. 1685) TAX; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (S. 2209/HR 5982) TAX ; any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT. Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD; Coast Guard Authorization bill (S. 1665) - BUD. Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE); Section 106 of NHPA Department of the Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; cultural and historic resource funding BLM and NPS; Section 106 of NHPA National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument; Cesar Chavez National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation; Green Mountain Lookout; Arizona Land Exchange (HR 1904); cultural resource budget clarity Council on Environmental Quality - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Cesar Chavez National Monument; Harriet Tubman National Monument Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - Executive action to use Antiquities Act, Section 106 of NHPA, 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act and 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; Cesar Chavez National Monument; Harriet Tubman National Monument Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations Army Corp of Engineers ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures

Legislative Actions: H.R. 1 -- Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 BUD; FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578: Title XIV--National Security And Federal Lands Protection Act) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904); American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 (HR 2489) - NAT, BUD; Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 2555) TAX; A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to preserve the historical integrity of Zoar, Ohio, while carrying out any study relating to or construction of flood damage reduction measures, including levees (S. 3580) NAT; Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act 2012 (HR 6151/S. 1685) TAX; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (S. 2209/HR 5982) TAX ; any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906 - NAT. Water Resources Development Act (draft) BUD; Coast Guard Authorization bill (S. 1665) - BUD. Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE); Section 106 of NHPA Department of the Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; cultural and historic resource funding BLM and NPS; Section 106 of NHPA National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument; Cesar Chavez National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation; Green Mountain Lookout; Arizona Land Exchange (HR 1904); cultural resource budget clarity Council on Environmental Quality - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Cesar Chavez National Monument; Harriet Tubman National Monument Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - Executive action to use Antiquities Act, Section 106 of NHPA, 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act and 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service; Cesar Chavez National Monument; Harriet Tubman National Monument Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations Army Corp of Engineers ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures

Legislative Actions: FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT;; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904); American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 (HR 2489) - NAT, BUD; Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 2555) TAX; A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to preserve the historical integrity of Zoar, Ohio, while carrying out any study relating to or construction of flood damage reduction measures, including levees (S. 3580) NAT; Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act 2012 (HR 6151/S. 1685) TAX; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (S. 2209/HR 5982) TAX. Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE) Department of the Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; cultural and historic resource funding BLM and NPS National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument; Cesar Chavez National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation; Green Mountain Lookout; Arizona Land Exchange (HR 1904); cultural resource funding Council on Environmental Quality - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects; Cesar Chavez National Monument Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - Executive action to use Antiquities Act Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations

Legislative Actions: FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act (HR 2621) - NAT/RES; Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act' - MAP-21(S. 1813) - TRA; To provide an extension of the Federal Highway Act (HR 4348)-TRA; LWCF funding amendment in HR 4348 - BUD; HR 1950, To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park System", as positive law (NAT); Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987/S. 3300) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT; Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act (HR 799/S. 858) - NAT; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904); American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011 (HR 2489) - NAT, BUD; Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2011 (HR 2555) - TAX. Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) funding and management; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE) Department of the Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; cultural and historic resource funding National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation; Green Mountain Lookout; Arizona Land Exchange (HR 1904); cultural resource funding Council on Environmental Quality - Executive Action to use Antiquities Act; Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - Executive action to use Antiquities Act Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resource on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations

Legislative Actions: FY'13 Interior Appropriations Bill (draft) - BUD; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (HR 2479/S. 2074) - TAX; Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (HR 6039) - NAT; Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act (HR 2621) - NAT/RES; Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act' - MAP-21(S. 1813) - TRA; To provide an extension of the Federal Highway Act (HR 4348)-TRA; HR 1950, To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park System", as positive law (NAT); Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (HR 5987/S. 3300) - SCI/NAT; Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act (S. 247) - NAT; Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act (HR 799/S. 858) - NAT; Medgar Evers House Study Act (HR 1071) - NAT; John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park Study Act (HR 1278) - NAT; African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act (HR 784) - NAT; New Philadelphia, Illinois Study Act (HR 1583) - NAT; Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2011 (HR 580) - NAT; Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (HR 1022/S. 544) - NAT; Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act (S. 1638) - NAT; Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) - NAT; Conservation and Economic Growth Act (HR 2578) - NAT; Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 (HR 1904). Federal Agency Contacts/Issues: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Section 106/4(f) cultural resource reviews in transportation projects Bureau of Land Management - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) funding; sacred sites; mining issues Federal Highway Administration - Section 4(f) review; Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding Department of Energy - demolition of K-25 building at Oak Ridge, TN facility Department of Transportation - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Transportation Enhancements (TE) Department of Interior - Historic Preservation funding; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit National Park Service - Ft. Monroe National Monument foundational document U.S. Forest Service - Chimney Rock national monument designation legislation/proclamation; Green Mountain Lookout and Arizona Land Exchange/Resolution Copper Council on Environmental Quality - Section 4(f) and environmental streamlining of transportation projects Veterans Administration - Real property disposal/closures/de-accession The White House - national monument designations under Antiquities Act Office of Management and Budget - federal funding for historic preservation; cultural resource protections on public lands USPS - historic post office closings/relocations