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Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;H.R. 596/ S. 279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
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NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2014 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Wind Mapping Opportunities and Constraints Mapping; [no bill number] Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan to provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
Source: Senate LDA
Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Wind Mapping Opportunities and Constraints Mapping; [no bill number] Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan to provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes;S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plans (Planning 2.0) to improve BLMs management of public lands and resouces for consistency with federal, local, tribal and state laws, policies and plans; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone;
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Wind Mapping Opportunities and Constraints Mapping; [no bill number] Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan to provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes;S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plans (Planning 2.0) to improve BLMs management of public lands and resouces for consistency with federal, local, tribal and state laws, policies and plans; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone;
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Wind Mapping Opportunities and Constraints Mapping; [no bill number] Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan to provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
S2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes;S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plans (Planning 2.0) to improve BLMs management of public lands and resouces for consistency with federal, local, tribal and state laws, policies and plans; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone;
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Wind Mapping Opportunities and Constraints Mapping; [no bill number] Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan to provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;H.R. 596/ S. 279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes;S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plans (Planning 2.0) to improve BLMs management of public lands and resouces for consistency with federal, local, tribal and state laws, policies and plans; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone;
To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and to amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness activities.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR.1080 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and Title 10, U.S. Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs (10 USC 670c-1, 10 USC 2684a), and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers) and remove the current 2015 expiration date, and allocation of funds for LWCF; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act - a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and remove the current 2015 expiration date; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitat Coalition proposed bill for the coordination and funding of on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state program. US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases; [bills without numbers yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorize the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, resolution of appraisal issues for Forest Legacy Program, Allocation of funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2013; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund;
Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S. 630, Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act (FAIR) Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; Bureau of Land Management offsite mitigation guidance; Secretarial Order 3330 for landscape level mitigation;
Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet], Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting
Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; S630, FAIR Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. H.R. 596, S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S1273, Fair Act of 2013, revenue sharing legislation for energy development; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transportation Bill and Budget riders, including energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting; [No bill number yet] Regulatory guidance on Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MAP21; Bureau of Land Management, regulation on hydro-fracking; Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan;
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR.1080 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and Title 10, U.S. Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs (10 USC 670c-1, 10 USC 2684a), and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers) and remove the current 2015 expiration date, and allocation of funds for LWCF; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act - a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and remove the current 2015 expiration date; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitat Coalition proposed bill for the coordination and funding of on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state program. US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases; [bills without numbers yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorize the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, resolution of appraisal issues for Forest Legacy Program, Allocation of funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2013; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund;
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; S630, FAIR Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. H.R. 596, S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S1273, Fair Act of 2013, revenue sharing legislation for energy development; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transportation Bill and Budget riders, including energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting; [No bill number yet] Regulatory guidance on Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MAP21; Bureau of Land Management, regulation on hydro-fracking; Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan;
Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR.1080 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and Title 10, U.S. Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs (10 USC 670c-1, 10 USC 2684a), and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers) and remove the current 2015 expiration date, and allocation of funds for LWCF; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act - a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and remove the current 2015 expiration date; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitat Coalition proposed bill for the coordination and funding of on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state program. US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases; [bills without numbers yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorize the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, resolution of appraisal issues for Forest Legacy Program, Allocation of funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2013; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund;
Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet], Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; S630, FAIR Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. H.R. 596, S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S1273, Fair Act of 2013, revenue sharing legislation for energy development; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transportation Bill and Budget riders, including energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting; [No bill number yet] Regulatory guidance on Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MAP21; Bureau of Land Management, regulation on hydro-fracking; Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan;
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S. 630, Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act (FAIR) Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; Bureau of Land Management offsite mitigation guidance; Secretarial Order 3330 for landscape level mitigation;
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR.1080 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and Title 10, U.S. Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs (10 USC 670c-1, 10 USC 2684a), and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers) and remove the current 2015 expiration date, and allocation of funds for LWCF; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act - a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and remove the current 2015 expiration date; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitat Coalition proposed bill for the coordination and funding of on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state program. US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases; [bills without numbers yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorize the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, resolution of appraisal issues for Forest Legacy Program, Allocation of funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2013; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund;
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR.1080 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and Title 10, U.S. Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs (10 USC 670c-1, 10 USC 2684a), and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers) and remove the current 2015 expiration date, and allocation of funds for LWCF; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act - a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and remove the current 2015 expiration date; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitat Coalition proposed bill for the coordination and funding of on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state program. US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases; [bills without numbers yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorize the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, resolution of appraisal issues for Forest Legacy Program, Allocation of funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2013; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund;
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; S630, FAIR Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. H.R. 596, S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S1273, Fair Act of 2013, revenue sharing legislation for energy development; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transportation Bill and Budget riders, including energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting; [No bill number yet] Regulatory guidance on Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MAP21; Bureau of Land Management, regulation on hydro-fracking; Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan;
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S. 630, Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act (FAIR) Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; Bureau of Land Management offsite mitigation guidance; Secretarial Order 3330 for landscape level mitigation;
Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; S3254, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, energy provisions. HR3391, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; [No Bill Number]: Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy, Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director, Bureau of Land management; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Division Chief, National Landscapes Conservation System, Bureau of Land Management; Division Chief, Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bureau of Land Management;
HR 97 Free Industry Act and HR 153 Ensuring Affordable Energy Act; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING: The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources: environmental and flood protection; Environmental Protection Agencys authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogen included in HR 1 Full Year Appropriations Act 2011;Clean Water Act, relating specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicat4ed to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; Various riders to HR 1 that would deplete conservation funding, including bills to re-enforce total maximum daily loads standards and authority, potential ballast water and aquatic invasive species; Various Water legislation including Chesapeake Bay, Bay Delta, Puget Sound near shore recovery, Klamath settlement, Upper and Lower Colorado River recovery programs and Water Resources Development Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers;, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Acting Assistant Director, CEQ; Chief of Staff, Interior Department; Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Interior; Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, DOI; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior.
Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers); HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi ; HR3365, S.714, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.826/HR1907, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; [No bill number yet] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; S.1201, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Executive Order specifying agency actions to enhance and improve mitigation. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Counsel to the Chair, House Natural Resources Committee; Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management.
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers); HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi ; HR3365, S.714, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.826/HR1907, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; [No bill number yet] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; S.1201, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Executive Order specifying agency actions to enhance and improve mitigation. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Counsel to the Chair, House Natural Resources Committee; Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management.
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1540/S1253, FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues related to Department of Defense energy programs, and issues related to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, specific provisions relating to conservation; 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011; S3635 FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding in the Army Corps of Engineers; HR 3672, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 relating to the inclusion of language to restrict funding of the Corps implementation of new Principles and Guidelines in FY12; P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011 with regard to conservation funding; PL 84-99 Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act relating to the use of non-structural flood control; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Agriculture draft appropriations bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; H.R. 1 FY12 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, including Hells Canyon and Table Rock, funding for Forest Legacy, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs, Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, and Big Creek; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY12 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; Agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; [No bill number] Draft FY12 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, relating to the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds, Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including appropriations for 2012 and 2013 Land and Water Conservation Fund in the 2012 Budget; Draft FY12 Presidents budget for the United States Forest Service, relating to funding for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, stewardship contracting reauthorization, and the US Forest Service and Department of Interior budget for Hazardous Fuels Reduction and State Fire Assistance programs; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts, existing funds within National Resources Conservation Service or the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration; Draft Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation Funding in 2012 and 2013 and in the Budget Control Act process and in the 2012 regular budget through the 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Bill for a wide variety of programs with the primary purpose to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including the Conservation title of Farm Bill; Draft 2012 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund and North America Wetlands Conservation Act projects and support for the Land Water Conservation Fund; Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for various conservation programs in various agencies, Appropriations for Energy and Water Development Discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012; Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in New York; Provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE; Draft Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Draft Energy and Water Appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; Global Conservation Act of 2012 for a global conservation strategy by the US Government; US Corps of Engineers approach to Great Rivers Program, Sustainable Rivers Program, Flood recovery and non-structural solutions, and opportunities to redesign the budget process. COVERED OFFICIALS:Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT: Advisor, Department of Interior, Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Major General, Deputy Commanding General, Civil Works and Emergency Preparedness, US Army Corps of Engineers; Commander of the Northwestern Division, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Major General, Deputy Commanding General and Army Deputy, Chief of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers.
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Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1540/S1253 The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues relating to Department of Defense energy programs, conservation and issues relating to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, including specific provisions relating to conservation; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S1265 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011; HR5850 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to conservation funding, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and wild and scenic rivers, Forest Legacy (USDA) and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization and expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; [NO BILL NUMBER YET] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization, including specific provisions relating to the Conservation Title and funding for specific conservation programs; Forest Landscape Restoration relating to adopting a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration projects; US Department of Agricultures Northern Everglades Wetland Restoration Project, specifically relating to easements with ranchers; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Research Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps of Engineers Sustainable Rivers projects and authorization in the Water Development Act, Integrated Resource Restoration Initiative, the Klamath Basin Agreement, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs (especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget; Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality, ecological restoration; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including Conservation Title of Farm Bill; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of Appropriations for conservation programs; Appropriations for FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; CON. RES 34. PCS, establishing a budget for the FY12 Fiscal Year and appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013-2021; FY13 Presidents Budget for Americas Great Outdoors Funding, flood control projects, ecological restoration and Corps of Engineers appropriations; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation Funding; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT.: Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Restoration Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense Special Advisor, Department of Interior
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Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers); HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi ; HR3365, S.714, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.826/HR1907, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; [No bill number yet] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; S.1201, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Executive Order specifying agency actions to enhance and improve mitigation. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Counsel to the Chair, House Natural Resources Committee; Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management.
S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers); HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi ; HR3365, S.714, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.826/HR1907, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; [No bill number yet] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; S.1201, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Executive Order specifying agency actions to enhance and improve mitigation. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Counsel to the Chair, House Natural Resources Committee; Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management.
S.268,Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2011, including provisions relating to the establishment of the Montana Forest Jobs and Restoration Pilot Initiative for the authorization of forest and watershed restoration projects and other land management projects on certain eligible lands within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests in Montana to achieve the specified purposes of the Initiative and specified performance requirements; S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011; HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING Land Water Conservation Fund, including specific provisions for a security initiative; Americas Great Outdoors, including funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, Including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Renewal of Fire Landscape and People agreement; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, USFS; Everglades Restoration Initiatives, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget; Acting Associate Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Chief USFS; Associate Chief, USFS; Director of National Forest Systems, USFS; Assistant Director for Wildlife, USFS; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, USFS; Deputy Assistant for law enforcement, security and emergency management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Adaptation, Council on Environmnetal Quality; Associate Director for Natural Resources Energy and Science, Office of Budget and Manangement.
HR 97 Free Industry Act and HR 153 Ensuring Affordable Energy Act; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING: The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources: environmental and flood protection; Environmental Protection Agencys authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogen included in HR 1 Full Year Appropriations Act 2011;Clean Water Act, relating specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicat4ed to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; Various riders to HR 1 that would deplete conservation funding, including bills to re-enforce total maximum daily loads standards and authority, potential ballast water and aquatic invasive species; Various Water legislation including Chesapeake Bay, Bay Delta, Puget Sound near shore recovery, Klamath settlement, Upper and Lower Colorado River recovery programs and Water Resources Development Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers;, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Acting Assistant Director, CEQ; Chief of Staff, Interior Department; Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Interior; Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, DOI; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior.
[No bill number yet] The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program relating to energy, conservation, climate change and climate change adaptation; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Program and Research Program; US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; FY11 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding; FY12 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development relating to S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011 and conservation provisions; H.R. 1 FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs ( including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps Sustainable Rivers projects, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs ( especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget;Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; H.AMDT.33 and 121 to HR1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 regarding funding for the Klamath Dam Removal and Sediment Study; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding $40 million for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality (Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration);Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment. Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; H.R. 1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY 2011 (balance) - Appropriations for the Department of Defense and other Agencies , various riders regarding the Environmental Protection Agency authority and other regulatory issues and Partial Continuing Resolution for extending negotiating time.; [Budget Bills without numbers yet] - FY11 & FY12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012 Appropriations Legislation for Land and Water Conservation Fund (Including specific provisions relating to Forest Legacy within US Department of Agriculture) and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for conservation programs; FY11 & FY12 Energy and Water Appropriations, including Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation funding. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense;Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONT: Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture;; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior.
HR 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; HR 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; HR 1, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, including Hells Canyon and Table Rock; funding for Forest Legacy; Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; State and Tribal Wildlife Grants; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program; Farm Bill conservation programs; NOOA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs; NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, including Big Creek; funding for Commerce Justice and Science appropriations; Americorps; Army Corps Sustainable Rivers projects, and the Integrated Resource Restoration Initiative; the Klamath Basin agreement; sustainable Rivers Program authorization in Water Development Act; EPA and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs; Department of Interior climate adaptation programs; Water Resources Development Acts funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies FY11 and FY12 Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels; FY11 & FY 12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Land and Water Conservation Fund, including Forest Legacy (USDA); Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2013 misc expenditure issues under the USDA; Funding for Stott Property (Parker Fish & Wildlife Refuge), Newbury, MA, existing funds within USFWS budget; Funding for Mill River, MA, existing funds within NRCS or NOAA Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI); the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, specific provisions relating to conservation; Various legislative concepts on Advancing government policies to adopt a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration projects; U.S. Department of Agriculture appropriations bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for two US Department of Agriculture Forest Service programs; the Forest Health Protection program and Research program, Forest Legacy, wild and scenic rivers; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to Land Water Conservation Fund and North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects; FY11 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding; FY12 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development relating to S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011; USA Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management, Forest Investment Account (FIA) funding; H.AMDT.33 and 121 to HR1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 regarding funding for the Klamath Dam Removal and Sediment Study; Various environmental riders to HR1 (amendments #89, 149, 180, 288, 291, 292, 348, 378, 466, and sections 1535, 1746); appropriations for international climate change activities, including Sustainable Landscapes funding, adaptation/climate resilience, biodiversity; appropriations for domestic adaptation programs, including NOAA climate center. Specific programs include: USAID Development Assistance, Tropical Forest Conservation Act budget authority, Global Environmental Facility, Climate Investment Funds, ESF, Least Developed Country Fund, Special Climate Change Fund, UNFCCC funding; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING: The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues related to Department of Defense energy programs, and issues related to climate change and climate change adaptation; Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, including specific provisions for funding and procedures within the Department of Interior and the Department of Homeland Security relating to mitigation for the impacts of border security measure; FY12 Presidents budget relating to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest ; international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including especially REDD+/sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding. COVERED OFFICIALS:COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense;, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Airforce; COVERED OFFICIALS CONT... Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; US Forest Service Director of Lands, USDA; Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA; Deputy Chief National Forest System, USDA Forest Service; Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; US Department of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Land Ownership Adjustment, USFS; Land Acquisition Program Manager, USFS; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; Associate Chief; USFS; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget.
HR1540/S1253 The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues relating to Department of Defense energy programs, conservation and issues relating to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, including specific provisions relating to conservation; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S1265 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011; HR5850 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to conservation funding, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and wild and scenic rivers, Forest Legacy (USDA) and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization and expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; [NO BILL NUMBER YET] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization, including specific provisions relating to the Conservation Title and funding for specific conservation programs; Forest Landscape Restoration relating to adopting a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration projects; US Department of Agricultures Northern Everglades Wetland Restoration Project, specifically relating to easements with ranchers; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Research Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps of Engineers Sustainable Rivers projects and authorization in the Water Development Act, Integrated Resource Restoration Initiative, the Klamath Basin Agreement, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs (especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget; Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality, ecological restoration; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including Conservation Title of Farm Bill; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of Appropriations for conservation programs; Appropriations for FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; CON. RES 34. PCS, establishing a budget for the FY12 Fiscal Year and appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013-2021; FY13 Presidents Budget for Americas Great Outdoors Funding, flood control projects, ecological restoration and Corps of Engineers appropriations; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation Funding; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT.: Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Restoration Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense Special Advisor, Department of Interior
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Rider to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy conservation measures including research; S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wing siting and public lands mitigation; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; H. AMDT.378 Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force; National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy; USG International Adaptation Strategy; National Ocean Adaptation Strategy; National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy; FY12 Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River, Tongass legislation; Siting and mitigation of renewable energy and effective mitigation on public lands; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines. COVERED OFFICIALS: Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Climate Change Advisor to the Chief, US Forest Service; Climate Change Coordinator, Fisheries Service, NOAA; National Climate Change Policy Advisor, Office of the Science Advisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
[No bill number yet] the Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2012 relating to conservation impact; Riders to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy, Clean Air Act regulations, Clean Air Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations and conservation measures including research; S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; Eco-regional assessments for energy siting; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wind siting and effective mitigation of renewable energy on public lands;Energy siting issues, Bureau of Land Managements Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, EA Pilots for energy, renewable energy development and Mojave Ecoregional Assessment; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; FY12 Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River andTongass legislation; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; Endangered Species Act, Section 4d Rules relating to Protective Regulations for tortoises; Smart from the Start Initiative Department of Interior wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable resource. COVERED OFFICIALS:Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Special Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior.
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; S1775 Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to the development of solar and wind energy on public land; Riders to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy, Clean Air Act regulations, Clean Air Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations and conservation measures including research; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wind siting and effective mitigation of renewable energy on public lands ; Various energy bills and legislation, including Reid energy bill, energy siting issues, Bureau of Land Managements Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, EA Pilots for energy, renewable energy development and Mojave Ecoregional Assessment; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; Mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones; Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River and Tongass legislation; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; COVERED OFFICIALS: Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Special Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior;
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; HR5541, FLAME Act; HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; and HR1454, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Chief, Division of Realty, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; HR5541, FLAME Act; HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; and HR1454, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Chief, Division of Realty, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR 5892, Water Resources Development Act with specific provisions relating to the Ohio River restoration Program, Long Island Sound Program Reauthorization, Stakeholder meeting regarding White House Council on Environmental Qualitys Revisions of Federal Water Resource Development Principles and Guidelines; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act), including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning, Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Ocean Trust Fund, and National Endowment for Oceans (NEO); S2859, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act; S2859 Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments Act of 2009; HR860 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; Discussion of Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Possible amendments to the Clean Water Act regarding Gulf of Mexico restoration funding; S1816, Chesapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in general, with focus on air pollution and setting standards for atmospheric deposition levels. Discussions on Reformation of the National Flood Insurance Protection Act, regarding conservation of natural areas as protective barriers; Discussions on Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief Policy and Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget;
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on the 2010 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Covered Officials Contacted: Program Associate Director, Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Principle Assistant Director, Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Chief of Tribal and Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2012 and 2013; S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; HR2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding; HR5541 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME), including specific provisions relating to integrated resource restoration, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (and specifically for the Alligator River Refuge), America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Oregon, conservation tax, Forest Service Budget, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration, and the creation of an Ocean Trust Fund; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Oceans Partnership, funding for Borderlands, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Sea Level Rise Tool, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal Fund, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity.HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09; Action on the FY11 United States Geological Survey, including specific provisions relating to climate research; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts FY09, FY10, and FY11, including specific provisions relating to Department of Interior funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service International programs, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Forest Service International Programs, the Multi-species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR), including specific provisions relating to Marine Spatial Planning (Sections 601-604), Ocean Trust Fund (Section 207-205) and the Gulf of Mexico (Title 5);S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide;S1214, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 (FLTFA). COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of Interior; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Congressional Affairs, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT. Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of Interior; Budget Analyst, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director of Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Natural Resources, Energy & Science, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner for Corps, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Policy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Forest Supervisor, United States Forest Services; Budget Examiner, State and Private Forestry, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior; Deputy Office Director, US Department of the Interior; Deputy assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management ;Assistant Director for Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Action on S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; HR5541, FLAME Act; HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; and HR1454, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Chief, Division of Realty, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR 5892, Water Resources Development Act with specific provisions relating to the Ohio River restoration Program, Long Island Sound Program Reauthorization, Stakeholder meeting regarding White House Council on Environmental Qualitys Revisions of Federal Water Resource Development Principles and Guidelines; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act), including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning, Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Ocean Trust Fund, and National Endowment for Oceans (NEO); S2859, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act; S2859 Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments Act of 2009; HR860 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; Discussion of Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Possible amendments to the Clean Water Act regarding Gulf of Mexico restoration funding; S1816, Chesapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in general, with focus on air pollution and setting standards for atmospheric deposition levels. Discussions on Reformation of the National Flood Insurance Protection Act, regarding conservation of natural areas as protective barriers; Discussions on Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief Policy and Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget;
Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; the Solar and Wind Energy Leasing Act of 2010; HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding; HR4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; and Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environmental and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture.
Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, renewable energy on public lands, forest impacts, of alternative energy facilities as addressed (i.e. solar and wind) including: Energy Policy Act, Salt River Project, Arizona, Energy by Design, Alternate Energy Bill and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee; S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, discussion draft generally, including specifically: Title II (emissions targets; cost containment; Parts D & E - domestic and international offset provisions, specifically to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation); Carbon Conservation Program; funding for activities to reduce emissions from deforestation and facilitate adaptation to climate change in developing countries; address climate change and reform US energy policy away from greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption; US energy policy for reduction of greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption; climate change assessment and information sharing specifically relating to the change in temperature and precipitation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, for the permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, issues with renewable energy siting, restoration funding and mitigation, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal Act, to curb carbon emissions; Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, for the development of recommendations for adapting to climate change impacts both domestically and internationally, including initiatives for: International Adaptation Strategy, National Ocean Adaptation Strategy, and National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy. S3072, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act, and the Environmental Protection Agencys authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases, and two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Adaptation Strategy to facilitate the development of a national, government-wide strategy to address climate impacts on fish, wildlife, plants and associated ecological processes; The Solar and Wind Energy Leasing Act of 2010 (pending introduction); S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, with specific provisions relating to a new framework and dedicated support to help people adapt to the impacts of a changing climate; HR 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009, generally, to authorize loans for supporting renewable biomass energy systems. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Director, Renewable Resources & Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, Legislative Affairs, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, United States Department of Interior; Director, Ecosystem Management, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; Climate Manager, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President; Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Executive Office of the President; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President.
Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on new energy and climate change legislation to be introduced by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman, including specific provisions relating to among other things the national security implications of climate change; HR 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; H.R. 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S. 1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, specific provisions related to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S. 2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S. 2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Assistant Director for Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management. Mark Kramer - Prior Gov't experience: Feb 1989-Dec 1990: Economist, Western Water issues, USDA Economic Research Service, Washington DC Jan 1991-Sept 1995: Program Examiner, Natural Resources Division, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President Feb 1997-Mar 2000: Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Cal Dooley, U.S. House of Representatives
Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S2747, Land Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009; Action on America's Great Outdoors Initiative including specific provisions relating to landscape scale conservation; Action on S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to the Oil Spill, climate change programs, and US energy policy for reduction of greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption, international climate change programs, climate change assessment and information sharing specifically relating to the change in temperature and precipitation, Title II Emissions Reduction from Reduced Deforestation Parts D&E domestic and international offset provisions, including specifically provisions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, renewable energy on public lands, forest impacts, alternative energy environmental implications and siting of alternative energy facilities as addressed (i.e. solar and wind) including: Energy Policy Act, Solar EIS, Energy by Design, Wyden Bill, Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, Alternate Energy Bill and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee;HR4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, with specific provisions relating to a new framework and dedicated support to help people adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, here in America;S1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009;S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act, including specific provisions to curb carbon emissions and return revenues to consumers, and permanent authorization for Land and Water Conservation Fund; S2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title III, international climate change adaptation; S2729, Clean Energy Partnership Act of 2009, specifically relating to Title II, Carbon Conservation Program; Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, for the development of recommendations for adapting to climate change impacts both domestically and internationally S3072, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act, and the Environmental Protection Agencys authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases, generally. Discussion on S1470, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009. CONTACTED COVERED OFFICIALS: Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Interior Strategic Planner, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Director, Renewable Resources & Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for the Rocky Mountains and Southwest, United States Department of Interior; Director, Legislative Affairs, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, United States Department of Interior; Director, Ecosystem Management, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Deputy Director, Council of Environmental Quality
Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; HR5541, FLAME Act; HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; and HR1454, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Chief, Division of Realty, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulation development for Quarantine 37 relating to importation restrictions of invasive plants from abroad; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restoration; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009, to conserve and restore Oregons eastside forests , increase old growth forest stands and trees, and mitigate the effects of climate change; Mojave Basin and Range Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA), regarding renewable energy in the Mojave desert, and the potential implications thereof for siting and mitigation of renewable energy on public lands; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003). S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11; Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement and potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; S2593/HR5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S1816, Cheasapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act within the Cardin Water Omnibus Bill; S1470 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009; S3587 Clean Energy, Community Investment, and Wildlife Conservation Act; HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Administrator, for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Director, Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, National Forest System, US Forest Service; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President; Acting State Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Policy, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Chief, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; President, United States.
Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulation development for Quarantine 37 relating to importation restrictions of invasive plants from abroad; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restoration; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009, to conserve and restore Oregons eastside forests , increase old growth forest stands and trees, and mitigate the effects of climate change; Mojave Basin and Range Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA), regarding renewable energy in the Mojave desert, and the potential implications thereof for siting and mitigation of renewable energy on public lands; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003). S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11; Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement and potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; S2593/HR5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S1816, Cheasapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act within the Cardin Water Omnibus Bill; S1470 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009; S3587 Clean Energy, Community Investment, and Wildlife Conservation Act; HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Administrator, for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Director, Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, National Forest System, US Forest Service; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President; Acting State Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Policy, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Chief, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; President, United States.
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; HR5541, FLAME Act; HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; and HR1454, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Chief, Division of Realty, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulation development for Quarantine 37 relating to importation restrictions of invasive plants from abroad; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restoration; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009, to conserve and restore Oregons eastside forests , increase old growth forest stands and trees, and mitigate the effects of climate change; Mojave Basin and Range Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA), regarding renewable energy in the Mojave desert, and the potential implications thereof for siting and mitigation of renewable energy on public lands; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003). S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11; Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement and potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; S2593/HR5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S1816, Cheasapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act within the Cardin Water Omnibus Bill; S1470 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009; S3587 Clean Energy, Community Investment, and Wildlife Conservation Act; HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Administrator, for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Director, Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, National Forest System, US Forest Service; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President; Acting State Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Policy, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Chief, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; President, United States.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2012 and 2013; S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; HR2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding; HR5541 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME), including specific provisions relating to integrated resource restoration, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (and specifically for the Alligator River Refuge), America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Oregon, conservation tax, Forest Service Budget, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration, and the creation of an Ocean Trust Fund; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Oceans Partnership, funding for Borderlands, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Sea Level Rise Tool, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal Fund, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity.HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09; Action on the FY11 United States Geological Survey, including specific provisions relating to climate research; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts FY09, FY10, and FY11, including specific provisions relating to Department of Interior funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service International programs, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Forest Service International Programs, the Multi-species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR), including specific provisions relating to Marine Spatial Planning (Sections 601-604), Ocean Trust Fund (Section 207-205) and the Gulf of Mexico (Title 5);S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide;S1214, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 (FLTFA). COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of Interior; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Congressional Affairs, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT. Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of Interior; Budget Analyst, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director of Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Natural Resources, Energy & Science, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner for Corps, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Policy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Forest Supervisor, United States Forest Services; Budget Examiner, State and Private Forestry, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior; Deputy Office Director, US Department of the Interior; Deputy assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management ;Assistant Director for Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Water Resources Development Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
Water Resources Development Act of 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR 5892, Water Resources Development Act with specific provisions relating to the Ohio River restoration Program, Long Island Sound Program Reauthorization, Stakeholder meeting regarding White House Council on Environmental Qualitys Revisions of Federal Water Resource Development Principles and Guidelines; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act), including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning, Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Ocean Trust Fund, and National Endowment for Oceans (NEO); S2859, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act; S2859 Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments Act of 2009; HR860 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; Discussion of Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Possible amendments to the Clean Water Act regarding Gulf of Mexico restoration funding; S1816, Chesapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in general, with focus on air pollution and setting standards for atmospheric deposition levels. Discussions on Reformation of the National Flood Insurance Protection Act, regarding conservation of natural areas as protective barriers; Discussions on Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief Policy and Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget;
Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR 5892, Water Resources Development Act with specific provisions relating to the Ohio River restoration Program, Long Island Sound Program Reauthorization, Stakeholder meeting regarding White House Council on Environmental Qualitys Revisions of Federal Water Resource Development Principles and Guidelines; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act), including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning, Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Ocean Trust Fund, and National Endowment for Oceans (NEO); S2859, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act; S2859 Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments Act of 2009; HR860 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; Discussion of Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Possible amendments to the Clean Water Act regarding Gulf of Mexico restoration funding; S1816, Chesapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in general, with focus on air pollution and setting standards for atmospheric deposition levels. Discussions on Reformation of the National Flood Insurance Protection Act, regarding conservation of natural areas as protective barriers; Discussions on Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief Policy and Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget;
Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on the 2010 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Covered Officials Contacted: Program Associate Director, Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Principle Assistant Director, Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Chief of Tribal and Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2012 and 2013; S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; HR2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding; HR5541 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME), including specific provisions relating to integrated resource restoration, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (and specifically for the Alligator River Refuge), America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Oregon, conservation tax, Forest Service Budget, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration, and the creation of an Ocean Trust Fund; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Oceans Partnership, funding for Borderlands, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Sea Level Rise Tool, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal Fund, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity.HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09; Action on the FY11 United States Geological Survey, including specific provisions relating to climate research; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts FY09, FY10, and FY11, including specific provisions relating to Department of Interior funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service International programs, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Forest Service International Programs, the Multi-species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR), including specific provisions relating to Marine Spatial Planning (Sections 601-604), Ocean Trust Fund (Section 207-205) and the Gulf of Mexico (Title 5);S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide;S1214, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 (FLTFA). COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of Interior; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Congressional Affairs, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT. Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of Interior; Budget Analyst, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director of Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Natural Resources, Energy & Science, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner for Corps, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Policy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Forest Supervisor, United States Forest Services; Budget Examiner, State and Private Forestry, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior; Deputy Office Director, US Department of the Interior; Deputy assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management ;Assistant Director for Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR 5892, Water Resources Development Act with specific provisions relating to the Ohio River restoration Program, Long Island Sound Program Reauthorization, Stakeholder meeting regarding White House Council on Environmental Qualitys Revisions of Federal Water Resource Development Principles and Guidelines; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act), including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning, Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Ocean Trust Fund, and National Endowment for Oceans (NEO); S2859, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act; S2859 Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments Act of 2009; HR860 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; Discussion of Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Possible amendments to the Clean Water Act regarding Gulf of Mexico restoration funding; S1816, Chesapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in general, with focus on air pollution and setting standards for atmospheric deposition levels. Discussions on Reformation of the National Flood Insurance Protection Act, regarding conservation of natural areas as protective barriers; Discussions on Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief Policy and Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget;
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2012 and 2013; S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; HR2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding; HR5541 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME), including specific provisions relating to integrated resource restoration, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (and specifically for the Alligator River Refuge), America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Oregon, conservation tax, Forest Service Budget, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration, and the creation of an Ocean Trust Fund; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Oceans Partnership, funding for Borderlands, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Sea Level Rise Tool, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal Fund, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity.HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09; Action on the FY11 United States Geological Survey, including specific provisions relating to climate research; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts FY09, FY10, and FY11, including specific provisions relating to Department of Interior funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service International programs, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Forest Service International Programs, the Multi-species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR), including specific provisions relating to Marine Spatial Planning (Sections 601-604), Ocean Trust Fund (Section 207-205) and the Gulf of Mexico (Title 5);S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide;S1214, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 (FLTFA). COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of Interior; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Congressional Affairs, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT. Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of Interior; Budget Analyst, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director of Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Natural Resources, Energy & Science, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner for Corps, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Policy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Forest Supervisor, United States Forest Services; Budget Examiner, State and Private Forestry, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior; Deputy Office Director, US Department of the Interior; Deputy assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management ;Assistant Director for Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2011 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Action Plans, Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon; the 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and land and water conservation fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; The 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, coral reef conservation programs, and marine spatial planning; 2011 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; and support of S. 2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Readiness; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Under Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Fire, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, BLM, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Recovery Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; and Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
Action on S3454/HR5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2011 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to United States Geological Survey funding for research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Americas Great Outdoors, Forest Legacy projects, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Action Plans, Refuge Operations and Maintenance, migratory bird programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon; the 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; the 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; the 2011 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; S3516, Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Act projects; and support of S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, United States Army; Rear Admiral, Department of the Navy; Deputy Director, Department of the Navy; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Readiness, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense Liaison to the Department of the Interior; Rear Admiral, Oceanographer of the Navy; Rear Admiral, Director, Energy and Environmental Readiness, United States Navy; Major General, Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director, Climate Policy, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Lands and Realty, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, renewable energy on public lands, forest impacts, of alternative energy facilities as addressed (i.e. solar and wind) including: Energy Policy Act, Salt River Project, Arizona, Energy by Design, Alternate Energy Bill and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee; S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, discussion draft generally, including specifically: Title II (emissions targets; cost containment; Parts D & E - domestic and international offset provisions, specifically to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation); Carbon Conservation Program; funding for activities to reduce emissions from deforestation and facilitate adaptation to climate change in developing countries; address climate change and reform US energy policy away from greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption; US energy policy for reduction of greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption; climate change assessment and information sharing specifically relating to the change in temperature and precipitation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, for the permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, issues with renewable energy siting, restoration funding and mitigation, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal Act, to curb carbon emissions; Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, for the development of recommendations for adapting to climate change impacts both domestically and internationally, including initiatives for: International Adaptation Strategy, National Ocean Adaptation Strategy, and National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy. S3072, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act, and the Environmental Protection Agencys authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases, and two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Adaptation Strategy to facilitate the development of a national, government-wide strategy to address climate impacts on fish, wildlife, plants and associated ecological processes; The Solar and Wind Energy Leasing Act of 2010 (pending introduction); S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, with specific provisions relating to a new framework and dedicated support to help people adapt to the impacts of a changing climate; HR 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009, generally, to authorize loans for supporting renewable biomass energy systems. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Director, Renewable Resources & Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, Legislative Affairs, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, United States Department of Interior; Director, Ecosystem Management, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; Climate Manager, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President; Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Executive Office of the President; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2014 · second_quarter · Q2
S2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes;S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, with advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart developments to promote energy conservation; S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plans (Planning 2.0) to improve BLMs management of public lands and resouces for consistency with federal, local, tribal and state laws, policies and plans; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2014 · first_quarter · Q1
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;H.R. 596/ S. 279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; HR 3826, Electricity Secuirty and Affordability Act, to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations, re-authorization and expansion of MERCNET to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystem sand their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transporation Bill and Budget riders, including energy, Clean Air Act regualtions, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Gateway West, offsite mitigation and oil and gas issues; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones, Sage Grouse coordination, and Offshore Renewable Energy Siting; [no bill number] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seismic testing, wind leasing and siting, applying the mitigation hierarchy in a marine environment, implementing Department of Interior Secretary Order on mitigation;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2013 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S.279 and HR. 596, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S. 630, Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act (FAIR) Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; Bureau of Land Management offsite mitigation guidance; Secretarial Order 3330 for landscape level mitigation;
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, implementation of Conservation Title programs which funds voluntary easement programs, including amendments: 2438 Conservation Crop Insurance, 2313-Forest Legacy, 2293-to impose an adjusted gross income cap for conservation projects, 2291-to eliminate International Forestry Programs at the U.S. Forest Service, 2292-to eliminate the Urban and Community Forestry (U & CF) program, and 2371- to expand the Forest Legacy program, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title, Forestry Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; H.R. 1947/H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Forestry Titles; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; A bill to provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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2013 · third_quarter · Q3
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; S630, FAIR Act including specific provisions relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Revenue. H.R. 596, S.279, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S1273, Fair Act of 2013, revenue sharing legislation for energy development; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish Transportation Bill and Budget riders, including energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting; [No bill number yet] Regulatory guidance on Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MAP21; Bureau of Land Management, regulation on hydro-fracking; Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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2013 · second_quarter · Q2
HR.1080 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and Title 10, U.S. Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs (10 USC 670c-1, 10 USC 2684a), and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers) and remove the current 2015 expiration date, and allocation of funds for LWCF; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act - a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and remove the current 2015 expiration date; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitat Coalition proposed bill for the coordination and funding of on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state program. US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases; [bills without numbers yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorize the National Fish Habitat Action Plan and provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, resolution of appraisal issues for Forest Legacy Program, Allocation of funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2013; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund;
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2013 · first_quarter · Q1
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting;S.279 and HR. 596, Public Land Renewable Energy Act of 2013; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; [no bill number yet], Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; [no bill number yet] bills relating to energy siting
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
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2012 · first_quarter · 1A
The Environmental Protection Agencys analysis on plant species proposed as biofuel crops to determine how well those crops will meet biofuel needs and inclusion of the proposed crop's potential to be invasive in this analysis. Farm Bill; S1775 Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to the development of solar and wind energy on forest service land; Solar Energy Development Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Bureau of Land Managements sage grouse Environmental Impact Statement; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; COVERED OFFICIALS: Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service; Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; S3254, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, energy provisions. HR3391, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; [No Bill Number]: Legislation to establish, expand or replenish (from various budget and other riders) energy, Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director, Bureau of Land management; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Division Chief, National Landscapes Conservation System, Bureau of Land Management; Division Chief, Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bureau of Land Management;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
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2012 · second_quarter · Q2
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; S1775 Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to the development of solar and wind energy on forest service land; Solar Energy Development Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and the Bureau of Land Managements sage grouse Environmental Impact Statement and Sunzia transmission line; COVERED OFFICIALS: Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; International Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director, International Interagency Programs, US Corps of Engineers; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Renewable Resources Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service; Deputy Secretary of the Interior;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2012 · first_quarter · Q1
The Environmental Protection Agencys analysis on plant species proposed as biofuel crops to determine how well those crops will meet biofuel needs and inclusion of the proposed crop's potential to be invasive in this analysis. Farm Bill; S1775 Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to the development of solar and wind energy on forest service land; Solar Energy Development Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Bureau of Land Managements sage grouse Environmental Impact Statement; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; COVERED OFFICIALS: Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service; Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
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2011 · fourth_quarter · Q4
HR1540/S1253, FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues related to Department of Defense energy programs, and issues related to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, specific provisions relating to conservation; 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011; S3635 FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding in the Army Corps of Engineers; HR 3672, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 relating to the inclusion of language to restrict funding of the Corps implementation of new Principles and Guidelines in FY12; P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011 with regard to conservation funding; PL 84-99 Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act relating to the use of non-structural flood control; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Agriculture draft appropriations bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; H.R. 1 FY12 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, including Hells Canyon and Table Rock, funding for Forest Legacy, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs, Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, and Big Creek; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY12 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; Agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; [No bill number] Draft FY12 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, relating to the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds, Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including appropriations for 2012 and 2013 Land and Water Conservation Fund in the 2012 Budget; Draft FY12 Presidents budget for the United States Forest Service, relating to funding for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, stewardship contracting reauthorization, and the US Forest Service and Department of Interior budget for Hazardous Fuels Reduction and State Fire Assistance programs; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts, existing funds within National Resources Conservation Service or the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration; Draft Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation Funding in 2012 and 2013 and in the Budget Control Act process and in the 2012 regular budget through the 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Bill for a wide variety of programs with the primary purpose to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including the Conservation title of Farm Bill; Draft 2012 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund and North America Wetlands Conservation Act projects and support for the Land Water Conservation Fund; Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for various conservation programs in various agencies, Appropriations for Energy and Water Development Discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012; Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in New York; Provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE; Draft Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Draft Energy and Water Appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; Global Conservation Act of 2012 for a global conservation strategy by the US Government; US Corps of Engineers approach to Great Rivers Program, Sustainable Rivers Program, Flood recovery and non-structural solutions, and opportunities to redesign the budget process. COVERED OFFICIALS:Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT: Advisor, Department of Interior, Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Major General, Deputy Commanding General, Civil Works and Emergency Preparedness, US Army Corps of Engineers; Commander of the Northwestern Division, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Major General, Deputy Commanding General and Army Deputy, Chief of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers.
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2011 · third_quarter · Q3
HR1540/S1253 The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues relating to Department of Defense energy programs, conservation and issues relating to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, including specific provisions relating to conservation; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S1265 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011; HR5850 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to conservation funding, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and wild and scenic rivers, Forest Legacy (USDA) and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization and expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; [NO BILL NUMBER YET] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization, including specific provisions relating to the Conservation Title and funding for specific conservation programs; Forest Landscape Restoration relating to adopting a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration projects; US Department of Agricultures Northern Everglades Wetland Restoration Project, specifically relating to easements with ranchers; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Research Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps of Engineers Sustainable Rivers projects and authorization in the Water Development Act, Integrated Resource Restoration Initiative, the Klamath Basin Agreement, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs (especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget; Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality, ecological restoration; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including Conservation Title of Farm Bill; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of Appropriations for conservation programs; Appropriations for FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; CON. RES 34. PCS, establishing a budget for the FY12 Fiscal Year and appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013-2021; FY13 Presidents Budget for Americas Great Outdoors Funding, flood control projects, ecological restoration and Corps of Engineers appropriations; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation Funding; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT.: Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Restoration Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense Special Advisor, Department of Interior
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
[No bill number yet] The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program relating to energy, conservation, climate change and climate change adaptation; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Program and Research Program; US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; FY11 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding; FY12 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development relating to S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011 and conservation provisions; H.R. 1 FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs ( including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps Sustainable Rivers projects, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs ( especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget;Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; H.AMDT.33 and 121 to HR1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 regarding funding for the Klamath Dam Removal and Sediment Study; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding $40 million for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality (Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration);Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment. Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; H.R. 1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY 2011 (balance) - Appropriations for the Department of Defense and other Agencies , various riders regarding the Environmental Protection Agency authority and other regulatory issues and Partial Continuing Resolution for extending negotiating time.; [Budget Bills without numbers yet] - FY11 & FY12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012 Appropriations Legislation for Land and Water Conservation Fund (Including specific provisions relating to Forest Legacy within US Department of Agriculture) and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for conservation programs; FY11 & FY12 Energy and Water Appropriations, including Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation funding. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense;Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONT: Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture;; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2011 · first_quarter · Q1
HR 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; HR 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; HR 1, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, including Hells Canyon and Table Rock; funding for Forest Legacy; Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; State and Tribal Wildlife Grants; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program; Farm Bill conservation programs; NOOA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs; NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, including Big Creek; funding for Commerce Justice and Science appropriations; Americorps; Army Corps Sustainable Rivers projects, and the Integrated Resource Restoration Initiative; the Klamath Basin agreement; sustainable Rivers Program authorization in Water Development Act; EPA and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs; Department of Interior climate adaptation programs; Water Resources Development Acts funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies FY11 and FY12 Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels; FY11 & FY 12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Land and Water Conservation Fund, including Forest Legacy (USDA); Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2013 misc expenditure issues under the USDA; Funding for Stott Property (Parker Fish & Wildlife Refuge), Newbury, MA, existing funds within USFWS budget; Funding for Mill River, MA, existing funds within NRCS or NOAA Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI); the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, specific provisions relating to conservation; Various legislative concepts on Advancing government policies to adopt a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration projects; U.S. Department of Agriculture appropriations bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for two US Department of Agriculture Forest Service programs; the Forest Health Protection program and Research program, Forest Legacy, wild and scenic rivers; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to Land Water Conservation Fund and North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects; FY11 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding; FY12 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development relating to S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011; USA Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management, Forest Investment Account (FIA) funding; H.AMDT.33 and 121 to HR1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 regarding funding for the Klamath Dam Removal and Sediment Study; Various environmental riders to HR1 (amendments #89, 149, 180, 288, 291, 292, 348, 378, 466, and sections 1535, 1746); appropriations for international climate change activities, including Sustainable Landscapes funding, adaptation/climate resilience, biodiversity; appropriations for domestic adaptation programs, including NOAA climate center. Specific programs include: USAID Development Assistance, Tropical Forest Conservation Act budget authority, Global Environmental Facility, Climate Investment Funds, ESF, Least Developed Country Fund, Special Climate Change Fund, UNFCCC funding; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING: The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues related to Department of Defense energy programs, and issues related to climate change and climate change adaptation; Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, including specific provisions for funding and procedures within the Department of Interior and the Department of Homeland Security relating to mitigation for the impacts of border security measure; FY12 Presidents budget relating to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest ; international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including especially REDD+/sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding. COVERED OFFICIALS:COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense;, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Airforce; COVERED OFFICIALS CONT... Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; US Forest Service Director of Lands, USDA; Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA; Deputy Chief National Forest System, USDA Forest Service; Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; US Department of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Land Ownership Adjustment, USFS; Land Acquisition Program Manager, USFS; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; Associate Chief; USFS; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2010 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulation development for Quarantine 37 relating to importation restrictions of invasive plants from abroad; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restoration; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009, to conserve and restore Oregons eastside forests , increase old growth forest stands and trees, and mitigate the effects of climate change; Mojave Basin and Range Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA), regarding renewable energy in the Mojave desert, and the potential implications thereof for siting and mitigation of renewable energy on public lands; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003). S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11; Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement and potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; S2593/HR5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S1816, Cheasapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act within the Cardin Water Omnibus Bill; S1470 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009; S3587 Clean Energy, Community Investment, and Wildlife Conservation Act; HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Administrator, for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Director, Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, National Forest System, US Forest Service; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President; Acting State Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Policy, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Chief, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; President, United States.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2010 · third_quarter · Q3
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2010 · second_quarter · Q2
Action on S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; HR5541, FLAME Act; HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; and HR1454, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, United States Forest Service; Chief, Division of Realty, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2010 · first_quarter · Q1
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Action on the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon, and Savannah River Comprehensive Water Resources Study; H.R. 2647/S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; H.R. 2892/S. 1298, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; HR 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; The 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding, NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; funding for the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. Con. Res. 70, Budget resolution for the US Government for FY2010 through 2013; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and land and water conservation fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; and support of S. 2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Civil Works Programs Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Management and Budget, United States Army; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Policy Associate Director, General Government Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resource Division, Office of Management and Budget; Commerce Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, OMB; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief Scientist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy and Environment, Department of Treasury; and the Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · third_quarter · Q3
Action on S. 22/H.R. 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009; S. 2593/H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; H.R. 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; and H.R. 3086, Global Wildlife Conservation Coordination and Enhancement Act of 2009. Covered Officials contacted: Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counsel to Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Program Examiner, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Regional Director (NE), US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Fish and Wildlife Service; USFWS Deputy Director for Operations; USFWS Deputy Director for Policy; and Director, Office of External Affairs, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · first_quarter · 1A
Action on H.R. 1533/S.843, To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program; H.R.1534/S. 906, To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes; S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, climate adaptation strategy and grants; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership; administrative action to review introduction of non-native oysters into the Chesapeake Bay; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered officials contacted: Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
Action on S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title IV Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Title II Sabinosos Wilderness, and acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act, including specific provisions relating to fire suppression emergency funding; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation and Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; H.R. 860, To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; Proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; In conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, met with Senate and House staff to promote conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX; Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act; Develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and administrative implementation of NOAAs consultation authorities/responsibilities related to possible impacts to fishery resource, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other NOAA trust resources due to upcoming build up of US Department of Defense on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. Covered officials contacted: Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; National Fire Plan Director, Department of Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire and Aviation Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · second_quarter · Q2
Action on proposed legislation to authorize marine spatial planning, specific provisions relating to siting renewable energy facilities and traditional energy offshore and provide for appropriate marine conservation; Energy by Design mitigation planning for Mojave; proposed House energy legislation, with specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; S. 536, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass; S. 636, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; H.R. 1190, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009; Greenhouse Cap and Trade legislation; and H.R. 2454/H.R. 2998, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, forest carbon offsets, cost containment, renewable biomass, international trade, level of emission reductions, and land acquisition funding. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Energy Policy Team Management, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Office of the President; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, Office of the President; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, Science, and the Arts, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Environment Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Chief of Staff; Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Commerce; and Legislative Affairs Specialist, Department of Commerce.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · first_quarter · Q1
Action on S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title IV Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Title II Sabinosos Wilderness, and acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act, including specific provisions relating to fire suppression emergency funding; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation and Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; H.R. 860, To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; Proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; In conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, met with Senate and House staff to promote conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX; Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act; Develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and administrative implementation of NOAAs consultation authorities/responsibilities related to possible impacts to fishery resource, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other NOAA trust resources due to upcoming build up of US Department of Defense on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. Covered officials contacted: Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; National Fire Plan Director, Department of Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire and Aviation Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Action on H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Field; Energy by Design mitigation planning for Mojave; S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008; H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans; H. R. ___, House Climate Change Discussion Draft; H.R. 6899, The Comprehensive Americans Energy and Consumer Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to revenues from oil and gas royalties; and the Western Climate Initiative. Covered Officials Contacted: Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · third_quarter · Q3
Action on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to the Regional Water Enhancement Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Wetland Reserve Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, easement grant programs, and funding for Sage Grouse; S. 36, To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes; S.54, To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote local and regional support for sustainable bioenergy and biobased products, to support the future of farming, forestry, and land management, to develop and support local bioenergy, biobased products, and food systems, and for other purposes; S.1242, To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to producers of experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops; and S.1403, Farm-to-Fuel Investment Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to providing incentives for the production of bioenergy crops. Covered Officials Contacted: Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, Farm Service Agency, US Department of Agriculture;Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture;Chief Economist, US Department of Agriculture Assistant Director, Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; and Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior.
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2008 · second_quarter · Q2
Action on S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land; Washington County Lands Bill; Jonah and Wamsutta mitigation projects; Conservation Learning Network status and budget; Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; S. 1498/H.R. 2964, Captive Primate Safety Act; H.R. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act (REPAIR); Wildland Fire Leadership Council Meeting; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; National Fish Habitat Initiative Implementation, funding and legislation; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 6 Program Implementation; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; H.R. 247, To designate a forest service trail at Waldo Lake in the Williamette National Forest in the state of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007; H.R. 1949, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program and revisions to the guidelines for NOAAs Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program; the revision of Quarantine-37. Covered Officials Contacted: Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital; Performance and Partnerships, DOI; Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Acting Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant, Programs and Budget, DOI; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Water, DOI; and Acting Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fishery Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · first_quarter · Q1
Action on S. 1139, National Landscape Conservation System Act, including specific provisions relating to Cal Desert; Fire Regime Condition Class as a performance measure for the Bureau of Land Management; Jonah and Wamsutta mitigation projects; Conservation Learning Network status and budget; S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species, the Great Basin Restoration Initiative; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land; Washington County Lands Bill; H.R. 1600, EAT Healthy America Act including specific provisions relating to invasive species; H.R. 658, Natural Resource Protection Cooperate Agreement Act; Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; S. 1498/H.R. 2964, Captive Primate Safety Act; H.R. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act (REPAIR); National Invasive Species Act reauthorization; Wildland Fire Leadership Council Meeting; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; National Fish Habitat Initiative Implementation, funding and legislation; S. 1579, Coastal Zone Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2007; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 6 Program Implementation; Western Land acquisition and easement priorities; Sage Grouse Court Decisions and Implementation of a Department of Interior wide policy for sage grouse and overlap with TNCs ongoing healthy rangeland work; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico; Implementation of Endangered Species Act, including specific provisions relating to protection of listed corals; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; S. 1930, Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the prevention of illegal logging practices; H.R. 247, To designate a forest service trail at Waldo Lake in the Williamette National Forest in the state of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; and the revision of Quarantine-37. Covered Officials Contacted: Secretary of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary for Marketing, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fisheries Office, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Counsel to the Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Director, Bird Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management; Director of Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Director, Great Basin Restoration Initiative, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, Council for Environmental Quality; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Acting Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, The National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · year_end · YA
Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, United States Geological Survey funding for water management, invasive weed management at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to funding to assist fish and wildlife adaptation to climate change (sections 4701 and 4702), trading of forest carbon offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaptation, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program;
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · year_end · YY
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to funding to assist fish and wildlife adaptation to climate change (sections 4701 and 4702), trading of forest carbon offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaptation, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program;
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to conservation, forestry, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, funding for Sage Grouse, conservation programs including the Environmental Quality Incentive Program,
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · mid_year · MM
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to alternative energy sources, biomass fuels, ranchland protection, the Great Lakes basin, the Grassland Reserve Program, land use protection, forest protection, the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, cost-share assistance for natural disaster restoration for forestland owners, and funding for healthy forest reserves.
S. Res. 30, Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments; S. 1766, Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007; S. 357, Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act; H.R. 1506, Fuel Economy Reform Act; and S. 1419/H.R. 6, Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007. Action on H.R. 2337, Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to landscape planning efforts and wildlife corridors exemption from categorical exclusions for oil/gas development; H.R. 2701, Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007; S. 317, Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007; S. 280, Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007;
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2006 · year_end · YY
projects, coastal wetland grants, state wildlife grants, wild land fire programs, fire borrowing issues, and international programs; HR 5122/ S 2766, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007; HR 5631, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Range and Environmental Protection Initiative, Sikes Act Grants on military bases, and the Department of Defense Legacy Grant Program; HR 5672, Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funding; HR 5576, Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, including specific provisions relating to Transportation, System, and Community Preservation; HR 5427, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007; HR 5384, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, the Wildlife Incentive Habitat Program, the Emerging Plant Pest Program, Forest Health Protection Program, and Quarantine 37 revision; HR 2419, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers funding; and HR 5522, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007, including specific provisions relating to biodiversity programs, Tropical Forest Conservation Act funding, and Parks in Peril funding. Action on HR 5386, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, including specific provisions relating to Environmental Protection Agency funding, Forest Legacy projects, Land and Water Conservation Fund
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2005 · year_end · YY
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2003 · year_end · YY
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2002 · mid_year · MM
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land Water Conservation Fund, forest legacy and wild and scenic rivers); HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi ; HR3365, S.714, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; S.826/HR1907, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; [No bill number yet] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; S.1201, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Executive Order specifying agency actions to enhance and improve mitigation. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Counsel to the Chair, House Natural Resources Committee; Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management.
S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; S1775 Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to the development of solar and wind energy on public land; Riders to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy, Clean Air Act regulations, Clean Air Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations and conservation measures including research; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wind siting and effective mitigation of renewable energy on public lands ; Various energy bills and legislation, including Reid energy bill, energy siting issues, Bureau of Land Managements Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, EA Pilots for energy, renewable energy development and Mojave Ecoregional Assessment; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; Mitigation strategies for Solar Energy Zones; Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River and Tongass legislation; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; COVERED OFFICIALS: Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Special Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
[No bill number yet] the Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2012 relating to conservation impact; Riders to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy, Clean Air Act regulations, Clean Air Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations and conservation measures including research; S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; Eco-regional assessments for energy siting; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wind siting and effective mitigation of renewable energy on public lands;Energy siting issues, Bureau of Land Managements Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, EA Pilots for energy, renewable energy development and Mojave Ecoregional Assessment; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; FY12 Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River andTongass legislation; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; Endangered Species Act, Section 4d Rules relating to Protective Regulations for tortoises; Smart from the Start Initiative Department of Interior wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable resource. COVERED OFFICIALS:Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Special Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Rider to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy conservation measures including research; S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wing siting and public lands mitigation; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; H. AMDT.378 Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force; National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy; USG International Adaptation Strategy; National Ocean Adaptation Strategy; National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy; FY12 Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River, Tongass legislation; Siting and mitigation of renewable energy and effective mitigation on public lands; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines. COVERED OFFICIALS: Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Climate Change Advisor to the Chief, US Forest Service; Climate Change Coordinator, Fisheries Service, NOAA; National Climate Change Policy Advisor, Office of the Science Advisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Americas Great Outdoors initiative for conservation in the U.S. consisting primarily of new ways to organize, coordinate and use existing conservation programs; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization, particularly the Conservation Title; Rulemakings and other policy directives by US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, including regulations governing imports of live plants ("Q-37" regulation"), imports of wood packaging (e.g., crates and pallets), imports of craft and decor items made from wood or bamboo (all APHIS) and the proposed amendment to US Forest Service planning regulations; US Department of Agriculture support for acquiring and restoring Mississippi River floodplain in the wake of historic floods; S220, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act of 2011; Tongass National Forest plan to resolve longstanding land use conflicts; Rulemaking, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Plan. COVERED OFFICIALS: Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, USDA; Associate Director, CEQ; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA, Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; USFS, Legislative Affairs; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Advisor, Climate Change, US Department of Agriculture; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief National Forest System, USDA Forest Service; Assistant Regional Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture; State Conservationist, Florida, Natural Resources Conservation Services, US Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
S.268,Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2011, including provisions relating to the establishment of the Montana Forest Jobs and Restoration Pilot Initiative for the authorization of forest and watershed restoration projects and other land management projects on certain eligible lands within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests in Montana to achieve the specified purposes of the Initiative and specified performance requirements; S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011; HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING Land Water Conservation Fund, including specific provisions for a security initiative; Americas Great Outdoors, including funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, Including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Renewal of Fire Landscape and People agreement; Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Forest Health Inspection, USFS; Everglades Restoration Initiatives, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget; Acting Associate Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Deputy Chief USFS; Associate Chief, USFS; Director of National Forest Systems, USFS; Assistant Director for Wildlife, USFS; Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, USFS; Deputy Assistant for law enforcement, security and emergency management, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Adaptation, Council on Environmnetal Quality; Associate Director for Natural Resources Energy and Science, Office of Budget and Manangement.
HR 97 Free Industry Act and HR 153 Ensuring Affordable Energy Act; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING: The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources: environmental and flood protection; Environmental Protection Agencys authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogen included in HR 1 Full Year Appropriations Act 2011;Clean Water Act, relating specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicat4ed to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; Various riders to HR 1 that would deplete conservation funding, including bills to re-enforce total maximum daily loads standards and authority, potential ballast water and aquatic invasive species; Various Water legislation including Chesapeake Bay, Bay Delta, Puget Sound near shore recovery, Klamath settlement, Upper and Lower Colorado River recovery programs and Water Resources Development Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers;, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Acting Assistant Director, CEQ; Chief of Staff, Interior Department; Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Interior; Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, DOI; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, renewable energy on public lands, forest impacts, of alternative energy facilities as addressed (i.e. solar and wind) including: Energy Policy Act, Salt River Project, Arizona, Energy by Design, Alternate Energy Bill and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee; S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, discussion draft generally, including specifically: Title II (emissions targets; cost containment; Parts D & E - domestic and international offset provisions, specifically to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation); Carbon Conservation Program; funding for activities to reduce emissions from deforestation and facilitate adaptation to climate change in developing countries; address climate change and reform US energy policy away from greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption; US energy policy for reduction of greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption; climate change assessment and information sharing specifically relating to the change in temperature and precipitation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, for the permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, issues with renewable energy siting, restoration funding and mitigation, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal Act, to curb carbon emissions; Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, for the development of recommendations for adapting to climate change impacts both domestically and internationally, including initiatives for: International Adaptation Strategy, National Ocean Adaptation Strategy, and National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy. S3072, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act, and the Environmental Protection Agencys authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases, and two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Adaptation Strategy to facilitate the development of a national, government-wide strategy to address climate impacts on fish, wildlife, plants and associated ecological processes; The Solar and Wind Energy Leasing Act of 2010 (pending introduction); S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, with specific provisions relating to a new framework and dedicated support to help people adapt to the impacts of a changing climate; HR 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009, generally, to authorize loans for supporting renewable biomass energy systems. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Director, Renewable Resources & Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, Legislative Affairs, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, United States Department of Interior; Director, Ecosystem Management, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; Climate Manager, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President; Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Executive Office of the President; Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Quality; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Executive Office of the President; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President.
HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR 5892, Water Resources Development Act with specific provisions relating to the Ohio River restoration Program, Long Island Sound Program Reauthorization, Stakeholder meeting regarding White House Council on Environmental Qualitys Revisions of Federal Water Resource Development Principles and Guidelines; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act), including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning, Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Ocean Trust Fund, and National Endowment for Oceans (NEO); S2859, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act; S2859 Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments Act of 2009; HR860 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; Discussion of Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Possible amendments to the Clean Water Act regarding Gulf of Mexico restoration funding; S1816, Chesapeake Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in general, with focus on air pollution and setting standards for atmospheric deposition levels. Discussions on Reformation of the National Flood Insurance Protection Act, regarding conservation of natural areas as protective barriers; Discussions on Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief Policy and Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget;
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;
Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2012 and 2013; S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; HR2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding; HR5541 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME), including specific provisions relating to integrated resource restoration, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (and specifically for the Alligator River Refuge), America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Oregon, conservation tax, Forest Service Budget, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration, and the creation of an Ocean Trust Fund; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Oceans Partnership, funding for Borderlands, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Sea Level Rise Tool, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal Fund, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity.HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY10, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09; Action on the FY11 United States Geological Survey, including specific provisions relating to climate research; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts FY09, FY10, and FY11, including specific provisions relating to Department of Interior funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service International programs, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, United States Forest Service International Programs, the Multi-species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR), including specific provisions relating to Marine Spatial Planning (Sections 601-604), Ocean Trust Fund (Section 207-205) and the Gulf of Mexico (Title 5);S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide;S1214, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 (FLTFA). COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of Interior; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Congressional Affairs, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT. Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of Interior; Budget Analyst, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director of Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Natural Resources, Energy & Science, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner for Corps, Office of Management and Budget; Director of Policy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Forest Supervisor, United States Forest Services; Budget Examiner, State and Private Forestry, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior; Deputy Office Director, US Department of the Interior; Deputy assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management ;Assistant Director for Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
S2747, Land Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009; Action on America's Great Outdoors Initiative including specific provisions relating to landscape scale conservation; Action on S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to the Oil Spill, climate change programs, and US energy policy for reduction of greenhouse gas producing fossil fuel consumption, international climate change programs, climate change assessment and information sharing specifically relating to the change in temperature and precipitation, Title II Emissions Reduction from Reduced Deforestation Parts D&E domestic and international offset provisions, including specifically provisions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, renewable energy on public lands, forest impacts, alternative energy environmental implications and siting of alternative energy facilities as addressed (i.e. solar and wind) including: Energy Policy Act, Solar EIS, Energy by Design, Wyden Bill, Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, Alternate Energy Bill and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee;HR4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, with specific provisions relating to a new framework and dedicated support to help people adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, here in America;S1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009;S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act, including specific provisions to curb carbon emissions and return revenues to consumers, and permanent authorization for Land and Water Conservation Fund; S2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title III, international climate change adaptation; S2729, Clean Energy Partnership Act of 2009, specifically relating to Title II, Carbon Conservation Program; Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, for the development of recommendations for adapting to climate change impacts both domestically and internationally S3072, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act, and the Environmental Protection Agencys authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases, generally. Discussion on S1470, Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009. CONTACTED COVERED OFFICIALS: Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, United States Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Interior Strategic Planner, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Director, Renewable Resources & Planning, Bureau of Land Management; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for the Rocky Mountains and Southwest, United States Department of Interior; Director, Legislative Affairs, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, United States Department of Interior; Director, Ecosystem Management, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Deputy Director, Council of Environmental Quality
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; the Solar and Wind Energy Leasing Act of 2010; HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding; HR4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; and Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environmental and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture.
Action on S3454/HR5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2011 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to United States Geological Survey funding for research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Americas Great Outdoors, Forest Legacy projects, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Action Plans, Refuge Operations and Maintenance, migratory bird programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon; the 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; the 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery; the 2011 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; HR2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; HR3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; S3516, Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Act projects; and support of S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, United States Army; Rear Admiral, Department of the Navy; Deputy Director, Department of the Navy; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Readiness, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense Liaison to the Department of the Interior; Rear Admiral, Oceanographer of the Navy; Rear Admiral, Director, Energy and Environmental Readiness, United States Navy; Major General, Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Climate Manager, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director, Climate Policy, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Lands and Realty, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Action on the 2010 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Covered Officials Contacted: Program Associate Director, Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Principle Assistant Director, Natural Resources, Office of Management and Budget; Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Chief of Tribal and Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
Action on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2011 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Action Plans, Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon; the 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and land and water conservation fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; The 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, coral reef conservation programs, and marine spatial planning; 2011 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; and support of S. 2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Readiness; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Under Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Fire, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, BLM, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Recovery Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; and Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Action on new energy and climate change legislation to be introduced by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman, including specific provisions relating to among other things the national security implications of climate change; HR 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; H.R. 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S. 1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, specific provisions related to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S. 2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S. 2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Assistant Director for Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management. Mark Kramer - Prior Gov't experience: Feb 1989-Dec 1990: Economist, Western Water issues, USDA Economic Research Service, Washington DC Jan 1991-Sept 1995: Program Examiner, Natural Resources Division, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President Feb 1997-Mar 2000: Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Cal Dooley, U.S. House of Representatives
Action on S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act; the 2010 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; impending Congressional resolutions and potential appropriations riders to block Clean Air Act regulatory authority; S. 2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered Officials Contacted: Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Principal Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Director, US Geological Survey; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
Action on HR 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; H.R. 1190, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, forest carbon offsets, cost containment, renewable biomass, international trade, level of emission reductions, international trade, and land acquisition funding; proposed legislation for planning and implementation of coastal adaptation to climate change; S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs, adaptation, reducing global warming pollution, and disposition of allowances; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; definition of biomass; S. 1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; and S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Biomass Program Director, Department of Energy; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior; and Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; S. 2593/H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and Herring River Restoration. Covered Officials Contacted: Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counsel to Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director of Lands, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; and Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture.
Action on S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act, including specific provisions relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment; regulation on mercury emissions; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation; HR 860/S 2859, Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the conservation of coral reefs; and Executive Order 13508, Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration, specific provisions related to oyster reef restoration. Covered Officials Contacted: Principal Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Water and Power Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Oceans and Coastal Activities Coordination Director, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Science Advisor, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Ocean and Coastal Protection Division, Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental Protection Agency; Chief, Leasing Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Director, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental Protection Agency.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
Action on H.R. 2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Savannah River Comprehensive Water Resources Study; H.R. 2647/S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; H.R. 2892/S. 1298, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; H.R. 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests, and pathogens; H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; funding for the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. Con. Res. 70, Budget resolution for the US Government for FY2010 through 2013; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and Land and Water Conservation Fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; increase funding for National Wildlife Refuge System; and H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Covered officials contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Civil Works Programs Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Management and Budget, United States Army; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; and Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Program Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Policy Associate Director, General Government Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resource Division, Office of Management and Budget; Commerce Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief Scientist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment; and Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment.
Action on H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; S. 536, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass; S. 636, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; H.R. 1190, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, forest carbon offsets, cost containment, renewable biomass, international trade, level of emission reductions, and land acquisition funding; proposed legislation for planning and implementation of coastal adaptation to climate change; S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; and the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation. Covered officials contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Biomass Program Director, Department of Energy; and Deputy Associate Director, Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture.
Action on S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act, including specific provisions relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment and defining Navigable Waterways; regulation on mercury emissions; Watershed Planning; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation; H.R. 860, Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the conservation of coral reefs; and H.R. 3202, Water Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Covered Officials contacted: Principal Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Water and Power Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Oceans and Coastal Activities Coordination Director, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Science Advisor, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Ocean and Coastal Protection Division, Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental Protection Agency; and Chief, Leasing Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on the development of the 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Willamette Valley and Camp Creek Army Corps of Engineer Projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, appropriations related to Nestucca, Pacific Northwest Streams, and Hells Canyon acquisition, and Savannah River Comp. Water Resources Study; The fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests and pathogens; the 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; FY10 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to funding for BLM and Forest Service wildland fire management account, funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers, natural resource restoration, coastal habitat restoration and noxious weed control; FY2010 Presidents Budget, specifically support for Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy, and wildland fire funding; FY10 appropriations packages; and proposed legislation to establish permanent appropriations for ocean research, conservation, and restoration. Covered officials contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Financial Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Manager, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership; S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act, including specific provisions relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment and defining Navigable Waterways; regulation on mercury emissions; Watershed Planning; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Water and Power Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Program Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget.
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on public land; S. 2593/H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act; and the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Secretary, Department of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counsel to Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Director, Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
Action on H.R. 2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon, and Savannah River Comprehensive Water Resources Study; H.R. 2647/S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; H.R. 2892/S. 1298, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests, and pathogens; H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects, Bureau of Reclamation projects, and certain New Mexico projects; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to funding for AmeriCorps, NOAA Restoration projects, border security, and funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act; FY2010 Presidents Budget, including the budget to support the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy, and wildland fire funding; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; funding for the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. Con. Res. 70, Budget resolution for the US Government for FY2010 through 2013; and proposed legislation to establish permanent appropriations for ocean research, conservation, and restoration. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Civil Works Programs Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Management and Budget, United States Army; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; and Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on the development of the 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Willamette Valley and Camp Creek Army Corps of Engineer Projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, appropriations related to Nestucca, Pacific Northwest Streams, and Hells Canyon acquisition, and Savannah River Comp. Water Resources Study; The fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests and pathogens; the 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; FY10 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to funding for BLM and Forest Service wildland fire management account, funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers, natural resource restoration, coastal habitat restoration and noxious weed control; FY2010 Presidents Budget, specifically support for Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy, and wildland fire funding; FY10 appropriations packages; and proposed legislation to establish permanent appropriations for ocean research, conservation, and restoration. Covered officials contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Financial Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Manager, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture.
Action on H.R. 1533/S.843, To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program; H.R.1534/S. 906, To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes; S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, climate adaptation strategy and grants; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership; administrative action to review introduction of non-native oysters into the Chesapeake Bay; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered officials contacted: Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program and the Wetlands Reserve Program funding for possible Klamath Lake acquisition and/or conservation easements. Support on H.R. 2421/S. 1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007; H.R. 1533/S.843, To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program; H.R.1534/S. 906, To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes; and S.2643, To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to control hazardous air pollutant emissions from electric utility steam generating units. Action on S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, climate adaptation strategy and grants; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Corps of Engineers restoration programs; S. 1578, Ballast Water Management Act of 2007; H.R. 5451, Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to management and conservation of coastal areas; S. 3552, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; Corps of Engineers update of Water Resources Principles and Guidelines for federal water resource projects; funding and policy support for an initiative to re-operate Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs to improve downstream ecosystems; and S. 3085, Cooperative Watershed Management Program Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Assistant Administrator, Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Council on Environmental Quality; Chief, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; and Chief, Program Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers.
Action on the development of the 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Willamette Valley and Camp Creek Army Corps of Engineer Projects; Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, block spending to implement a final rule revising the Endangered Species Act Consultation processes, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the Bureau of Land Management budget, funding for conservation programs related to International Development Assistance at USAID, and appropriations related to Imnaha, Hells Canyon acquisition and Upper Table Rock; The fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, funding for fire, the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions, and funding for proposals to amend Quarantine 37 regulations regarding the importation of plant materials; the 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, block spending to implement a final rule revising the Endangered Species Act Consultation processes, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 3258, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 234/ S. 145, Pacific Salmon Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to a salmon settlement; FY2010 Presidents Budget for Bureau of Reclamation, funding for re-operation of reservoirs and climate change research, Army Corps of Engineers and US Geological Survey, specifically funding for analysis of environmental flows at the Corps of Engineers; FY10 appropriations packages; and advance concepts for natural resource restoration in the context of a proposed Economic Stimulus Package Appropriation bill, including specific provisions relating to funding for coastal habitat restoration, infrastructure investment, and green infrastructure projects in USFS and DOI budgets. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Assistant Director for Endangered Species for Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Chief, Division of Fish and Wildlife Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary, State Department; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; and Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture.
Action on S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation; Endangered Species Act Rule (revising Section 6 consultation processes) 1.1 Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico and the Central Pacific; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007; H.R. 6311, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; Executive Order Number 13443, Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation and implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program and revisions to the guidelines for NOAAs Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program; Administrative actions to restore and protect shellfish reefs; the revision of Quarantine-37; proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden and proposed forest legislation by Congressman Peter DeFazio; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; Department of the Interior Bison Plan; develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and in conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, promoted conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital, Performance and Partnerships, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Water, Department of the Interior; Director of Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Director of Legislative Affairs, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Acting Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Assistant Administrator for the National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality; and Acting Associate Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Wildlife Adaptation Fund, tax incentives, fire suppression emergency funding, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Field; S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008; H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition, with regards to the renewable fuel program; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans; H. R. ___, House Climate Change Discussion Draft; H.R. 6899, The Comprehensive Americans Energy and Consumer Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to revenues from oil and gas royalties; the Western Climate Initiative; and S.__, To reduce gas prices, to lessen the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, to strengthen the economy of the United States, and for other purposes. Covered Officials Contacted: Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Action on S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); Conservation Learning Network status and budget; Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; H.R. 247, To designate a forest service trail at Waldo Lake in the Williamette National Forest in the state of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007; H.R. 6311, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 1930, Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an immediate Response Act; H.R. 1463, Federal Lands Repair Act; Executive Order Number 13443, Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program and revisions to the guidelines for NOAAs Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program; Administrative actions to restore and protect shellfish reefs; and the revision of Quarantine-37. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Director, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital, Performance and Partnerships, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant, Programs and Budget, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Water, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fishery Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality; and Associate Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality.
Action on the development of the 2009 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Healthy Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy Projects, wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, the National Landscape Conservation System, the Healthy Lands Initiative, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, Section 6 Cooperateive Endangered Species Program Fund, State Wildlife Grant Program, National Wildlife Refuge Program, and the Bureau of Land Management budget; S. 3001, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives that affect conservation and funding for fire;the 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions, and proposals to amend Quarantine 37 regulations regarding the importation of plant materials; S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 3258, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 234/ S. 145, Pacific Salmon Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2007; and FY2010 Presidents Budget for Army Corps of Engineers and US Geological Survey, specifically funding for analysis of environmental flows at the Corps of Engineers. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, United States Army; Deputy Under Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Wildlife Adaptation Fund, forest carbon sequestration, cost containment, offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaption, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, fire suppression emergency funding, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Fields; S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, including the following specific provisions in the Substitute amendment, Senate Amendment 4949, and other amendments thereto: Scope of coverage (Title II and definitions), Title III (offsets and international allowances), Title V (cost-containment), Title VI, Subtitles C and D (Partnerships With States, Localities and Indian Tribes to Adapt to Climate Change and Protect Natural Resources), Title XII (Federal program to protect natural resources), Title XIII (International partnerships to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change); H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans. Covered officials contacted: Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and Chief, US Forest Service, USDA
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Regional Water Enhancement Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Wetland Reserve Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, easement grant programs, and funding for Sage Grouse; S. 36, To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes; S.54, To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote local and regional support for sustainable bioenergy and biobased products, to support the future of farming, forestry, and land management, to develop and support local bioenergy, biobased products, and food systems, and for other purposes; S.1242, To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to producers of experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops; and S.1403, Farm-to-Fuel Investment Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to providing incentives for the production of bioenergy crops. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Regional Forester, Region 8, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Regional Director, Region 4, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Chief of Cooperative Forestry Assistance; and Acting Deputy for State and Private Forestry.
Action on the development of the 2009 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Healthy Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, the National Landscape Conservation System, the Healthy Lands Initiative, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, bird conservation priorities, Section 6 Cooperateive Endangered Species Program Fund, State Wildlife Grant Program, National Wildlife Refuge Program, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service invasive species budget; the 2009 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; S. 3001, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives that affect conservation; the 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions, and proposals to amend Quarantine 37 regulations regarding the importation of plant materials; S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program and Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; Funding to implement demonstration projects authorized by the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act (PL- 109-320);and H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Executive Director, Security Border Initiative, Department of Homeland Security; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Counselor to Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Business Management and Wildland Fire, Department of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Associate; Director for Water, United States Geological Survey; Associate Director for Habitat, US Fish and Wildlife Service; National Borderlands Coordinator, Department of the Interior; Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief of staff, Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Regional Water Enhancement Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Wetland Reserve Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, the proposed Hawaiian exemption from preemption provisions of the Plant Protection Act, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, easement grant programs, and funding for Sage Grouse and Independence Lake; S. 36, To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes; S.54, To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote local and regional support for sustainable bioenergy and biobased products, to support the future of farming, forestry, and land management, to develop and support local bioenergy, biobased products, and food systems, and for other purposes; S.1242, To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to producers of experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops; and S.1403, Farm-to-Fuel Investment Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to providing incentives for the production of bioenergy crops. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Regional Forester, Region 8, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Regional Director, Region 4, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality
Action on the development of the 2009 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management, the USDA Forest Service Forest Healthy Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, the National Landscape Conservation System, the Healthy Lands Initiative, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, bird conservation priorities, State Wildlife Grant Program, National Wildlife Refuge Program, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service invasive species budget; the 2009 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives that affect conservation; the 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, and use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions; the 2009 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program and Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Santa Cruz Island eradication of invasive feral pigs; Funding to implement demonstration projects authorized by the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act (PL- 109-320); H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; Endangered species funding; Army Corps of Engineers Ecosystem Restoration; and Department of Defense Conservation Buffer funding. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Executive Director, Security Border Initiative, Department of Homeland Security; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Counselor to Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Business Management and Wildland Fire, Department of the Interior; Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator, Department of Commerce; Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on S. 1142/H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act including specific provisions relating to implementation; H.R. 5263/ S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S. 2179, National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forests;
Action on H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to project authorities and NGOs as cost-share partners; H.R. 2421/S.1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Camp Creek and Willamette River flood plain restoration; S. 1578, Ballast Water Management Act; and the Presidential Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico.
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to conservation, forestry, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, funding for Sage Grouse,
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Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, United States Geological Survey funding for water management, invasive weed management at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Action on H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to project authorities and NGOs as cost-share partners; H.R. 2421/S.1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Camp Creek and Willamette River flood plain restoration; and the Presidential Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Action on S. 1142/H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act including specific provisions relating to implementation; H.R. 5263/ S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S. 2179, National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forests;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Federal Acquisition Regulations amendments for stewardship contracts, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act funding, multi-species conservation Funds funding, Forest Legacy program funding, the Wildland Fire Management section, federal land sales proposal, and other function 300 programs; H.R. 2764, The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to funding for Parks in Peril, the Tropical Forest Conservation Act, international forest programs, and the coral triangle; H.R. 3074/S. 1789, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to transportation funding and transportation community and system preservation program earmarks; H.R. 3093/S. 1745, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program funding; H.R. 2641, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers earmarks; H.R. 3161/S, 1859, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to US Forest Service appropriations, funding for fire programs and forest health and restoration, the Animal and Plant Inspection Service funding, and Quarantine 37 revision; S. 567, National Defense Authorization act for Fiscal Year 2008, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense range and environmental protection initiative, and Sikes Act agreements; H.R. 2638/S. 1644, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; H.J. Resolution 20, Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007; and H.R. 3222, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008. Covered Officials Contacted: Brigadier General, US Corps of Engineers; Program Examiner Interior Department, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior, Office of the Assistant Secretary Policy, Management and Budget; Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources; Assistant US Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific; Forest Service Chief; Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Agriculture; US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Director of Civil Works; USFS Deputy Chief for Research; Department of Interior Deputy Secretary; Assistant Secretary of Water and Science; Assistant Secretary on Policy, Management, and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, President's Counsel on Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; National Director of Research and Development, Bureau of Reclamation; Commissioner, US Bureau of Reclamation Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to FY08 funding for state wildlife action plans, FY08 funding for US Fish and Wildlife Service programs, funding for the Landowner Incentive Program and Private Stewardship Grant Program , funding for the Rocky Mountain Front, funding for fire programs, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects,
; H.R. 1464, Great Cats and Rare Canids; the Priority Landscapes Initiative; proposed Cooperative Conservation legislation; craft legislation for the National Fish Habitat Initiative; the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative conservation buffer program; and United States Department of Agriculture regulations and the revision of Q37 including specific regulations on P. ramorum and emerging Plant Pest program of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Support of H.R. 2733, Trinity River Restoration Fund Act of 2007; H.R. 1907/S.1142, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act; H.R. 1011, Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007; and S. 1502, Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007. Action on S. 658, Endangered Species Reform Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to regulations; S. 647, Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forest health; H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to illegal logging; S. 300, Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007;
Action on S. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Section 5002 of Title V, estuary restoration, Law of the Sea, and Penobscot River funding; H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007; and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards. Support of H.R. 2421, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.
Action on S. 469/H.R. 1576, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Action on upcoming 2007 Farm Bill, including specific provisions relating to conservation, forestry, and energy.
S 728, Water Resources Development Act of 2005, specifically provisions relating to the Connecticut River projects, Upper Mississippi River Projects, Penobscot River Projects; and Internal agency guidance on Clean Water Act in light of Supreme Court decision. Support of S 3711, Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, including specific provisions relating to offshore drilling and Outer Continental Shelf royalty revenue sharing; and HR 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006, including specific provisions relating to offshore drilling and OCS Royalty revenue sharing. Action on S 2780. HR 5404, Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act, including specific provisions relating to abandoned mine cleanup and projects relating to the Yellowstone River; S 1848, Cleanup of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Act; S 2783, Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act;
S 342, Climate Stewardship Act of 2005, including specific provisions relating to climate change; HR 3824, Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005; Implementation of Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; HR 1996, To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect critical coral reef habitats; and HR 5018, American Fisheries Management and Marine Life Enhancement Act, specifically provisions relating to West Coast Essential Fish Habitat. Support of S 3636, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006; S 3772, White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006; S 3799, Cyanide Safety Act of 2006; and S 3794, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2006. Action on S. 1288, Natural Resources Protection Cooperative Agreement Act; HR 4241, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including specific provisions relating to conservation; HR 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, including specific provisions relating to fire policy;
Action on HR 3883/S 1791, Timber Tax Act of 2005 and Taxpayer Bill of Rights and HR 4, Pension Protection Act of 2006, specifically provisions relating to tax deductions for conservation easements.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service