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Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;
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NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2015 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Source: Senate LDA
Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, S. Amdt. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, amendments related to energy efficiency, climate, and land use; H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Digital Coast Act, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; [no bill number] Ocean acidification, draft bill discussion; [no bill number yet] Asian Carp Prevention Act, requires the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number yet] Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act, to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the forest legacy program; [no bill number yet] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutues by the agency, not just one bill; [no bill number yet] Resilience, Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation;
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
[no bill number yet] Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization (draft versions of House and Senate Transportation Bills, previous bill H.R. 5021, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act), a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: Habitat Connectivity & Resilience, potential to add RAMP provision to legislation, Federal lands roads, aquatic connectivity, resiliency, Section 101 Definitions and declaration of policy, Section 119 National Highway Performance program, Section 134 Metropolitan transportation planning, Section 135 Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning, Section 148 Highway Safety Improvement program, Section 150 National goals and performance management measures, Section 328, eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution abatement; [no bill number] Transportation funding reauthorization, advocating for natural infrastructure, connectivity, resilience in a reauthorization of transportation funding; [no bill number] House and Senate Draft Transportation Bills, planning and safety provisions related to State Department of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO); [no bill number] Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, Grow America Act, the multi-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal by the executive branch; [no bill number] 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;
Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
[no bill number yet] Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization (draft versions of House and Senate Transportation Bills, previous bill H.R. 5021, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act), a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: Habitat Connectivity & Resilience, potential to add RAMP provision to legislation, Federal lands roads, aquatic connectivity, resiliency, Section 101 Definitions and declaration of policy, Section 119 National Highway Performance program, Section 134 Metropolitan transportation planning, Section 135 Statewide and non-metropolitan transportation planning, Section 148 Highway Safety Improvement program, Section 150 National goals and performance management measures, Section 328, eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution abatement; [no bill number] Transportation funding reauthorization, advocating for natural infrastructure, connectivity, resilience in a reauthorization of transportation funding; [no bill number] House and Senate Draft Transportation Bills, planning and safety provisions related to State Department of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO); [no bill number] Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, Grow America Act, the multi-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal by the executive branch; [no bill number] 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;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, specific provision relating to Land Water Conservation Fund; [no bill number yet] Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; [no bill number yet] Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including agency priorities for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Great Lakes Restoration Inititiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Reauthroization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number yet] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY16, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife peaching and trafficking; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels; [no bill number yet] Department of Defense Appropriations Act, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program; [no bill number yet] Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project;
S.1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, S. Amdt. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, amendments related to energy efficiency, climate, and land use; H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Digital Coast Act, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; [no bill number] Ocean acidification, draft bill discussion; [no bill number yet] Asian Carp Prevention Act, requires the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number yet] Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act, to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the forest legacy program; [no bill number yet] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutues by the agency, not just one bill; [no bill number yet] Resilience, Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation;
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 720, Shaheen Portman Energy Efficiency,Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions and specific provision relating to miscellaneous FERC and transport issues, 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; S.1407, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act, a bill to promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes, all provisions of the bill, specific provisions regarding programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS);
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Actof 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Actimplementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Actof 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Actimplementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
S.1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, S. Amdt. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, amendments related to energy efficiency, climate, and land use; H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Digital Coast Act, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; [no bill number] Ocean acidification, draft bill discussion; [no bill number yet] Asian Carp Prevention Act, requires the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number yet] Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act, to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the forest legacy program; [no bill number yet] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutues by the agency, not just one bill; [no bill number yet] Resilience, Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation;
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, specific provision relating to Land Water Conservation Fund; [no bill number yet] Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; [no bill number yet] Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including agency priorities for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Great Lakes Restoration Inititiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Reauthroization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number yet] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY16, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife peaching and trafficking; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels; [no bill number yet] Department of Defense Appropriations Act, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program; [no bill number yet] Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Actof 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Actimplementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;
Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Actof 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Actimplementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;
Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 720, Shaheen Portman Energy Efficiency,Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions and specific provision relating to miscellaneous FERC and transport issues, 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; S.1407, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act, a bill to promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes, all provisions of the bill, specific provisions regarding programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS);
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 720, Shaheen Portman Energy Efficiency,Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions and specific provision relating to miscellaneous FERC and transport issues, 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] Mercnet, re-authorization and expansion of the program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife discussed; [no bill number] 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] Offshore Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, specific provision relating to Land Water Conservation Fund; [no bill number yet] Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; [no bill number yet] Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including agency priorities for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Great Lakes Restoration Inititiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Reauthroization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number yet] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY16, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife peaching and trafficking; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels; [no bill number yet] Department of Defense Appropriations Act, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program; [no bill number yet] Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project;
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, specific provision relating to Land Water Conservation Fund; [no bill number yet] Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; [no bill number yet] Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including agency priorities for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Great Lakes Restoration Inititiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Reauthroization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number yet] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY16, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife peaching and trafficking; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels; [no bill number yet] Department of Defense Appropriations Act, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program; [no bill number yet] Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project;
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, S. Amdt. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, amendments related to energy efficiency, climate, and land use; H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Digital Coast Act, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; [no bill number] Ocean acidification, draft bill discussion; [no bill number yet] Asian Carp Prevention Act, requires the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number yet] Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act, to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the forest legacy program; [no bill number yet] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutues by the agency, not just one bill; [no bill number yet] Resilience, Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation;
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important funding to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking; S.1376/H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Re-authorization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, funding levels;
A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes.
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, S. Amdt. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, amendments related to energy efficiency, climate, and land use; H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Digital Coast Act, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; [no bill number] Ocean acidification, draft bill discussion; [no bill number yet] Asian Carp Prevention Act, requires the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number yet] Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act, to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the forest legacy program; [no bill number yet] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutues by the agency, not just one bill; [no bill number yet] Resilience, Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation;
EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of apprpriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153, The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; S. 2824, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes; H.R.1422, Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2014, to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes, add new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB); H.R. 4012, Secret Science Reform Act of 2014, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, adjustments to science disclosure procedures; H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act, to promote new manufacturing in the United States by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in obtaining necessary permits, makes revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until Environmental Protection Agency issues implementation guidelines or regulations; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, omnibus spending bill, specifically expressed support for increased funding of LWCF within the bill; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of fisheries management programs; [no bill number] implementation of the RESTORE Act to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; [no bill number] Discuss mututal work being done to provide flood and coastal storm resilency; [no bill number] Feinstein California Drought Bill, engaged to prevent introduction of legislation harmful to conservation of migratory birds, anadromous fish, and health of the Delta ecosystem;
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), including specific provisions relating to the Forestry and Conservation titles, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, the Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR2410, 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; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S. 1875/ H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act;
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013,to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, mitigation and ecosystem restoration and impact on dam operations, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy; 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; HR 2935, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; S. 1153, Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR3025 Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act of 2013 a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; HR 4005, Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard and other purposes including specific provisions relating to ballast water; H.R. 4001, Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014; to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain activities to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, and for other purposes; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] US Army Corps of Engineers strategy for recovery of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems, watershed budgeting and analysis of water infrastructure assets; [no bill number] international hydropower efforts; [no bill number] Transportation Bill reauthorization; Chicago Area Waterways System; H.R. 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act;
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; S. 2080, 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; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, would significantly increase and mandate logging on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act; E.O. 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy;
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration;S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; H.R. 2280, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; S2080, 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; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservaton rulemaking and in connection with development on public and private lands, military buffer program;[no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan and Fish and Wildlife mitigation framework for Sage Grouse; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken under special 4(d) rule; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies;
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, 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, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public land package, and specific porjects for Rhode Island, Montana, Washington, and Delaware; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, a bill to provide for the restoration of the economic and ecological health of National Forest System land and rural communities, and for other purposes, significantly increase and mandate loggin on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Groundwater Rule comments; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Planning 2.0, revise their planning rule; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] U.S Department of Agriculture Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Action Policy;
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR985, 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 River Basins;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; HR 3994, Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S.2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes; S.1875/H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [bills without numbers] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; 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; Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); Mitigation policy in connection with development on public and private lands;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR985, 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 River Basins;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; HR 3994, Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S.2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes; S.1875/H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [bills without numbers] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; 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; Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); Mitigation policy in connection with development on public and private lands;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, 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, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public land package, and specific porjects for Rhode Island, Montana, Washington, and Delaware; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, a bill to provide for the restoration of the economic and ecological health of National Forest System land and rural communities, and for other purposes, significantly increase and mandate loggin on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Groundwater Rule comments; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Planning 2.0, revise their planning rule; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] U.S Department of Agriculture Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Action Policy;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration;S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; H.R. 2280, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; S2080, 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; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservaton rulemaking and in connection with development on public and private lands, military buffer program;[no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan and Fish and Wildlife mitigation framework for Sage Grouse; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken under special 4(d) rule; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of apprpriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153, The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; S. 2824, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes; H.R.1422, Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2014, to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes, add new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB); H.R. 4012, Secret Science Reform Act of 2014, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, adjustments to science disclosure procedures; H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act, to promote new manufacturing in the United States by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in obtaining necessary permits, makes revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until Environmental Protection Agency issues implementation guidelines or regulations; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, omnibus spending bill, specifically expressed support for increased funding of LWCF within the bill; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of fisheries management programs; [no bill number] implementation of the RESTORE Act to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; [no bill number] Discuss mututal work being done to provide flood and coastal storm resilency; [no bill number] Feinstein California Drought Bill, engaged to prevent introduction of legislation harmful to conservation of migratory birds, anadromous fish, and health of the Delta ecosystem;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; S. 2080, 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; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, would significantly increase and mandate logging on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act; E.O. 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project, discussed pending release of WRRDA; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of apprpriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153, The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax; S. 2824, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] implementation of the RESTORE Act to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities;
North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project, discussed pending release of WRRDA; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; [no bill number] Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) of 2006 reauthorization for 2015; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] Bureau of Reclamation Bay Delta Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan;
Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration;S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; H.R. 2280, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; S2080, 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; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservaton rulemaking and in connection with development on public and private lands, military buffer program;[no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan and Fish and Wildlife mitigation framework for Sage Grouse; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken under special 4(d) rule; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization; H.R.152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); H.R. 5171, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, special provision relating to 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, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest management and fire accounts; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including general provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs,a budget fix to the Interior appropriations bill that would fund wildfire disasters like other natural disasters, which would decrease the impacts of increasing suppression costs on the other programs and services funded by the Interior appropriations bill, and enactment; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions, makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specifically amendment on resiliency and infrustracture; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage; H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; S. 2593, FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, (omnibus spending bill), making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: sustaining funding for LWCF, WDFA, Wildfire Suppression Funding, Fish and Wildlife programs, NOAA, Flood Control and Navigation, International Conservation, Agriculture conservation programs, and Defense, Appropriation for Engery and Water, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; H.R.2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale or grant of conservation easements in the case of the special estate tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; H.R. 3979, Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, special provisions relating to Title XXX-Natural Resources Related General Provisions; H.R.5013, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, approval of conservation provisions with the FY15 Foreign Opeartions appropriation; H.R. 2410, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, specific provision regarding NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public lands for Montana, Rhode Island, Washington, and Delaware; [Bills without numbers] [no bill number] President's Budget Release for 2016 which will influence appropriations legislation for 114th Congress and for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management; [no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Justice,), specific provisions relating to: Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service; [no bill number yet] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations FY2016 budget development; [no bill number] Approrpiations for Flood Damange Reduction project;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization;HR152; Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 4870, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015; H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2015, funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program and an amendment to section 103A of the Sikes Act; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisios realting to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage, Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration project, and for the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Restoration Fund; HR2410, 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; [Bills without numbers] [no bill number] President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Department of Interior Programs, agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.s. Fish and Wildlife Services and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts;[no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Transportation, Commerce, Justice, Science, Environmental), specific provisions relating to: US Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Forest Service Health Management and Research programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, Food and Drug Administration programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, and Dakota Grasslands Conservation area; [no bill number] The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; [no bill number] Interior, Enviornment and Related Agencies Appropriations, specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 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), including specific provisions relating to the Forestry and Conservation titles, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, the Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR2410, 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; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S. 1875/ H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act;
Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements; H.R. 2713, Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; H.R. 4719, America Gives More Act of 2014, section 4, special rule for qualified conservation contributions modified and made permanent; [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements;H.R. 2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act ;
Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization; H.R.152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); H.R. 5171, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, special provision relating to 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, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest management and fire accounts; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including general provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs,a budget fix to the Interior appropriations bill that would fund wildfire disasters like other natural disasters, which would decrease the impacts of increasing suppression costs on the other programs and services funded by the Interior appropriations bill, and enactment; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions, makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specifically amendment on resiliency and infrustracture; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage; H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; S. 2593, FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, (omnibus spending bill), making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: sustaining funding for LWCF, WDFA, Wildfire Suppression Funding, Fish and Wildlife programs, NOAA, Flood Control and Navigation, International Conservation, Agriculture conservation programs, and Defense, Appropriation for Engery and Water, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; H.R.2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale or grant of conservation easements in the case of the special estate tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; H.R. 3979, Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, special provisions relating to Title XXX-Natural Resources Related General Provisions; H.R.5013, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, approval of conservation provisions with the FY15 Foreign Opeartions appropriation; H.R. 2410, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, specific provision regarding NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public lands for Montana, Rhode Island, Washington, and Delaware; [Bills without numbers] [no bill number] President's Budget Release for 2016 which will influence appropriations legislation for 114th Congress and for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management; [no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Justice,), specific provisions relating to: Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service; [no bill number yet] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations FY2016 budget development; [no bill number] Approrpiations for Flood Damange Reduction project;
Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements;H.R. 2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale of grant of conservation easements in the case of the special tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; [no bill number] US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements, including provision relating to Section 106, extension of special rule for contributions of capital gain real property made for conservation purposes; H.R. 2713, Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; H.R. 4719, America Gives More Act of 2014, section 4, special rule for qualified conservation contributions modified and made permanent, approval of legislation to restore special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements; H.R. 5806, Supporting Americas Charities Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions related to charitable contributions; [no bill number] [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements;H.R. 2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale of grant of conservation easements in the case of the special tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; [no bill number] US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements;H.R. 2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act ;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements, including provision relating to Section 106, extension of special rule for contributions of capital gain real property made for conservation purposes; H.R. 2713, Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; H.R. 4719, America Gives More Act of 2014, section 4, special rule for qualified conservation contributions modified and made permanent, approval of legislation to restore special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements; H.R. 5806, Supporting Americas Charities Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions related to charitable contributions; [no bill number] [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements; H.R. 2713, Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; H.R. 4719, America Gives More Act of 2014, section 4, special rule for qualified conservation contributions modified and made permanent; [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Super storm Sandy;HR152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions relating to authorization for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program; HR 1960 and S1997 National Defense Authorization Act relating to appropriations for the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program and an amendment to section 103A of the Sikes Act; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 2935/ S. 1005, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; HR 2397/S 1429, Department of Defense Appropriations Act; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [Bills without numbers] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Department of Interior Programs, including budget request for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management, Endangered Species Grant Programs and National Blueway Program; Agencies priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.s. Fish and Wildlife Services and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Commerce, Justice, Science), specific provisions relating to: US Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Forest Service Health Management and Research programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Park Service; Budget Conference Committee Bill tasked with merging the budget plans passed earlier in the year by each chamber; The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; Wildlife Disaster Funding Act of 2014; Interior, Enviornment and Related Agencies Appropriations, specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Land and Water Conservation Fund;
HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013,to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, mitigation and ecosystem restoration and impact on dam operations, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy; 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; HR 2935, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; S. 1153, Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR3025 Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act of 2013 a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; HR 4005, Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard and other purposes including specific provisions relating to ballast water; H.R. 4001, Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014; to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain activities to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, and for other purposes; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] US Army Corps of Engineers strategy for recovery of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems, watershed budgeting and analysis of water infrastructure assets; [no bill number] international hydropower efforts; [no bill number] Transportation Bill reauthorization; Chicago Area Waterways System; H.R. 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act;
Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013,to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, mitigation and ecosystem restoration and impact on dam operations, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy; 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; HR 2935, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; S. 1153, Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR3025 Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act of 2013 a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; HR 4005, Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard and other purposes including specific provisions relating to ballast water; H.R. 4001, Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014; to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain activities to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, and for other purposes; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] US Army Corps of Engineers strategy for recovery of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems, watershed budgeting and analysis of water infrastructure assets; [no bill number] international hydropower efforts; [no bill number] Transportation Bill reauthorization; Chicago Area Waterways System; H.R. 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act;
H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration;S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; H.R. 2280, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; S2080, 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; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservaton rulemaking and in connection with development on public and private lands, military buffer program;[no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan and Fish and Wildlife mitigation framework for Sage Grouse; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken under special 4(d) rule; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies;
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; S. 2080, 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; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, would significantly increase and mandate logging on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act; E.O. 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy;
HR985, 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 River Basins;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; HR 3994, Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S.2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes; S.1875/H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [bills without numbers] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; 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; Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); Mitigation policy in connection with development on public and private lands;
Wildfire Disaster Funding 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), including specific provisions relating to the Forestry and Conservation titles, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, the Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR2410, 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; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S. 1875/ H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act;
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR985, 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 River Basins;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; HR 3994, Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S.2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes; S.1875/H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [bills without numbers] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; 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; Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); Mitigation policy in connection with development on public and private lands;
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Super storm Sandy;HR152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions relating to authorization for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program; HR 1960 and S1997 National Defense Authorization Act relating to appropriations for the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program and an amendment to section 103A of the Sikes Act; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 2935/ S. 1005, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; HR 2397/S 1429, Department of Defense Appropriations Act; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [Bills without numbers] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Department of Interior Programs, including budget request for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management, Endangered Species Grant Programs and National Blueway Program; Agencies priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.s. Fish and Wildlife Services and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Commerce, Justice, Science), specific provisions relating to: US Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Forest Service Health Management and Research programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Park Service; Budget Conference Committee Bill tasked with merging the budget plans passed earlier in the year by each chamber; The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; Wildlife Disaster Funding Act of 2014; Interior, Enviornment and Related Agencies Appropriations, specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Land and Water Conservation Fund;
Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR985, 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 River Basins;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; HR 3994, Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S.2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes; S.1875/H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [bills without numbers] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; 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; Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); Mitigation policy in connection with development on public and private lands;
Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013,to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, mitigation and ecosystem restoration and impact on dam operations, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy; 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; HR 2935, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; S. 1153, Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR3025 Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act of 2013 a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; HR 4005, Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard and other purposes including specific provisions relating to ballast water; H.R. 4001, Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014; to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain activities to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, and for other purposes; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] US Army Corps of Engineers strategy for recovery of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems, watershed budgeting and analysis of water infrastructure assets; [no bill number] international hydropower efforts; [no bill number] Transportation Bill reauthorization; Chicago Area Waterways System; H.R. 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Inter-basin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; H.R.2346, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] Waters of the U.S., urging no votes on any amendments that slowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process on Waters on the U.S. rule;
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
[no bill number yet] Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization (draft versions of House and Senate Transportation Bills, previous bill H.R. 5021, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act), a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: Habitat Connectivity & Resilience, potential to add RAMP provision to legislation, Federal lands roads, aquatic connectivity, resiliency, Section 101 Definitions and declaration of policy, Section 119 National Highway Performance program, Section 134 Metropolitan transportation planning, Section 135 Statewide and non-metropolitan transportation planning, Section 148 Highway Safety Improvement program, Section 150 National goals and performance management measures, Section 328, eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution abatement; [no bill number] Transportation funding reauthorization, advocating for natural infrastructure, connectivity, resilience in a reauthorization of transportation funding; [no bill number] House and Senate Draft Transportation Bills, planning and safety provisions related to State Department of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO); [no bill number] Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, Grow America Act, the multi-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal by the executive branch; [no bill number] 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;
S. 720, Shaheen Portman Energy Efficiency,Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions and specific provision relating to miscellaneous FERC and transport issues, 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; S.1407, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act, a bill to promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes, all provisions of the bill, specific provisions regarding programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS);
H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; H.S. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activitis on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; S.1403, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for all other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1207, Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1826, Fishing Economy Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutes by the agency; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership; [no bill number] Cooperative fisheries management, Program development and implementation; [no bill number] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards;
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), Energy, Dept of, 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), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
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2015 · first_quarter · Q1
S.1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, S. Amdt. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, amendments related to energy efficiency, climate, and land use; H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Digital Coast Act, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; [no bill number] Ocean acidification, draft bill discussion; [no bill number yet] Asian Carp Prevention Act, requires the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins; [no bill number yet] Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; [no bill number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, establishes regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [no bill number] Lake Ontario Lake Level Study, Adoption of Plan 2014 for restoring natural flows in St Lawrence Seaway affected waterbodies; [no bill number yet] Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act, to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the forest legacy program; [no bill number yet] Fisheries and Habitat Management, this is implementation across statutues by the agency, not just one bill; [no bill number yet] Resilience, Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation;
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 659, Bipartisan Sportsmans Act of 2015, specific provision relating to ways and Means and Senate finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors; [no bill number yet] Capital Gains Easement Act, Tax Extender omnibus that also discusses easement incentives,Discussions regarding potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;
S. 720, Shaheen Portman Energy Efficiency,Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions and specific provision relating to miscellaneous FERC and transport issues, 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] Mercnet, re-authorization and expansion of the program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife discussed; [no bill number] 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] Offshore Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Act, specific provision relating to Land Water Conservation Fund; [no bill number yet] Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring, for science-related programs, and related agencies; [no bill number yet] Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including agency priorities for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Great Lakes Restoration Inititiative, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, National Park Service, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service; Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers Projects, MAP-21 Reauthroization Act, short-term Highway Trust Fund patch and MAP-21 (Transportation Bill/Budget) extension; [no bill number yet] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY16, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID, Global Environment Facility quota funding, special appropriation to fight wildlife peaching and trafficking; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels; [no bill number yet] Department of Defense Appropriations Act, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program; [no bill number yet] Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Specific provision relating to Colorado River Basin and support for Bureau of Reclamation Water Smart program, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project;
[no bill number yet] Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, specific provisions relating to Title 2, which funds voluntary easement programs, particularly conservation and Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the Agriculture Land Easement program (ALE), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) allocations by state, plus the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, also Energy Title & Forestry Title;
[no bill number yet] Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization (draft versions of House and Senate Transportation Bills, previous bill H.R. 5021, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act), a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: Habitat Connectivity & Resilience, potential to add RAMP provision to legislation, Federal lands roads, aquatic connectivity, resiliency, Section 101 Definitions and declaration of policy, Section 119 National Highway Performance program, Section 134 Metropolitan transportation planning, Section 135 Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning, Section 148 Highway Safety Improvement program, Section 150 National goals and performance management measures, Section 328, eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution abatement; [no bill number] Transportation funding reauthorization, advocating for natural infrastructure, connectivity, resilience in a reauthorization of transportation funding; [no bill number] House and Senate Draft Transportation Bills, planning and safety provisions related to State Department of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO); [no bill number] Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, Grow America Act, the multi-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal by the executive branch; [no bill number] 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;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Actof 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, and inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package; S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Actimplementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance;
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), Energy, Dept of, 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), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2014 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements, including provision relating to Section 106, extension of special rule for contributions of capital gain real property made for conservation purposes; H.R. 2713, Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; H.R. 4719, America Gives More Act of 2014, section 4, special rule for qualified conservation contributions modified and made permanent, approval of legislation to restore special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements; H.R. 5806, Supporting Americas Charities Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions related to charitable contributions; [no bill number] [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, 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, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public land package, and specific porjects for Rhode Island, Montana, Washington, and Delaware; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, a bill to provide for the restoration of the economic and ecological health of National Forest System land and rural communities, and for other purposes, significantly increase and mandate loggin on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Groundwater Rule comments; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Planning 2.0, revise their planning rule; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] U.S Department of Agriculture Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; [no bill number] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Action Policy;
H.R. 2642/ S. 954, Agricultural Act of 2014, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, respectively ( Farm Bill), specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the Agricultural Lands Easement program (ALE), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), the Forestry and Conservation titles - which fund voluntary easement programs, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title & Forestry Title; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management;
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development, surface transportation reauthorization, habitat connectivity, regional mitigation, resiliency; H.R.5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; E.O. 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; [no bill number] Grow America Act, multiyear surface transportation reauthorization proposal by the executive branch;
H.R. 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of apprpriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153, The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; S. 2824, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes; H.R.1422, Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2014, to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes, add new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB); H.R. 4012, Secret Science Reform Act of 2014, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, adjustments to science disclosure procedures; H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act, to promote new manufacturing in the United States by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in obtaining necessary permits, makes revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until Environmental Protection Agency issues implementation guidelines or regulations; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, omnibus spending bill, specifically expressed support for increased funding of LWCF within the bill; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of fisheries management programs; [no bill number] implementation of the RESTORE Act to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; [no bill number] Discuss mututal work being done to provide flood and coastal storm resilency; [no bill number] Feinstein California Drought Bill, engaged to prevent introduction of legislation harmful to conservation of migratory birds, anadromous fish, and health of the Delta ecosystem;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization; H.R.152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); H.R. 5171, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, special provision relating to 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, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest management and fire accounts; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including general provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs,a budget fix to the Interior appropriations bill that would fund wildfire disasters like other natural disasters, which would decrease the impacts of increasing suppression costs on the other programs and services funded by the Interior appropriations bill, and enactment; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions, makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specifically amendment on resiliency and infrustracture; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage; H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; S. 2593, FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, (omnibus spending bill), making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: sustaining funding for LWCF, WDFA, Wildfire Suppression Funding, Fish and Wildlife programs, NOAA, Flood Control and Navigation, International Conservation, Agriculture conservation programs, and Defense, Appropriation for Engery and Water, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; H.R.2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale or grant of conservation easements in the case of the special estate tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; H.R. 3979, Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, special provisions relating to Title XXX-Natural Resources Related General Provisions; H.R.5013, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, approval of conservation provisions with the FY15 Foreign Opeartions appropriation; H.R. 2410, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, specific provision regarding NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public lands for Montana, Rhode Island, Washington, and Delaware; [Bills without numbers] [no bill number] President's Budget Release for 2016 which will influence appropriations legislation for 114th Congress and for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management; [no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Justice,), specific provisions relating to: Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service; [no bill number yet] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations FY2016 budget development; [no bill number] Approrpiations for Flood Damange Reduction project;
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 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] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on mitigation, mitigation strategies; [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;
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), 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), 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 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project, discussed pending release of WRRDA; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of apprpriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153, The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax; S. 2824, Florida Fisheries Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] implementation of the RESTORE Act to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization; H.R.152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); H.R. 5171, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, special provision relating to 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, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest management and fire accounts; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management, a budget fix to the Interior appropriations bill that would fund wildfire disasters like other natural disasters, which would decrease the impacts of increasing suppression costs on the other programs and services funded by the Interior appropriations bill; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions, makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage; H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; S. 2593, FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes; [no bill number] President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects, and funding for the Hudson Estuary Restoration; [no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Justice, Environmental), specific provisions relating to: Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service; [no bill number] The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; [no bill number yet] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations FY2016 budget development;
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;
H.R. 2642/ S. 954- Agricultural Act of 2014, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, respectively (Farm Bill), specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), the Forestry and Conservation titles - which fund voluntary easement programs, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title & Forestry Title; HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program, and impact on the Macknaw River Project; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service proposed directive on Groundwater Management; [no bill number] California drought response legislation and other policy vehicles;
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements; H.R. 2713, Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; H.R. 4719, America Gives More Act of 2014, section 4, special rule for qualified conservation contributions modified and made permanent; [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; S. 2080, 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; H.R. 5069, Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for other purposes; S. 2604, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; S. 1966, National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014, would significantly increase and mandate logging on national forests, while weakening National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act; E.O. 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act compensatory Mitigation Policy;
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
H.R. 2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration;S. 338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, 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, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; H.R. 2280, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013; S2080, 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; [bills without numbers] [no bill number] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; [no bill number] 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; [no bill number] Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); [no bill number] Mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservaton rulemaking and in connection with development on public and private lands, military buffer program;[no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan and Fish and Wildlife mitigation framework for Sage Grouse; [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken under special 4(d) rule; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management Energy siting and mitigation policies;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization;HR152; Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 4870, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015; H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2015, funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program and an amendment to section 103A of the Sikes Act; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisios realting to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage, Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration project, and for the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Restoration Fund; HR2410, 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; [Bills without numbers] [no bill number] President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Department of Interior Programs, agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.s. Fish and Wildlife Services and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts;[no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Transportation, Commerce, Justice, Science, Environmental), specific provisions relating to: US Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Forest Service Health Management and Research programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, Food and Drug Administration programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, and Dakota Grasslands Conservation area; [no bill number] The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; [no bill number] Interior, Enviornment and Related Agencies Appropriations, specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund;
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;
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements, make permanent special tax deductions for donations of conservation easements;H.R. 2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, tax extender omibus, easement incentives, changes to the US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; S. 1996/ S. 2363, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, provision related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act ;
HR1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program, and impact on the Macknaw River Project;H.R. 2642/ S. 954 Agricultura Act of 2014, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, respectively ( Farm Bill), specific provisions relating to Title II Conservation and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), the Forestry and Conservation titles - which fund coluntary easement programs, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title, the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Sage Grouse Initiative, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver, and conservation compliance; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management;
H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy, disscuss a real estate valuation issue on the Willamette Ecosystem restoration project, discussed pending release of WRRDA; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; H.R. 985, 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 River Basins; H.R. 644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; [no bill number] Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) of 2006 reauthorization for 2015; [no bill number] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of Habitat Conservation and Restoration programs; [no bill number] Bureau of Reclamation Bay Delta Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan;
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)
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2014 · first_quarter · Q1
HR985, 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 River Basins;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; H.R. 2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; HR 3994, Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S.2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, a bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the quality of life of the United States, enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other purposes; S.1996, Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to Section 202, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act; H.R. 3105, Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes; S.1875/H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [bills without numbers] Great Lakes Ecosystems Restoration Act; 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; Draft Strategic Growth Plan for the National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service); Mitigation policy in connection with development on public and private lands;
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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;
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2013 · third_quarter · Q3
FY14 Interior, House Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, including specific appropriations relating to Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, US Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species grant programs;FY14 Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations; FY14 House and Senate Budget Resolutions; FY14 Presidents Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, UIS Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; FY14 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill; FY13 Federal Budget with specific emphasis on Function 300 (Natural Resource) activities, including programs within Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Transportation, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Budget Control Act of 2011; The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a bill to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of LWCF, and to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Superstorm Sandy. HR.152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 appropriations for specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; S1005, Conservation Reform Act; 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; [no bill number yet] Continuing Resolution, including specific provisions relating to conservation issues, the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and US Fish and Wildlife Services; The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act; Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida;
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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;
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2013 · first_quarter · Q1
S601, Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, support for dam optimization provision, provisions including Water Supply, Project Acceleration and Natural Infrastructure, funding and streamlining infrastructure, dam optimization provision, optimize US Army Corps of Engineers operations for environmental and other socioeconomic benefits;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; [No bill number] Great Lakes Restoration Initiative [no bill number yet]Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged in 2011 by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, in particular bill to addresses mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity Flood Insurance; [no bill number yet] Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2011, including specific provisions that will discourage and guide development away from our nations freshwater and coastal floodplains, inform the public and provide mapping funding, especially for taking into consideration climate change; [no bill number yet] Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, including specific provisions relating to aquatic connectivity and advance mitigation and RESTORE provisions to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; Comprehensive ecosystem restoration plan as defined in The Resources and ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States of 2012
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2012 · first_quarter · 1A
HR3210, Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act (RELIEF Act), amendments pertaining to outlawing imports of wood from tree species protected by foreign countries' laws and amendments facilitating prompt listing of non-native species of animals as "injurious", thereby restricting their importation and interstate movement; 2012 Farm Bill, including specific provisions authorizing funding for the Department of Defense to qualify a match or cost share in conservation programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture, Title II Conservation for environmental stewardship contracting re-authorization, voluntary easement programs (including Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wild Life Habitat Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program ), Energy Title and Forestry Title, and strengthening the mandate for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to prevent introductions of plant pests; S. 357 Wildlife Disease Emergency Act , including provisions for identifying and declaring wildlife disease emergencies, establishing a fund for rapid response coordination to those emergencies, and prepare for, identify, and address diseases adversely affecting wildlife populations and biodiversity through strategic and coordinated actions among Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, and nongovernmental organizations; S.1673, Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2011 to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection that would be responsible for preventing introduction of agricultural pests (including tree-killing pests); Oregon and California Lands Act (no bill number yet. Draft-only introduced) to address 'Two Trust' proposal for Oregon and California forest lands owned by Bureau of Land Management in Western Oregon; Americas Great Outdoors initiative for conservation in the U.S. consisting primarily of new ways to organize, coordinate and use existing conservation programs, including the lower Cache River; [No bill numbers yet] Amendments and titles to 2012 Farm Bill, particularly the Conservation title of the bill essential to conservation easement and cost share programs; particularly the Conservation Title for transmittal to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; COVERED OFFICIALS: Special Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for National Environmental Policy Act, Council on Environmental Quality; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality;
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S. 339/H.R.1964, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011, to provide a permanent extension of the enhance tax deduction for conservation easements, more specifically issues relating to the possible cap or elimination of the Charitable Gift deduction in fiscal cliff negotiations;
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;
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2012 · third_quarter · Q3
Alaska pebble mine environmental impact mitigation; S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding (Land and 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; H.R.3717, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, To amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship to make permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the passage of S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 and Land and Water Conservation Fund provisions as amendments; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) initiatives funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; North American Wetlands Conservation Act; S.1201 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act to establish a new program for national fish habitat conservation; Authorizes the National Fish Habitat Action Plan Provides the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S.826 and H.R.1907 Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011 , to establish a program in the Federal Treasury that would provide loans to municipalities for Habitat Conservation Plan implementation; S.714 and H.R. 3365 -- Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; S.3525 -- Sportsmen's Act of 2012 provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act; H.R.4348 -- MAP-21 P.L. 112-557, Surface Transportation Act of 2012, including specifically, Subtitle F, RESTORE Coastal Protection provisions; Measures to improve the planning for an execution of mitigation throughout the executive branch. Covered Officials: 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; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Chief, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director and General Counsel at Council on Environmental Quality; Chief of Staff at the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the President, Executive Office of the President; Senior Advisor to the Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Regional Chief, Great Lakes/Big Rivers Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of the Division of Conservation Planning, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Refuge Supervisor, MN/WI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Director, Wetlands Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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2012 · second_quarter · Q2
[HR2584] Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects and Collaborative Project Proposals for Department of Interior and US Department of Agriculture; S3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), including specific provisions authorizing funding for the Department of Defense to qualify a match or cost share in conservation programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture, Title II Conservation for environmental stewardship contracting re-authorization, voluntary easement programs (including Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wild Life Habitat Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program ), Energy Title and Forestry Title, and strengthening the mandate for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to prevent introductions of plant pests, funding for Sec. 10201 for programs that conduct detection, outreach, and management of invasive species and Stewardship Contracting reauthorization and bark beetle legislation; HR3210, Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act (RELIEF Act), amendments pertaining to outlawing imports of wood from tree species protected by foreign countries' laws and amendments facilitating prompt listing of non-native species of animals as "injurious", thereby restricting their importation and interstate movement; Oregon and California Lands Act (no bill number yet. Draft-only introduced) to address 'Two Trust' proposal for Oregon and California forest lands owned by Bureau of Land Management in Western Oregon; Americas Great Outdoors initiative for conservation in the U.S. consisting primarily of new ways to organize, coordinate and use existing conservation programs, including the lower Cache River; COVERED OFFICIALS: Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, USDA;, Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Program Examiner, Natural Resource Conservation Science, Office of Management and Budget;
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2012 · first_quarter · Q1
S. 714/HR 3365, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten year; 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) and remove the current 2015 expiration date; 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, to establish a program in the Federal Treasury that would provide loans to municipalities for Habitat Conservation Plan implementation; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the passage of S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 and Land and Water Conservation Fund provisions as amendments. climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity, regional advanced mitigation planning and Land, Water Conservation Fund; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative and conservation area; 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; Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; COVERED OFFICIALS: 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; Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, US Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of Interior.
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2011 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S.1673, Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2011 to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within the Department of Homeland Security; S220, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act of 2011; Americas Great Outdoors initiative for conservation in the U.S. consisting primarily of new ways to organize, coordinate and use existing conservation programs, including projects in Northern Sierra and Long Leaf Pine Region for land acquisition and forest restoration; Various legislative concepts on Advancing government policies for the Forest Landscape Restoration to adopt a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration project; [No bill numbers yet] Amendments and titles to 2012 Farm Bill, particularly the Conservation Title for transmittal to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Tongass National Forest plan to resolve longstanding land use conflicts and US Department of Agriculture support for acquiring and restoring Mississippi River floodplain in the wake of historic floods; Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, particularly the Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization; Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem protocols and policy; 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. COVERED OFFICIALS: Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; 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, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service; Director, Bureau of Land Management;
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2011 · third_quarter · Q3
[Bill without number yet] Conservation Easement Incentive Act relating to tax incentives for donated conservation easements.
No bill numbers yet] Amendments and titles to 2012 Farm Bill, particularly the Conservation title; 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, including potential provisions of the bill, particularly the Conservation Title; Tongass National Forest plan to resolve longstanding land use conflicts; US Department of Agriculture support for acquiring and restoring Mississippi River and Missouri River floodplain in the wake of historic floods; Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, particularly the Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization, Land Water Conservation Fund and North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects; Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem protocols and policy; 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; S220, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act of 2011; HR 1540/S1253, The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. COVERED OFFICIALS:Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, CEQ Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; 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, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Legislative Affairs, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief National Forest System, US Forest Service; Associate Chief; Assistant Regional Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture.
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
Land Water Conservation Fund; S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; Americas Great Outdoors, including funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; [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; 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; Bill without number yet] 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, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief 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, USDA; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director for National Environmental Policy Act, Office of the Vice President ,Center for Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, CEQ; Ecosystem Policy Advisor, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture.
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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
Action on HR1831/S812, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to tax incentives for donated conservation easements and a draft estate tax reform bill; HR5475, Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2010 including specific provisions to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax, and for other purposes.
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.
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;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Super storm Sandy;HR152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions relating to authorization for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program; HR 1960 and S1997 National Defense Authorization Act relating to appropriations for the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program and an amendment to section 103A of the Sikes Act; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 2935/ S. 1005, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; HR 2397/S 1429, Department of Defense Appropriations Act; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; [Bills without numbers] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Department of Interior Programs, including budget request for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management, Endangered Species Grant Programs and National Blueway Program; Agencies priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.s. Fish and Wildlife Services and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Commerce, Justice, Science), specific provisions relating to: US Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Forest Service Health Management and Research programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Park Service; Budget Conference Committee Bill tasked with merging the budget plans passed earlier in the year by each chamber; The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; Wildlife Disaster Funding Act of 2014; Interior, Enviornment and Related Agencies Appropriations, specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Land and Water Conservation Fund;
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), including specific provisions relating to the Forestry and Conservation titles, Stewardship contracting, State and private forestry programs, the Nature Resources Conservation Program Conservation Title, the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy Title, and other specific provisions to include Sodsaver and conservation compliance; HR2410, 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; S1301, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013; S. 1875/ H.R. 3992, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013; HR1526, S.1784, Oregon and California Lands Act;
H.R. 2807/ S. 526, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements;H.R. 2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale of grant of conservation easements in the case of the special tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; [no bill number] US Tax Code revision to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; [no bill number] Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013,to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, mitigation and ecosystem restoration and impact on dam operations, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy; 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; HR 2935, Conservation Reform Act of 2013, to establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation; S. 1153, Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR3025 Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act of 2013 a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; HR 4005, Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard and other purposes including specific provisions relating to ballast water; H.R. 4001, Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014; to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain activities to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, and for other purposes; H.R. 3080 Water Resources Development Act of 2013, relating to the impact on dam operations, mitigation and ecosystem restoration, Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] US Army Corps of Engineers strategy for recovery of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems, watershed budgeting and analysis of water infrastructure assets; [no bill number] international hydropower efforts; [no bill number] Transportation Bill reauthorization; Chicago Area Waterways System; H.R. 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act;
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)
S.368 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; HR2807/ Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013;S526, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2013, to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction on charitable contributions; S226 HR2807, Capital Gains for Easements; Discussion on potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation;
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;S.338 -- Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013 including specific provisions relating to permanent conservation funding, remove the current 2015 expiration date, allocate funds for Land Water Conservation Fund, make monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation and require not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; S.170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control; HR985, 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 River Basins; HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S1153 The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Act, to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife. Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife tax. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days; HR2174, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S. 368, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; S11325 Sportsmen's Act, provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation 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; HR2208, North American Wetlands Conservation Act; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Draft bill that addresses management of invasive species on public lands; 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, solar energy zones, oil and gas issues; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservation rulemaking; Lesser Prairie-Chicken Endangered Species Act listing decision; Mitigation policy in connection with development on public private lands, military buffer program; Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations;
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;HR 3080/S601, Water Resources Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies; to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, mitigation, ecosystem restoration and impact on dam operations, authorizations for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, environmental review policy, mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction policy; Transportation Bill reauthorization;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a bill to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding for land and water conservation fund, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Super storm Sandy.HR2713 Capital Gains Easement Act; S.601, Water Resources Development Act, specific provisions relating to conservation initiatives; S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specific provisions related to the Conservation Title; HR152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; HR 2397, S1429, Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2014; HR 1960 and S1997, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including specific provisions relating to authorization for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs, and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program; H.Res.288, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2609) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes; HR 2609, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including Title II, Department of Interior appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration; HR 2397/S 1429, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, HR 1960 and S1997 National Defense Authorization Act relating to appropriations for the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program; [BILLS WITHOUT NUMBERS] Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, including budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Land and Water Conservation Fund accounts for Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management, Endangered Species Grant Programs and National Blueway Program; Appropriations Bill ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Commerce, Justice), including specific provisions relating to agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture (also APHIS and Forest Service), FEMA, Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Geological Survey. Continuing Resolution, including specific provisions relating to conservation issues, the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and US Fish and Wildlife Services; FY14 Budget Conference Committee Bill for the merging of budget plans passed earlier in the year by each chamber; Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; State and Foreign Operations Bill, for increased level of conservation funding within USAID budget, primarily within the biodiversity account, which was $190 M per year and for FY14 has been raised to $ 227.5 M; Conservation budget; The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act;
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)
H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands;S.10 and S. 954-- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specific provisions relating to the implementation of Conservation Title programs which fund 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, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title and Forestry Title; HR2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, including specific provisions related to Title II Conservation and the Conservation Reserve Program; HR 1807, The Residential Energy and Economic Savings (TREES) Act, an act to help lower energy usage and utility bills through the targeted planning of residential shade trees; [No bill number] Funding for Forest Restoration Economic Study; [no bill number] Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; [no bill number] Implementation of large landscape focus for agricultural producers in the Northern Everglades and the southeastern longleaf pine landscape; [no bill number yet] 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;
HR985, Asian carp Prevention Act of 2013, to require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins;HR644, Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, To direct the Secretary of Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes. S1153, Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, a bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife; S338, 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 S170, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; S368, 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] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, to establish regions and funding for fisheries protection and restoration, provide the US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, makes permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration [no bill number yet] US Department of Agriculture Animal and Health Inspection Service proposed rule governing imports of plants which might introduce non-native insects and diseases [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] Sportmans Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to the Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North America Wetlands Conservation Act, and National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; [no bill number yet] Healthy Habitats bill to coordinate and pay for on-the-ground management of invasive species on federal lands and through state grant program; Mitigation policy revision and candidate species conservation rulemaking, including decision on Lesser Prairie-Chicken ESA listing; Gulf of Mexico restoration; 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;
S601, Water Resources Development Act, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to advance public/private partnership with the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs;HR3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA), to reform the process by which the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) selects and completes water resource projects, specific provisions include, Section 103 that attempts to streamline processes related to environmental reviews, and other provisions relating to natural infrastructure, mitigation and modernizing dam operations; S1232, HR2773, Great Lakes Ecological & Economic Protection Act of 2013, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes; [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; HR1877 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorized appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes; S1528, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor toxicity levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, including specific provisions for amending the CWA for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control; [no bill number yet] Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act, a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; [no bill number yet] To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes; [no bill number yet] Legislation to establish, expand or replenish energy (from various budget and other riders) Clean Air Act regulations, Interstate Air Transport Rule and Secondary Standards Regulations [no bill number yet] Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, including specific provisions related to the expansion of the MERCNET program to monitor toxicity levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife [no bill number] Implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act; [no bill number yet] Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act, a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity; US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) alternative financing options, asset management and regulatory permitting procedures for programmatic permits; Comprehensive ecosystem restoration plan as defined in The Resources and ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States of 2012;
S526, HR2807, Conservation Tax Incentive Act, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements; Conservation Tax Easement extension; HR2713, the Capital Gains Easement Act, specific provisions relating to potential changes to US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses;HR2807, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013; Various Ways and Means and Senate Finance changes in Tax Code regarding conservation; Protection of Charitable Deduction in tax and spending bills;
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)
S.368 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013; Discussion on potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; Conservation Tax Incentive Act, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements; Conservation Tax Easement extension; Protection of Charitable Deduction in tax and spending bills.
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a bill to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of LWCF, and to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Superstorm Sandy;S.601, Water Resources Development Act, specific provisions relating to conservation initiatives; S.10 -- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specific provisions related to the Conservation Title; HR.152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; HR.5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; S1005, Conservation Reform Act; 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. HR1960, National Defense Authorization Act; Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, including budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Land and Water Conservation Fund accounts for Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, and FY14 including 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, FY13 Federal Budget with specific emphasis on Function 300 (Natural Resource) activities, including programs within Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Transportation, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency; Implementation of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012; Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act; [no bill number yet ]Presidents budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [no bill number yet] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the [no bill number yet] Continuing Resolution, including specific provisions relating to conservation issues, the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and US Fish and Wildlife Services; [no bill number yet] The Residential Energy and Economic Savings (TREES) Act, an act to help lower energy usage and utility bills through the targeted planning of residential shade trees;
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;S601, Water Resources Development Act, to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs, modernize flood an coastal storm recovery options, improve ability to work with non-profits, optimize the use of USACE dams, increase authorization levels for continuing authority programs, begin to implement alternative finance approaches, enhance the ability for USACE to participate with interagency federal or international organizations and foreign governments, budget based on watershed analysis; HR1877 the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, regarding amending the Clean Water Act for setting amounts and authorizing grants for water quality control; Comprehensive ecosystem restoration plan as defined in The Resources and ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States of 2012; [no bill number yet] Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, including specific provisions relating to aquatic connectivity and advance mitigation and RESTORE provisions to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; [no bill number yet] Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act, a bill to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity;
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; S. 630, 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; [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] bills relating to energy siting;
H.R.686, Protect our Prairies Act, a "Sodsaver" Bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 including specific provisions related 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, Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, Energy Title and Forestry Title; Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Sage Grouse; [no bill number yet] Implementation of large landscape focus for agricultural producers in the Northern Everglades; [no bill number yet] Oregon and California Lands Act; [no bill number yet] 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, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Conservation Tax Incentive Act, to renew incentives for donation of conservation easements; Conservation Tax Easement extension; Discussions re potential changes to the US Tax Code to provide relief for property owners around Hurricane Sandy and other weather-related losses; Protection of Charitable Deduction in tax and spending bills; [no bill number yet] Conservation tax incentives;
[bills without number yet] 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 Farm;S.10 -- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill), specifically, 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. Also, specific provisions relating to the authorization of funding for the Department of Defense to qualify a match or cost share in conservation programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture, re-authorization for Title II- Conservation for environmental stewardship contracting, voluntary easement programs (including Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wild Life Habitat Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program ), the Energy and Forestry Title; HR 686, Protect our Prairies Act a sod-saver bill to reduce crop insurance subsidies to farmers who farm native grasslands; [no bill number yet] 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 Farm; [no bill number yet] Amendments and titles to 2012 Farm Bill, including specific provisions for the Conservation Title (which funds voluntary easement programs), the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the Grassland Reserve Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, the Energy & Forestry Titles, State and private forestry, and forest legacy programs; [no bill number yet] bill that promotes planting of trees as an energy-saving strategy; [no bill number yet] Use of invasive species as biofuels, strengthen enforcement of regulations governing imports of wood packaging material; [no bill number yet] Implementation of large landscape focus for agricultural producers in the Northern Everglades;
S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a bill to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of LWCF, and to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, including, appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Superstorm Sandy.S.601, Water Resources Development Act, specific provisions relating to conservation initiatives; S.10 -- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (Farm Bill); HR.152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy; HR.5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; 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; President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs; including budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Land and Water Conservation Fund accounts for Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, and FY14 including 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, FY13 Federal Budget with specific emphasis on Function 300 (Natural Resource) activities, including programs within Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Transportation, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); [no bill number yet] Continuing Resolution, including specific provisions relating to conservation issues, and the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and US Fish and Wildlife Services. [no bill number yet] Defense Appropriations Act; [no bill number yet] National Defense Authorization Act; [no bill number yet] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; Department of Defense and Department of Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership in proximity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Implementation of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012;
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;HR.1080 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 (10 USC 670c-1) and Cooperative Agreements for Land Management on Department of Defense Installations (16 USC 670c-1); 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 River Basins; HR644-Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes; S.368, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to reauthorize the act for ten additional years; [no bill number yet] Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; [no bill number 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; Forest Legacy Program (FLP) The Forest Legacy Program (FLP), a Federal program in partnership with States, supports State efforts to protect environmentally sensitive forest lands including resolution of appraisal issues;Land Use Mitigation Measures- Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, and for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act; Long Island Stewardship Act, to make permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; Americas Great Outdoors, conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Department of Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; Americas Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, Conceptual discussion of funding source authorization within the Dept of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, related landscape scale conservation, and declaration of national monuments; [no bill number] Sportsmen's Act of 2012 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; Mitigation policy for siting of development on public lands, and for jurisdiction of Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act; Specifically relating to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a strategy to curtail spread of carp (introduced fish) in the Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds; Executive Branch mitigation policies relating to conservation;
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
HR. 1964, S. 339, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, to amend the IRC code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation and continue to deduct up to 50% of adjusted gross income (AGI) for donations or bargain sales of qualified conservation easements.
Farm Bill, including specific provisions relating to maintaining funding for strong conservation programs, such as programs implemented by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, maintaining funding for Sec. 10201programs that conduct detection, outreach, and management of invasive species; S.1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (aka MAP-21), including specific provisions relating to the Authorization of appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) equal to current federal highway spending levels plus inflation for FY2012 and FY2013 for: (1) certain new and existing core federal-aid highway programs, and (2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrative expenses and Sections 1601-1701, amendments for funding RESTORE and Land Water Conservation Fund; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes. S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act, provisions relating to full funding; FY13 Presidents Budget, including provisions for full funding for Americas Great Outdoors, and Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction and funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 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; [no bill number yet] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; [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; 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (no bill number yet) including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on DODs lands, and issues related to the role of DOD in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and oversees; 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 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY13 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, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; FY13 President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs; [No bill number] Draft FY12 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, relating to the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds; Draft FY13Presidents 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; 2012 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service Multispecies Fund, and international programs; FY12 and FY13 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for various conservation programs in various agencies including the Land and Water conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (US Department of Agriculture), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; 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; Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, in specific the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined, Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2013 expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; Draft Energy and Water Appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; 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; Assistant Secretary, Air Force; Deputy System Secretary, Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Liaison to the Department of Interior, Department of Defense; Major General, Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Commanding General, Civil Works and Emergency Preparedness, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers;, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Assistant Secretary for Civil Works; Director of Programs for the Mississippi Valley Division/Mississippi River Commission, Senior Executive Service, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Resource Management; Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division, US Army Corps of engineers; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army;
S. 714/HR 3365, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten year; 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) and remove the current 2015 expiration date; 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, to establish a program in the Federal Treasury that would provide loans to municipalities for Habitat Conservation Plan implementation; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the passage of S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 and Land and Water Conservation Fund provisions as amendments. climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity, regional advanced mitigation planning and Land, Water Conservation Fund; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative and conservation area; 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; Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; COVERED OFFICIALS: 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; Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, US Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of Interior.
[No bill number yet] The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources, environmental and flood protection; HR 7, Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of Gulf the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR480; Clean Water Act programs and funds for Puget Sound Restoration;2012 Water Resource Development Act (no bill number yet) , specific provisions relating to amending section 234, Interagency and International Support Authority of the Water Resource Development Act of 1996. [bills without numbers 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 for the re-authorization and expansion of the program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; HR 3096/1400 The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012; National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan. COVERED OFFICIALS: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Regional Administrator of Region 2, Environmental Protection Agency, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; International Programs, US Army of Corps of Engineers; Director, International and Interagency Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality.
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
H 5857 and S 3241 State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; S.3525 -- Sportsmen's Act of 2012 provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act and Title II, National Fish Habitat; H.R.6385 Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act, including specific provisions relating to a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries, and for other purposes; S.2323/ H.R.5326 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, including, budget for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, specifically relating to the Habitat Conservation and Restoration, Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Program, National Catch Share Program, Stock Assessments under the National Marine Fisheries Service, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Ocean Partnerships, and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program under the National Ocean Service; HR3325, Livable Communities Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the Presidential Budget Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction; S3254, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, specifically supplemental appropriations for Disaster Assistance. S.3215 -- Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013; S.1813, Moving Ahead in the 21st Century MAP-21, Senates Transportation 2-year extender of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), TEA-21 and SAFETEA-LU to include the The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourism Opportunities and Revived Economy of the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 (RESTORE Act) and Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), including specific provisions relating to the inclusion of funding for Title F Gulf Coast Restoration and Title G, Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, provisions related to aquatic connectivity and regional advanced mitigation planning; HR3096/S. 861, Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, H.R.480 Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011; S3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), including specific provisions relating to fundraising easement programs, miscellaneous spending issues under the US Department of Agriculture, and Sec 1108 (of Senate bill) relating to the Adjusted Gross Income waiver for conservation programs; HR 6091, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, and FY14 including 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (USDA), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Everglades Headwaters National Refuge and Conservation Area, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (HR5872), including provisions to make funds available to the Department of the Interior; HR5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY13 & FY14, including specific provisions relating to Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY, provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by Corps of Engineers, funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; S2375, 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; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes; HR4310, National Defense Authorization Act for FY13 and HR5856, Defense Appropriations Act for FY13, including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on Department of Defense lands, and issues related to the role of Department of Defense in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and overseas; H.R. 4408, To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense installations and to amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs, potential revision to the Sikes Act relating to management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; H.R.5856, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013, specific provisions relating to the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative. [No Bill Number] Presidents FY14 Budget, including specific provisions related to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Forest Service; [No Bill Number] Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), specific provisions relating to appropriations for conservation during the next four years and funding for the recovery from Super storm Sandy; Funding for the Forest Legacy Program (FLP), a Federal program in partnership with States, supporting State efforts to protect environmentally sensitive forest lands, Cooperative agreement relating to the Department of Defense project near Elgin Air Force Base, Florida; [No Bill Number] Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs; COVERED OFFICIALS: Principal Assistant Deputy for Natural Resources Program, Office of Management and Budget 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; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (I&E), U.S. 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, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary, Air Force, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director Region 1, Fish and Wildlife Service. Department of Interior; Science Advisor, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior;
S.3243, Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged in 2011 by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, in particular provisions to address mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity Flood Insurance; 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; S1940, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2011, including specific provisions that will discourage and guide development away from our nations freshwater and coastal floodplains, inform the public and provide mapping funding, especially for taking into consideration climate change; HR4281, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, including specific provisions relating to aquatic connectivity and advance mitigation and RESTORE provisions to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; Water Resources Development Act of 1996, in particular amending Sec. 234 to include new language to increase the utility of Section 234 to address problems of national significance related to water resources, infrastructure development, and environmental protection, watershed scale planning, budgeting and mitigation; Draft Bill that would strengthen extreme weather resiliency efforts, Mitigation framework in Desert Energy bill, Department of Interior Blueways Program Initiative; COVERED OFFICIALS: Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, International Interagency Programs, US Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality Principal Assistant Deputy for Natural Resources Program, Office of Management and Budget; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Department of Defense; Administrator, Region 2 Office in New York, Environmental Protection Agency; Northeast Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Director Fisheries Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior;
S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 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; 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; H.R.3717, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, To amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship to make permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration; S3588, Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes; S.3525 -- Sportsmen's Act of 2012 provisions related to Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish Conservation Act; S.1201 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to a new program for national fish habitat conservation, and funding and authority for such plan; S.826 and H.R.1907 Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011, to establish a program in the Federal Treasury that would provide loans to municipalities for Habitat Conservation Plan implementation; S.714 and H.R. 3365 -- Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act for another ten years; Rulemakings and other policy directives by US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, including regulations to establish categorical exclusions for restoration and to establish a pre-decisional objection process; [No Bill Number yet] Land and Water Conservation Fund; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, specifically funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide, including the San Joaquin River "Blueway" designation; COVERED OFFICIALS: Secretary, Department of Interior; Principal Assistant Deputy for Natural Resources Program, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Director and General Counsel at Council on Environmental Quality. Senior Advisor to the Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality. Director, Wetlands Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior;
HR6083, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012, including specific provisions relating to the Forest Legacy program, the Adjusted Gross Income waiver for conservation programs, funding for easement programs, and the reform and continuation of agriculture and other programs of USDA through FY2017 (specifically Title II, Conservation and Section 8204, Stewardship end result contracting project authority); S.2377, 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; S.3240 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), specifically, SA2438 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. Re-authorization for Title II - Conservation for environmental stewardship contracting, voluntary easement programs (including Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wild Life Habitat Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program ), the Energy and Forestry Title, and Section 8204, Stewardship end result contracting project authority; [No Bill Number Yet] Omnibus Public Lands Bill of 2012, specifically H.R.1408 -- Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act, S.220 -- Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2011, and S.1470 -- Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act; Developed questionnaire on invasive species for the candidates for President. [No Bill Number] Oregon and California Lands Act, specifically the 'Two Trust' proposal for Oregon and California forest lands owned by Bureau of Land Management in Western Oregon; COVERED OFFICIALS: Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Administrator, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment; Executive Director, Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison, US Department of Agriculture ; Deputy Administrator, APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine Program, US Department of Agriculture; Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Services, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture;
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
H 5857 and S 3241 State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; S.2323/ H.R.5326 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, including, budget for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, specifically relating to the Habitat Conservation and Restoration, Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Program, National Catch Share Program, Stock Assessments under the National Marine Fisheries Service, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Ocean Partnerships, and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program under the National Ocean Service; HR3325, Livable Communities Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the Presidential Budget Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction; S.1813, Moving Ahead in the 21st Century MAP-21, Senates Transportation 2-year extender of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), TEA-21 and SAFETEA-LU to include The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourism Opportunities and Revived Economy of the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 (RESTORE Act) and Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), including specific provisions relating to the inclusion of funding for Title F Gulf Coast Restoration and Title G, Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, provisions related to aquatic connectivity and regional advanced mitigation planning; [No Bill Number Yet] Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY 2012 (balance) and FY 2013 including specific appropriations for the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. Various riders regarding the Environmental Protection Agencys authority and other regulatory issues; Department of Defense project near Elgin Air Force Base, Florida; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, including budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; HR3096/S. 861, Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, H.R.480 Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011; S3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), including specific provisions relating to fundraising easement programs, miscellaneous spending issues under the US Department of Agriculture, and Sec 1108 relating to the Adjusted Gross Income waiver for conservation programs; HR5857 and S3241, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2013; [No Bill Number Yet] Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (USDA), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the US Fish and Wildlife Service Multispecies Fund, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (HR5872), and international programs; HR5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY13, including specific provisions relating to Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY, provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by Corps of Engineers, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; S2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions related to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes; H 5857 and S 3241 State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; HR4310, National Defense Authorization Act for FY13 and HR5856, Defense Appropriations Act for FY13, including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on DODs lands, and issues related to the role of DOD in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and overseas; H.R. 4408, To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense installations and to amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs, potential revision to the Sikes Act relating to management of lands under the jurisdiction of DOD, Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; H.R.5856, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013, specific provisions relating to the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative; 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, and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Management and Research; FY13 Federal Budget with specific emphasis on Function 300 (Natural Resource) activities. 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, Department of Defense; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary, Air Force, Department of Defense; Deputy System Secretary, Air Force, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Undersecretary of Commerce and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Liaison to the Department of the Interior, Department of Defense; Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, US Department of Interior; Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Regional Chief, Great Lakes/Big Rivers Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of the Division of Conservation Planning, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Refuge Supervisor, MN/WI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, U.S. Navy, Department of Defense; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President.
S.3243, Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged in 2011 by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, in particular bill to addresses mitigation for citizens and ecosystems victimized by extreme flooding and redesign culverts for wildlife connectivity Flood Insurance; 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; S1940, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2011, including specific provisions that will discourage and guide development away from our nations freshwater and coastal floodplains, inform the public and provide mapping funding, especially for taking into consideration climate change; HR4281, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, including specific provisions relating to aquatic connectivity and advance mitigation and RESTORE provisions to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes; [No Bill Number Yet] Water Resources Development Act including specific provisions relating to Bay-Delta Conservation Program, Amendment to Sec. 234 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, specifically including language for the Sustainable Rivers Program, and the implementation of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers programs; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transformation Initiatives, including watershed level management, improved planning and budgeting for larger scale ecosystem restoration in addition to flood risk management and waterway navigation. Covered Officials: Director, National Ocean Council, White House Office; Communications Director, National Ocean Council, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior; International Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Director, International Interagency Programs, US Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Department of Defense; Deputy Commanding General, Civil and Emergency Operations, US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Chief, Planning and Policy Division and Mississippi Valley Division Regional Integration Team, US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Administrator, Region 2, Environmental Protection Agency Northeast Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
HR. 1964/S. 339, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, to amend the IRC code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation and continue to deduct up to 50% of adjusted gross income for donations or bargain sales of qualified conservation easements.
S1775, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011, including specific provisions for Renewable Energy Siting; S.1851/H.R.3398 Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act of 2011; [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; 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; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Expanding Incentives for Voluntary Conservation Actions Under the Endangered Species Act; H.R.7, American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012. Covered Officials: Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.
S.2377, 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; S.3240 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), specifically, S Amendment 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. Also, specific provisions relating to the authorization of funding for the Department of Defense to qualify a match or cost share in conservation programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture, re-authorization for Title II- Conservation for environmental stewardship contracting, voluntary easement programs (including Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wild Life Habitat Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program ), the Energy and Forestry Title, and strengthening the mandate for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to prevent introductions of plant pests, funding for Sec. 10201-Plant Pest and Decease for programs that conduct detection, outreach, and management of invasive species, bark beetle legislation, and management grants program;S2277, National Forest Emergency Response Act, specific provisions relating to the Forest Title to reauthorize stewardship contracting and Section 8293 of HR 6124-Emergency Forest Restoration, for the management of forests with beetle kill;[No Bill Number Yet] Two Trust' proposal for Oregon and California forest lands owned by Bureau of Land Management in Western Oregon, State Forest Restoration Economic Study. Covered Officials: Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director of Fire & Aviation Management., U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service; Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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, White House Office
1265, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011; H.R. 4965, a bill that would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency from developing guidance related to federal jurisdiction over waters of the United States; S3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 ("Farm Bill"), including specific provisions relating to maintaining funding for strong conservation programs, such as programs implemented by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, maintaining funding for Sec. 10201programs that conduct detection, outreach, and management of invasive species, easement and stewardship programs (Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program); HR5326, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, including specific provisions relating to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget with particular interest in Section VI and Restoration funding, Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds, funding Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Recovery Program, and Connecticut River; HR5857, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2013; HR3325, Livable Communities Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the Presidential Budget Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction; S.1813, Moving Ahead in the 21st Century "MAP-21", Senate's Transportation 2-year extender of ISTEA, TEA-21 and SAFETEA-LU, including specific provisions relating to the inclusion of funding for Title F - Gulf Coast Restoration and Title G, Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140/HR56, Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR480, Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, and HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act; [no bill number yet] Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (USDA), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the US Fish and Wildlife Service Multispecies Fund, and international programs; HR5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY13, including specific provisions relating to Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY, provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by Corps of Engineers, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; S2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions related to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes; H5857 and S 3241 State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; HR4310, National Defense Authorization Act for FY13 and HR5856, Defense Appropriations Act for FY13, including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on DOD's lands, and issues related to the role of DOD in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and overseas; 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, and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Management and Research; 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 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY13 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, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; FY13 President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs; Draft FY13 President's 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; [no bill number yet] Watershed budgeting for US Army Corps of Engineers. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Department of Interior; 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; COVERED OFFICIALS CONT: 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; Assistant Secretary, Air Force; Deputy System Secretary, Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Director of Programs for the Mississippi Valley Division/Mississippi River Commission, Senior Executive Service, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Chief for the National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary, Natural Resource and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Commerce; undersecretary of Commerce and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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;
S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR480; Clean Water Act programs and funds for Puget Sound Restoration; S1940, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2011, including specific provisions that will discourage and guide development away from our nations freshwater and coastal floodplains, inform the public and provide mapping funding, especially for taking into consideration climate change; HR4281, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, including specific provisions relating to aquatic connectivity and advance mitigation and RESTORE provisions to provide funding for Gulf restoration and mitigation activities; [bills without numbers 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] Presidents Budget Request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; HR3391, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization and expansion of the program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; HR 3096/1400 The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012, specifically for conservation restoration programs; National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan; S.2323/ H.R.5326 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, including, budget for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, specifically relating to the Habitat Conservation and Restoration, Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Program, National Catch Share Program, Stock Assessments under the National Marine Fisheries Service, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Ocean Partnerships, and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program under the National Ocean Service. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, US Department of Interior; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Director, National Ocean Council; Communications Director, National Ocean Council, Council on Environmental Quality; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Regional Administrator of Region 2, US Environmental Protection Agency; Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division, US Army Corps of engineers; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior;
S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act of 2011 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; 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; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the passage of S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 and Land and Water Conservation Fund provisions as amendments. climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity, regional advanced mitigation planning and Land, Water Conservation Fund; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative and conservation area; Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Measures to improve the planning for an execution of mitigation throughout the executive branch; Americas Great Outdoors. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: 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; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Chief, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
HR. 1964/S. 339, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, to amend the IRC code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation and continue to deduct up to 50% of adjusted gross income for donations or bargain sales of qualified 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), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
HR. 1964, S. 339, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, to amend the IRC code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation and continue to deduct up to 50% of adjusted gross income (AGI) for donations or bargain sales of qualified conservation easements.
HR3210, Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act (RELIEF Act), amendments pertaining to outlawing imports of wood from tree species protected by foreign countries' laws and amendments facilitating prompt listing of non-native species of animals as "injurious", thereby restricting their importation and interstate movement; 2012 Farm Bill, including specific provisions authorizing funding for the Department of Defense to qualify a match or cost share in conservation programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture, Title II Conservation for environmental stewardship contracting re-authorization, voluntary easement programs (including Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wild Life Habitat Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program ), Energy Title and Forestry Title, and strengthening the mandate for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to prevent introductions of plant pests; S. 357 Wildlife Disease Emergency Act , including provisions for identifying and declaring wildlife disease emergencies, establishing a fund for rapid response coordination to those emergencies, and prepare for, identify, and address diseases adversely affecting wildlife populations and biodiversity through strategic and coordinated actions among Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, and nongovernmental organizations; S.1673, Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2011 to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection that would be responsible for preventing introduction of agricultural pests (including tree-killing pests); Oregon and California Lands Act (no bill number yet. Draft-only introduced) to address 'Two Trust' proposal for Oregon and California forest lands owned by Bureau of Land Management in Western Oregon; Americas Great Outdoors initiative for conservation in the U.S. consisting primarily of new ways to organize, coordinate and use existing conservation programs, including the lower Cache River; [No bill numbers yet] Amendments and titles to 2012 Farm Bill, particularly the Conservation title of the bill essential to conservation easement and cost share programs; particularly the Conservation Title for transmittal to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; COVERED OFFICIALS: Special Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for National Environmental Policy Act, Council on Environmental Quality; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality;
Farm Bill, including specific provisions relating to maintaining funding for strong conservation programs, such as programs implemented by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, maintaining funding for Sec. 10201programs that conduct detection, outreach, and management of invasive species; S.1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (aka MAP-21), including specific provisions relating to the Authorization of appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) equal to current federal highway spending levels plus inflation for FY2012 and FY2013 for: (1) certain new and existing core federal-aid highway programs, and (2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrative expenses and Sections 1601-1701, amendments for funding RESTORE and Land Water Conservation Fund; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes. S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act, provisions relating to full funding; FY13 Presidents Budget, including provisions for full funding for Americas Great Outdoors, and Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction and funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 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; [no bill number yet] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; [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; 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (no bill number yet) including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on DODs lands, and issues related to the role of DOD in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and oversees; 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 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY13 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, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; FY13 President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs; [No bill number] Draft FY12 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, relating to the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds; Draft FY13Presidents 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; 2012 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service Multispecies Fund, and international programs; FY12 and FY13 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for various conservation programs in various agencies including the Land and Water conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (US Department of Agriculture), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; 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; Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, in specific the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined, Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2013 expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; Draft Energy and Water Appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; 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; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT. 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; Assistant Secretary, Air Force; Deputy System Secretary, Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Liaison to the Department of Interior, Department of Defense; Major General, Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Commanding General, Civil Works and Emergency Preparedness, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers;, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Assistant Secretary for Civil Works; Director of Programs for the Mississippi Valley Division/Mississippi River Commission, Senior Executive Service, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Resource Management; Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division, US Army Corps of engineers; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army;
[No bill number yet] The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources, environmental and flood protection; HR 7, Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of Gulf the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR480; Clean Water Act programs and funds for Puget Sound Restoration;2012 Water Resource Development Act (no bill number yet) , specific provisions relating to amending section 234, Interagency and International Support Authority of the Water Resource Development Act of 1996. [bills without numbers 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 for the re-authorization and expansion of the program to monitor mercury levels in various ecosystems and their impacts on wildlife; HR 3096/1400 The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012; National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan. COVERED OFFICIALS: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Regional Administrator of Region 2, Environmental Protection Agency, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; International Programs, US Army of Corps of Engineers; Director, International and Interagency Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality.
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
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.
S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR480; S973National Endowment for the Oceans Act; HR 3096/1400 The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011; S.1851, HR.3398, Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act; HR1 Continuing Resolution relating to the Environmental Protection Agencys enforcement authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogn water, re-enforce Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads standards and authority, including bills to offset riders to HR1 ( including bills relating to ballast water and aquatic invasive species legislation relevant to Environmental Protection Agency and Coast Guard rule making); [No bill number yet] The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources, environmental and flood protection ; [Not introduced yet] Draft Clean Water Act, relating specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicated to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; Various riders to HR 1 that would deplete conservation funding, including bills relating to ballast water and aquatic invasive species legislation relevant to Environmental Protection Agency and Coast Guard rule making; Various Water legislation including, Upper and Lower Colorado River recovery programs and Water Resources Development Act, Coastal Estuarine Land Conservation Program and Gulf Restoration Act; S.861, Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act; The Environmental Protection Agencys Healthy Watersheds Program including support for pilot projects; Water Resource Development Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization for Sustainable Rivers Program; Improving efficiency in National Environmental Policy Act process. COVERED OFFICIALS: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Regional Administrator of Region 2, Environmental Protection Agency.
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.
HR. 1964, S. 339, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, to amend the IRC code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation; [No Bill Number Yet] Conservation Easement Incentive Act for permanent tax incentives for donated conservation easements.
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 Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources: environmental and flood protection; HR1 Continuing Resolution relating to the Environmental Protection Agencys enforcement authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogen water, re-enforce Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads standards and authority, depletion of conservation funding ( including bills relating to ballast water and aquatic invasive species legislation relevant to Environmental Protection Agency and Coast Guard rule making); S973National Endowment for the Oceans Act; S1400 Resources and Ecosystems, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011; S. 1140, HR 56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act; The Environmental Protection Agencys Healthy Watersheds Program including support for pilot projects: Water Resource Development Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization for Sustainable Rivers Program; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR480, Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act; [NO BILL NUMBER YET] Clean Water Act, relating specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicated to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; Various riders to HR 1 that would deplete conservation funding, including bills relating to ballast water and aquatic invasive species legislation relevant to Environmental Protection Agency and Coast Guard rule making Various Water legislation including Water Resources Development Act, Coastal Estuarine Land Conservation Program; 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, Council on Environmental Quality; Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Regional Administrator of Region 2, Environmental Protection Agency.
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
[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.
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.
[No bill number yet] The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources, environmental and flood protection; HR1 Resolution relating to the Environmental Protection Agencys enforcement authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogen water, re-enforce total maximum daily water loads, depletion of conservation funding ( including bills relating to ballast water and aquatic invasive species legislation relevant to Environmental Protection Agency and Coast Guard rule making); [Not introduced yet] Clean Water Act, relating to specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicated to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; S405 Gulf Stream Protection Act, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide a requirement for certain lessees, and for other purposes; S973 National Endowment for the Oceans Act (ENTIRE ACT); S493 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Reauthorization Act of 2011 relating to the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Tax Prevention Act; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act; S. 1140, HR 56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act; HR480, Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act; The Environmental Protection Agencys Healthy Watersheds Program including support for pilot projects; Water Resource Development Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization for Sustainable Rivers Program. 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; 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.
S339 Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011 and HR 1964 Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to permanent incentives for donated conservation easements.COVERED OFFICIALS:Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior.
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.
HR390, Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax, specifically relating to the favorable tax treatment for the donation of conservation easements.
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.
HR910, The Energy Tax Prevention Tax, to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit EPA from regulating greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes; S.3587, Clean Energy, Community Investment, and Wildlife Conservation Act, relating to the establishment of a wind and solar leasing pilot program for land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service; 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; DRAFT PROVISIONS WITHOUT BILL NUMBERS FOR A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING: the Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2012; Various riders to HR1 that would deplete conservation funding; Rider to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy; Eco-regional assessments for energy siting. 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, DOI; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, DOI: Office of Solid Waste Emergency Response, EPA; Special Advisor, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality;
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
Action on HR1831/S812, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to tax incentives for donated conservation easements and a draft estate tax reform bill.
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;
2012 Farm Bill (no bill Number); potential amendments thereof; Action on potential Senate Omnibus Land Water Wildlife Bill (no Bill number); Action on Secure Rural Schools and provisions (no Bill has been introduced), relating to the Secure Rural Schools funding expiring in 2012 and efforts to reauthorize and re-fund the program; Draft solutions for better BLM forest land management. COVERED OFFICIALS: Secretary, Department of 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), 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 H.R. 1831/S. 812, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009, specific provisions relating to tax incentives for donated conservation easements; and a draft estate tax reform bill.
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 H.R. 1831/S. 812, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009, specific provisions relating to tax incentives for donated conservation easements; and a draft estate tax reform bill.
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