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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
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NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2016 · first_quarter · Q1
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
Source: Senate LDA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Consolidated 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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 223/S.1024, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act reauthorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment 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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure 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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 223/S.1024, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act reauthorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
Department of Defense 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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment 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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 223/S.1024, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act reauthorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security 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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
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; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman, energy research, and offshore energy; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013
Client: NATURE CONSERVANCY · Firm: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
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, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
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. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
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;
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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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;
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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; S.2194, Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act, to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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;
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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
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;
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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
Consolidated 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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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;
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;
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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; S.2194, Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act, to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
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 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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; S.2194, Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act, to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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;
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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
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;
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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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 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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental 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;
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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
Department of Homeland Security 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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment 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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure 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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
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;
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;
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 Defense 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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
Department of Defense 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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental 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;
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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental 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 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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental 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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment 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, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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; S.1744, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment 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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 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; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
California Emergency Drought Relief 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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; S.2194, Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act, to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
California Emergency Drought Relief 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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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;
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security 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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016
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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support 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 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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; S.2194, Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act, to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
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, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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; S.1744, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
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; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental 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/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
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;
H.R. 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; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, 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, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, 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; 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; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/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] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, reauthorization discussion; Presidential Memorandum on mitigation;
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
H.R. 223/S.1024, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act reauthorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
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), 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), Office of the Vice President of the United States, 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 · fourth_quarter · Q4
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; S. 338/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; S.2194, Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act, to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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; National Marine Fisheries Service Floodplain development; [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, and other measures through WRDA; President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency rule, Clean Power Plan, historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change;
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 ; H.R.702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, all provisions of the bill; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; S. 720, Energy Saving and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes; H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; S.2011, Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015, an original bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer Continential Shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; S.J.Res.24/ H.J.Res.72, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. S.J.Res.23/H.J.Res.71, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rul submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. [no bill number] Offshore energy, "offshore mitigation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI/BOEM) preparation of policy platform - internal TNC"; Funding of Green Climate Fund International (Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015);
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, tax extenders, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; 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; 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; 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, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fish Wildlife Service, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
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
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2015 · third_quarter · Q3
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, S. 338, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, 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; S.1744, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service 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] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, full permanent funding; H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Programs; 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. 235/H.R.167, 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 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; 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 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, Land Water Conservation Funding for the Norther Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge,; 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 biodiversity, Global Environment Facility quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget, Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project, Federal Flood Risk Standard; H.R.3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2016, provisions relating to Federal Flood Risk Standard; [no bill number] Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, funding levels; [no bill number] Upper Mississippi River Restoration Enivonmental Management Program, funding levels;
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; S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relieft, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; [no bill number yet] Drought Policy, principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [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;
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
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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;
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;
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);
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. 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;
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
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Q4
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;
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;
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2014 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, opportunity to reduce environmental impacts from transportation facilities, which advancing important policy initiatives such as natural infrastructure resiliency and smart development;
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)
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2014 · second_quarter · Q2
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;
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2014 · first_quarter · Q1
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;
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2013 · fourth_quarter · Q4
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;
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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
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;
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2013 · first_quarter · Q1
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;
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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
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;
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2012 · third_quarter · Q3
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.
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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
HR1540/S1253, FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues related to Department of Defense energy programs, and issues related to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, specific provisions relating to conservation; 4959, the Global Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011; S3635 FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding in the Army Corps of Engineers; HR 3672, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 relating to the inclusion of language to restrict funding of the Corps implementation of new Principles and Guidelines in FY12; P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011 with regard to conservation funding; PL 84-99 Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act relating to the use of non-structural flood control; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Agriculture draft appropriations bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; H.R. 1 FY12 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, including Hells Canyon and Table Rock, funding for Forest Legacy, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs, Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, and Big Creek; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY12 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; Agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; [No bill number] Draft FY12 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, relating to the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds, Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including appropriations for 2012 and 2013 Land and Water Conservation Fund in the 2012 Budget; Draft FY12 Presidents budget for the United States Forest Service, relating to funding for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, stewardship contracting reauthorization, and the US Forest Service and Department of Interior budget for Hazardous Fuels Reduction and State Fire Assistance programs; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts, existing funds within National Resources Conservation Service or the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration; Draft Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation Funding in 2012 and 2013 and in the Budget Control Act process and in the 2012 regular budget through the 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Bill for a wide variety of programs with the primary purpose to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including the Conservation title of Farm Bill; Draft 2012 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation Fund and North America Wetlands Conservation Act projects and support for the Land Water Conservation Fund; Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for various conservation programs in various agencies, Appropriations for Energy and Water Development Discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012; Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in New York; Provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE; Draft Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Draft Energy and Water Appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; Global Conservation Act of 2012 for a global conservation strategy by the US Government; US Corps of Engineers approach to Great Rivers Program, Sustainable Rivers Program, Flood recovery and non-structural solutions, and opportunities to redesign the budget process. COVERED OFFICIALS:Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT: Advisor, Department of Interior, Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Major General, Deputy Commanding General, Civil Works and Emergency Preparedness, US Army Corps of Engineers; Commander of the Northwestern Division, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Major General, Deputy Commanding General and Army Deputy, Chief of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers.
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2011 · third_quarter · Q3
HR1540/S1253 The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Resource Legacy Program, issues relating to Department of Defense energy programs, conservation and issues relating to climate change and climate change adaptation; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, including specific provisions relating to conservation; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; S1265 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011; HR5850 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to conservation funding, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and wild and scenic rivers, Forest Legacy (USDA) and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization and expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; [NO BILL NUMBER YET] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; 2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization, including specific provisions relating to the Conservation Title and funding for specific conservation programs; Forest Landscape Restoration relating to adopting a landscape/watershed scale approach to mitigation which can produce funds for specific restoration projects; US Department of Agricultures Northern Everglades Wetland Restoration Project, specifically relating to easements with ranchers; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Research Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity; FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps of Engineers Sustainable Rivers projects and authorization in the Water Development Act, Integrated Resource Restoration Initiative, the Klamath Basin Agreement, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs (especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget; Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality, ecological restoration; Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment, including Conservation Title of Farm Bill; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of Appropriations for conservation programs; Appropriations for FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; CON. RES 34. PCS, establishing a budget for the FY12 Fiscal Year and appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013-2021; FY13 Presidents Budget for Americas Great Outdoors Funding, flood control projects, ecological restoration and Corps of Engineers appropriations; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation Funding; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; COVERED OFFICIALS, CONT.: Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Restoration Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Air Force; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH), Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense Special Advisor, Department of Interior
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
[No bill number yet] The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program relating to energy, conservation, climate change and climate change adaptation; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Program and Research Program; US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; FY11 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding; FY12 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development relating to S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011 and conservation provisions; H.R. 1 FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs ( including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps Sustainable Rivers projects, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs ( especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget;Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; H.AMDT.33 and 121 to HR1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 regarding funding for the Klamath Dam Removal and Sediment Study; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding $40 million for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality (Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration);Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment. Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; H.R. 1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY 2011 (balance) - Appropriations for the Department of Defense and other Agencies , various riders regarding the Environmental Protection Agency authority and other regulatory issues and Partial Continuing Resolution for extending negotiating time.; [Budget Bills without numbers yet] - FY11 & FY12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012 Appropriations Legislation for Land and Water Conservation Fund (Including specific provisions relating to Forest Legacy within US Department of Agriculture) and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for conservation programs; FY11 & FY12 Energy and Water Appropriations, including Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation funding. COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense;Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; COVERED OFFICIALS CONT: Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture;; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior.
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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.
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Siting of alternative and conventional energy facilities; America's Great Outdoors; funding for the Land Water Conservation Fund; climate change adaptation. COVERED OFFICIALS: Assist. Sec. for US Fish and Wildlife Services; Deputy Assist. Sec. for Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Secretary, Department of Interior.
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;
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2010 · third_quarter · Q3
Siting of alternative and conventional energy facilities; America's Great Outdoors; funding for the Land Water Conservation Fund; climate change adaptation, marine resources restoration and marine spatial planning. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director for Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, DOI; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture.
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;
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2010 · second_quarter · Q2
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.
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2010 · first_quarter · Q1
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.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Action on the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon, and Savannah River Comprehensive Water Resources Study; H.R. 2647/S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; H.R. 2892/S. 1298, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; HR 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; The 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding, NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; funding for the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. Con. Res. 70, Budget resolution for the US Government for FY2010 through 2013; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and land and water conservation fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; and support of S. 2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Civil Works Programs Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Management and Budget, United States Army; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Policy Associate Director, General Government Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resource Division, Office of Management and Budget; Commerce Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, OMB; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief Scientist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy and Environment, Department of Treasury; and the Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · third_quarter · Q3
Action on S. 22/H.R. 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009; S. 2593/H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; H.R. 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; and H.R. 3086, Global Wildlife Conservation Coordination and Enhancement Act of 2009. Covered Officials contacted: Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counsel to Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Program Examiner, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Regional Director (NE), US Fish and Wildlife Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Fish and Wildlife Service; USFWS Deputy Director for Operations; USFWS Deputy Director for Policy; and Director, Office of External Affairs, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · first_quarter · 1A
Action on proposed legislation to authorize marine spatial planning, including specific provisions relating to siting renewable and traditional energy offshore and to provide for appropriate marine conservation; Climate Change Adaptation outreach; Energy by Design mitigation planning for Mojave; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Field; S. 536, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass; S. 636, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; H.R. 1190, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; Greenhouse Cap and Trade legislation; Waxman-Markey discussion draft; Forest carbon provisions; Offset provisions; Adaptation provisions; and H.R. 1790, To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions resulting from land conversion and deforestation in developing countries, to provide incentive for developing countries to increase forest carbon stocks, and for other purposes. Covered officials contacted: Acting Undersecretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Undersecretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Ecosystem Services, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, Science, and the Arts, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; Special Envoy to Climate Change, Department of State; Deputy Special Enjoy to Climate Change, Department of State; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Secretary, Department of Energy; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · second_quarter · Q2
Action on proposed legislation to authorize marine spatial planning, specific provisions relating to siting renewable energy facilities and traditional energy offshore and provide for appropriate marine conservation; Energy by Design mitigation planning for Mojave; proposed House energy legislation, with specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; S. 536, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass; S. 636, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; H.R. 1190, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009; Greenhouse Cap and Trade legislation; and H.R. 2454/H.R. 2998, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, forest carbon offsets, cost containment, renewable biomass, international trade, level of emission reductions, and land acquisition funding. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Energy Policy Team Management, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Office of the President; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Office of the President; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, Office of the President; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, Science, and the Arts, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Environment Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Chief of Staff; Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Commerce; and Legislative Affairs Specialist, Department of Commerce.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2009 · first_quarter · Q1
Action on S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title IV Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Title II Sabinosos Wilderness, and acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act, including specific provisions relating to fire suppression emergency funding; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation and Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; H.R. 860, To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; Proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; In conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, met with Senate and House staff to promote conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX; Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act; Develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and administrative implementation of NOAAs consultation authorities/responsibilities related to possible impacts to fishery resource, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other NOAA trust resources due to upcoming build up of US Department of Defense on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. Covered officials contacted: Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; National Fire Plan Director, Department of Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire and Aviation Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Action on the development of the 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Willamette Valley and Camp Creek Army Corps of Engineer Projects; Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, block spending to implement a final rule revising the Endangered Species Act Consultation processes, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the Bureau of Land Management budget, funding for conservation programs related to International Development Assistance at USAID, and appropriations related to Imnaha, Hells Canyon acquisition and Upper Table Rock; The fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, funding for fire, the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions, and funding for proposals to amend Quarantine 37 regulations regarding the importation of plant materials; the 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, block spending to implement a final rule revising the Endangered Species Act Consultation processes, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 3258, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 234/ S. 145, Pacific Salmon Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to a salmon settlement; FY2010 Presidents Budget for Bureau of Reclamation, funding for re-operation of reservoirs and climate change research, Army Corps of Engineers and US Geological Survey, specifically funding for analysis of environmental flows at the Corps of Engineers; FY10 appropriations packages; and advance concepts for natural resource restoration in the context of a proposed Economic Stimulus Package Appropriation bill, including specific provisions relating to funding for coastal habitat restoration, infrastructure investment, and green infrastructure projects in USFS and DOI budgets. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Assistant Director for Endangered Species for Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Chief, Division of Fish and Wildlife Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Assistant Secretary, State Department; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; and Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · third_quarter · Q3
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Wildlife Adaptation Fund, tax incentives, fire suppression emergency funding, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Field; S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008; H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition, with regards to the renewable fuel program; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans; H. R. ___, House Climate Change Discussion Draft; H.R. 6899, The Comprehensive Americans Energy and Consumer Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to revenues from oil and gas royalties; the Western Climate Initiative; and S.__, To reduce gas prices, to lessen the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, to strengthen the economy of the United States, and for other purposes. Covered Officials Contacted: Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · second_quarter · Q2
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Wildlife Adaptation Fund, forest carbon sequestration, cost containment, offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaption, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, fire suppression emergency funding, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Fields; S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, including the following specific provisions in the Substitute amendment, Senate Amendment 4949, and other amendments thereto: Scope of coverage (Title II and definitions), Title III (offsets and international allowances), Title V (cost-containment), Title VI, Subtitles C and D (Partnerships With States, Localities and Indian Tribes to Adapt to Climate Change and Protect Natural Resources), Title XII (Federal program to protect natural resources), Title XIII (International partnerships to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change); H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans. Covered officials contacted: Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and Chief, US Forest Service, USDA
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2008 · first_quarter · Q1
Action on the development of the 2009 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management, the USDA Forest Service Forest Healthy Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, the National Landscape Conservation System, the Healthy Lands Initiative, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, bird conservation priorities, State Wildlife Grant Program, National Wildlife Refuge Program, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service invasive species budget; the 2009 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives that affect conservation; the 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, and use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions; the 2009 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program and Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Santa Cruz Island eradication of invasive feral pigs; Funding to implement demonstration projects authorized by the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act (PL- 109-320); H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; Endangered species funding; Army Corps of Engineers Ecosystem Restoration; and Department of Defense Conservation Buffer funding. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Executive Director, Security Border Initiative, Department of Homeland Security; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Counselor to Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Business Management and Wildland Fire, Department of the Interior; Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator, Department of Commerce; Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · mid_year · MM
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), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA)
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · year_end · YA
Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, United States Geological Survey funding for water management, invasive weed management at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to funding to assist fish and wildlife adaptation to climate change (sections 4701 and 4702), trading of forest carbon offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaptation, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program;
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · year_end · YY
Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to funding to assist fish and wildlife adaptation to climate change (sections 4701 and 4702), trading of forest carbon offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaptation, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program;
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to conservation, forestry, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, funding for Sage Grouse, conservation programs including the Environmental Quality Incentive Program,
NATURE CONSERVANCY via THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2007 · mid_year · MM
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to alternative energy sources, biomass fuels, ranchland protection, the Great Lakes basin, the Grassland Reserve Program, land use protection, forest protection, the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, cost-share assistance for natural disaster restoration for forestland owners, and funding for healthy forest reserves.
S. Res. 30, Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments; S. 1766, Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007; S. 357, Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act; H.R. 1506, Fuel Economy Reform Act; and S. 1419/H.R. 6, Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007. Action on H.R. 2337, Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to landscape planning efforts and wildlife corridors exemption from categorical exclusions for oil/gas development; H.R. 2701, Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007; S. 317, Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007; S. 280, Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007;
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)
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;
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)
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;
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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;
[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
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
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Rider to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy conservation measures including research; S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wing siting and public lands mitigation; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; H. AMDT.378 Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force; National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy; USG International Adaptation Strategy; National Ocean Adaptation Strategy; National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy; FY12 Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River, Tongass legislation; Siting and mitigation of renewable energy and effective mitigation on public lands; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines. COVERED OFFICIALS: Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Climate Change Advisor to the Chief, US Forest Service; Climate Change Coordinator, Fisheries Service, NOAA; National Climate Change Policy Advisor, Office of the Science Advisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
[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.
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
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
S3635, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to the Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species' barrier feasibility study in New York, Regional River Commission Funding, and the North Atlantic Division management authority; S1436/HR3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects and accounts; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Interior cooperatives and funding for river restoration projects, large intact landscape conservation nationwide, Land Water Conservation Fund projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Operations and Maintenance programs, migratory bird programs, Endangered Species Act (ESA), including cooperative endangered species conservation fund appropriations and habitat conservation plans, the U.S. Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, the Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding specifically to the Forest Health Protection program and Research and Development as they apply to invasive species and possibility for inclusion in supplemental tax measures and omnibus spending bill, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, America's Great Outdoors initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hells Canyon, Pacific NW Streams, Table Rocks, Natural Resources Funding, USG spending for climate including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, mitigation policy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill restoration; FY11 President's budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, and wildland fire funding, including: Forest Landscape Restoration Act, FLAME Act and Integrated Resource Restoration; FY12 Presidents budget request, relating to international climate finance and domestic climate funding, including specifically Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries and sustainable landscapes, international and domestic adaptation funding, and international conservation funding and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME); FY11 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; FY11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; FY11 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, invasive species funding levels, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; S3636/HR2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships, Corps of Engineers appropriations for the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, Long Island Sound Seagrass Research, Long Island Sound Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Fund; FY11 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including climate, conservation and funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY11, including specific provisions relating to Funding for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and ALB Pests and Pathogens; HR3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and Coral Triangle funding; S2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act FY09 relating to fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund, CLEAR Act and the National Endowment for the Oceans (NEO); S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding project, Interior Appropriations, Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments (Section 901-910), and Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Section 4201); S1214/HR2565 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, with specific provisions relating to state and tribal wildlife grants and action plans, establishes regions and funding for fisheries and restoration US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; HR5875, Emergency Boarder Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010; S3454/HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, energy programs, and provisions related to impacts of climate change on national security; Support of S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) Reauthorization Act of 2009; S3762, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation (FLTFA) relating to the reinstatement of $50 million to the Federal Land Disposal Account to carry out the FLTA programs; USDA Appropriations for USFS Budget, including funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act in FY11 President's budget and in Senate Omnibus Appropriations; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED CONT.: Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director for Policy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, USDA Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council Environmental Quality, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; Director, Environmental Readiness and Safety, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Navy, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Director of Environmental Management, OSD, Department of Defense; Acting Director of Readiness, OSD, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Environment and Energy, Department of Treasury; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President Assistant Director for the Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
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 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 new energy and climate change legislation to be introduced by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman, including specific provisions relating to among other things the national security implications of climate change; HR 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; H.R. 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S. 1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, specific provisions related to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S. 2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S. 2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Assistant Director for Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management. Mark Kramer - Prior Gov't experience: Feb 1989-Dec 1990: Economist, Western Water issues, USDA Economic Research Service, Washington DC Jan 1991-Sept 1995: Program Examiner, Natural Resources Division, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President Feb 1997-Mar 2000: Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Cal Dooley, U.S. House of Representatives
Action on S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act; the 2010 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; impending Congressional resolutions and potential appropriations riders to block Clean Air Act regulatory authority; S. 2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation. Covered Officials Contacted: Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Principal Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Director, US Geological Survey; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
Action on HR 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; H.R. 1190, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, forest carbon offsets, cost containment, renewable biomass, international trade, level of emission reductions, international trade, and land acquisition funding; proposed legislation for planning and implementation of coastal adaptation to climate change; S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs, adaptation, reducing global warming pollution, and disposition of allowances; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; definition of biomass; S. 1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; and S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Biomass Program Director, Department of Energy; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior; and Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
Action on S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; the Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act, including specific provisions relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment; regulation on mercury emissions; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation; HR 860/S 2859, Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the conservation of coral reefs; and Executive Order 13508, Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration, specific provisions related to oyster reef restoration. Covered Officials Contacted: Principal Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Water and Power Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Oceans and Coastal Activities Coordination Director, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Science Advisor, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Ocean and Coastal Protection Division, Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental Protection Agency; Chief, Leasing Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Director, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental Protection Agency.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
Action on H.R. 2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Savannah River Comprehensive Water Resources Study; H.R. 2647/S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; H.R. 2892/S. 1298, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; H.R. 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests, and pathogens; H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; funding for the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. Con. Res. 70, Budget resolution for the US Government for FY2010 through 2013; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and Land and Water Conservation Fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; increase funding for National Wildlife Refuge System; and H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Covered officials contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Civil Works Programs Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Management and Budget, United States Army; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; and Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Program Examiner, Forest Service, Office of Management and Budget; Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Policy Associate Director, General Government Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resource Division, Office of Management and Budget; Commerce Branch Chief, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Homeland Security Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief Scientist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment; and Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment.
Action on H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding; S. 536, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass; S. 636, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; H.R. 1190, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009; H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, forest carbon offsets, cost containment, renewable biomass, international trade, level of emission reductions, and land acquisition funding; proposed legislation for planning and implementation of coastal adaptation to climate change; S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; and the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation. Covered officials contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Biomass Program Director, Department of Energy; and Deputy Associate Director, Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to Title IV Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Title II Sabinosos Wilderness, and acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act, including specific provisions relating to fire suppression emergency funding; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation and Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; H.R. 860, To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; Proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; In conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, met with Senate and House staff to promote conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX; Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act; Develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and administrative implementation of NOAAs consultation authorities/responsibilities related to possible impacts to fishery resource, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other NOAA trust resources due to upcoming build up of US Department of Defense on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. Covered officials contacted: Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; National Fire Plan Director, Department of Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire and Aviation Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council, US Department of Agriculture; Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
Action on the development of the 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Willamette Valley and Camp Creek Army Corps of Engineer Projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, appropriations related to Nestucca, Pacific Northwest Streams, and Hells Canyon acquisition, and Savannah River Comp. Water Resources Study; The fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests and pathogens; the 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; FY10 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to funding for BLM and Forest Service wildland fire management account, funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers, natural resource restoration, coastal habitat restoration and noxious weed control; FY2010 Presidents Budget, specifically support for Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy, and wildland fire funding; FY10 appropriations packages; and proposed legislation to establish permanent appropriations for ocean research, conservation, and restoration. Covered officials contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Financial Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Manager, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture.
Action on United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Natural Resources Conservation Service program operations; and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program. Covered officials contacted: Assistant Secretary, United States of Agriculture; Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture; Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary for Regulatory and Marketing, United States Department of Agriculture; and Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on public land; S. 2593/H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; H.R. 669, Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act; and the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act. Covered Officials Contacted: Secretary, Department of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counsel to Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Director, Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; Assistant Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget.
Action on H.R. 2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon, and Savannah River Comprehensive Water Resources Study; H.R. 2647/S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; H.R. 2892/S. 1298, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests, and pathogens; H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects, Bureau of Reclamation projects, and certain New Mexico projects; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to funding for AmeriCorps, NOAA Restoration projects, border security, and funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act; FY2010 Presidents Budget, including the budget to support the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy, and wildland fire funding; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; funding for the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. Con. Res. 70, Budget resolution for the US Government for FY2010 through 2013; and proposed legislation to establish permanent appropriations for ocean research, conservation, and restoration. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Civil Works Programs Integration Directorate, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Management and Budget, United States Army; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; and Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Action on proposed legislation to authorize marine spatial planning, including specific provisions relating to siting renewable and traditional energy offshore and to provide for appropriate marine conservation; Climate Change Adaptation outreach; Energy by Design mitigation planning for Mojave; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Field; S. 536, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass; S. 636, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; H.R. 1190, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; Greenhouse Cap and Trade legislation; Waxman-Markey discussion draft; Forest carbon provisions; Offset provisions; Adaptation provisions; and H.R. 1790, To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions resulting from land conversion and deforestation in developing countries, to provide incentive for developing countries to increase forest carbon stocks, and for other purposes. Covered officials contacted: Acting Undersecretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Deputy Undersecretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Ecosystem Services, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, Science, and the Arts, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; Special Envoy to Climate Change, Department of State; Deputy Special Enjoy to Climate Change, Department of State; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Secretary, Department of Energy; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Action on the development of the 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Willamette Valley and Camp Creek Army Corps of Engineer Projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, funding for river restoration projects, the National Landscape Conservation System budget, the Healthy Lands Initiative budget, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, appropriations related to Nestucca, Pacific Northwest Streams, and Hells Canyon acquisition, and Savannah River Comp. Water Resources Study; The fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, and funding for invasive species, pests and pathogens; the 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; FY10 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to funding for BLM and Forest Service wildland fire management account, funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers, natural resource restoration, coastal habitat restoration and noxious weed control; FY2010 Presidents Budget, specifically support for Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy, and wildland fire funding; FY10 appropriations packages; and proposed legislation to establish permanent appropriations for ocean research, conservation, and restoration. Covered officials contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Chief Financial Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Manager, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Associate Director Land and Water Ecosystems, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture.
Action on United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Natural Resources Conservation Service program operations; and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program. Covered officials contacted: Assistant Secretary, United States of Agriculture; Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture; Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary for Regulatory and Marketing, United States Department of Agriculture; and Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on the development of the 2009 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Healthy Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy Projects, wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, the National Landscape Conservation System, the Healthy Lands Initiative, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, Section 6 Cooperateive Endangered Species Program Fund, State Wildlife Grant Program, National Wildlife Refuge Program, and the Bureau of Land Management budget; S. 3001, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives that affect conservation and funding for fire;the 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions, and proposals to amend Quarantine 37 regulations regarding the importation of plant materials; S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs, and coral reef conservation programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; S. 3258, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; H.R. 234/ S. 145, Pacific Salmon Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2007; and FY2010 Presidents Budget for Army Corps of Engineers and US Geological Survey, specifically funding for analysis of environmental flows at the Corps of Engineers. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, United States Army; Deputy Under Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on the development of the 2009 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Healthy Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, the Albemarle/Pamlico National Estuary Program, the National Landscape Conservation System, the Healthy Lands Initiative, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, US Forest Service international programs, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, bird conservation priorities, Section 6 Cooperateive Endangered Species Program Fund, State Wildlife Grant Program, National Wildlife Refuge Program, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service invasive species budget; the 2009 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration projects; S. 3001, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives that affect conservation; the 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2009 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine, primarily Emerging Plant Pests line, funding for United States Forest Service land exchanges, the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency response to forest pest invasions, and proposals to amend Quarantine 37 regulations regarding the importation of plant materials; S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program and Fisheries Habitat Restoration programs; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to ballast water treatment; Funding to implement demonstration projects authorized by the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act (PL- 109-320);and H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Healthy, United States Army; Deputy Executive Director, Security Border Initiative, Department of Homeland Security; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Counselor to Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Business Management and Wildland Fire, Department of the Interior; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget; Associate; Director for Water, United States Geological Survey; Associate Director for Habitat, US Fish and Wildlife Service; National Borderlands Coordinator, Department of the Interior; Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Policy Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Chief of staff, Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on S. 1142/H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act including specific provisions relating to implementation; H.R. 5263/ S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S. 2179, National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forests;
Action on H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to project authorities and NGOs as cost-share partners; H.R. 2421/S.1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Camp Creek and Willamette River flood plain restoration; S. 1578, Ballast Water Management Act; and the Presidential Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico.
Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to conservation, forestry, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, funding for Sage Grouse,
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Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, United States Geological Survey funding for water management, invasive weed management at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Action on H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to project authorities and NGOs as cost-share partners; H.R. 2421/S.1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Camp Creek and Willamette River flood plain restoration; and the Presidential Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Action on S. 1142/H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act including specific provisions relating to implementation; H.R. 5263/ S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S. 2179, National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forests;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Federal Acquisition Regulations amendments for stewardship contracts, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act funding, multi-species conservation Funds funding, Forest Legacy program funding, the Wildland Fire Management section, federal land sales proposal, and other function 300 programs; H.R. 2764, The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to funding for Parks in Peril, the Tropical Forest Conservation Act, international forest programs, and the coral triangle; H.R. 3074/S. 1789, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to transportation funding and transportation community and system preservation program earmarks; H.R. 3093/S. 1745, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program funding; H.R. 2641, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers earmarks; H.R. 3161/S, 1859, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to US Forest Service appropriations, funding for fire programs and forest health and restoration, the Animal and Plant Inspection Service funding, and Quarantine 37 revision; S. 567, National Defense Authorization act for Fiscal Year 2008, including specific provisions relating to the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense range and environmental protection initiative, and Sikes Act agreements; H.R. 2638/S. 1644, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; H.J. Resolution 20, Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007; and H.R. 3222, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008. Covered Officials Contacted: Brigadier General, US Corps of Engineers; Program Examiner Interior Department, Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff, Department of Interior, Office of the Assistant Secretary Policy, Management and Budget; Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources; Assistant US Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific; Forest Service Chief; Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Agriculture; US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Director of Civil Works; USFS Deputy Chief for Research; Department of Interior Deputy Secretary; Assistant Secretary of Water and Science; Assistant Secretary on Policy, Management, and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, President's Counsel on Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; National Director of Research and Development, Bureau of Reclamation; Commissioner, US Bureau of Reclamation Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to FY08 funding for state wildlife action plans, FY08 funding for US Fish and Wildlife Service programs, funding for the Landowner Incentive Program and Private Stewardship Grant Program , funding for the Rocky Mountain Front, funding for fire programs, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects,
; H.R. 1464, Great Cats and Rare Canids; the Priority Landscapes Initiative; proposed Cooperative Conservation legislation; craft legislation for the National Fish Habitat Initiative; the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative conservation buffer program; and United States Department of Agriculture regulations and the revision of Q37 including specific regulations on P. ramorum and emerging Plant Pest program of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Support of H.R. 2733, Trinity River Restoration Fund Act of 2007; H.R. 1907/S.1142, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act; H.R. 1011, Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007; and S. 1502, Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007. Action on S. 658, Endangered Species Reform Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to regulations; S. 647, Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forest health; H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to illegal logging; S. 300, Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007;
Action on S. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Section 5002 of Title V, estuary restoration, Law of the Sea, and Penobscot River funding; H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007; and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards. Support of H.R. 2421, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.
Action on S. 469/H.R. 1576, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)