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H.R. 7393/S. 3429 Growing Climate Solutions Act; H.R. 7843/S. 4357 REPLANT Act H.R. 3684 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 5376 Build Back Better Act; H.R. 7575/S. 3021 Water Resources Development Act; H.R. 1992/S. 170 Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act; S. 2372/H.R. 2773 Recovering America's Wildlife Act; Americas Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2021; S. 4451 Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020; S.1069 Digital Coast Act; America the Beautiful Program; Draft Senate Reforming Disaster Recovery Act;; Implementation of IIJA; H.R. 7843/S. 4357 REPLANT Act; Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Act of 2021 ; Mainstreaming ecological security in legislation or amendments to existing law for the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act ; H.R. 5508/S. 2950 Fostering Overseas Rule of law and Environmentally Sound Trade (FOREST) Act of 2021; H.R.5830 - AMAZON21 Act; The Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2021; S.37 - Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2021; S.1737 / H.R. 3424 Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act; S.2356, Twenty-First Century Dams Act;

H.R. 3684 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 7393/S. 3429 Growing Climate Solutions Act; H.R. 5376 Build Back Better Act S.1931 Surface Transportation

H.R. 3684 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 5376 Build Back Better Act;; H.R. 7393/S. 3429 Growing Climate Solutions Act; H.R. 7608 State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military, Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2021; H.R. 7613 Energy and Water Appropriations Act 2021; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; H.R. 7978/S. 4431 Emergency Wildfire Funding FY22 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; FY22 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; FY22 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill - NOAA provisions;

S. 1251 Growing Climate S.1251/H.R.2534 Growing Climate Solutions Act H.R. 1166/S. 2602 USE IT Act H.R. 3039 Market Choice Act H.R. 4153 Clean Energy Future Through Innovation Act American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act SCALE Act S.J. Res 14 / H.J. Res 34 (methane CRA) Energy Act of 2020 Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2021 S.1230 Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act

H.R.3684 INVEST in America Act S.1931 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021

H.R. 3195/S. 1081 - Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 4447 - Clean Energy Jobs and Innovation Act H.R. 7393/S. 3429 - Growing Climate Solutions Act S. 3021 - Water Resources Development Act American Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA)

H.R. 1992/S. 170 - Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act H.R.1240 - Young Fishermen's Development Act H.R. 2 - Moving Forward Act H.R. 3195/S. 1081 - Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 3779/S. 3418 - Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act H.R. 5859 - Trillion Trees Act H.R. 5589 - Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act H.R. 644 - Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020 H.R. 7393/S. 3429 - Growing Climate Solutions Act H.R. 7575/S. 3021 - Water Resources Development Act H.R. 7603 - State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military, Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2021 H.R. 7613 - Energy and Water Appropriations Act 2021 H.R. 7843/S. 4357 - REPLANT Act H.R. 7978/S. 4431 - Emergency Wildfire Public Safety Act of 2020 H.R. 925 - The Heroes Act S. 3131 - Mirador-Calakmul Basin Maya Security and Conservation Partnership Act S. 3422/H.R. 7092 - Great American Outdoors Act S. 3964 - CORPS Act S. 1932 - Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act S. 2429 - Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2020 S. 3418 STORM Act S. 4625 - National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020 S. 519 - Plum Island Conservation Act LWCF funding Sustainable Rivers Program funding Joint Chiefs Collaborative Forestry Grant Process

H.R. 1572 - Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act H.R. 3195/S. 1081 - Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act H.R. 7092/S. 3422 - Great American Outdoors Act S. 170 - Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 S. 3021 - Water Resources Development Act S. 3051 - Americas Conservation Enhancement Act S. 519 Plum Island Conservation Act

H.R. 1578 - Plum Island Preservation Act H.R. 3195/S. 1081 - Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 7092/S. 3422 - Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) S. 4049 - National Defense Authorization Act

H.R. 1578 - Plum Island Preservation Act H.R. 3195/S. 1081 - Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 7092/S. 3422 - Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) S. 4049 - National Defense Authorization Act

FY20 Appropriations: Interior and Environment FY21 Appropriations: Interior and Environment; NOAA; State and Foreign Ops; Army Corps; Bureau of Reclamation; Sage Grouse Programs; Colorado River Provisions; Water SMART Grant Program; Senate Commerce Justice State; FEMA Mapping & Mitigation Funding; Homeland Security; NMFS Fisheries and Ecosystems Programs and Services; CJS; Readiness & Environment Protection Integration; FSGG H.R. 3195/S. 1081 - LWCF: permanent funding H.R. 478/S 3548 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act: forest and fire provisions S. 3422 - Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) BLM Sage Grouse Strategy Joint Fire Science Program Legacy Roads and Trails Program North American Wetlands Conservation Fund NMFS Habitat Conservation and Restoration National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund NPS Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers National Wildlife Refuge System

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill H.R. 3195/S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund S. 1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act H.R. 2473: SAVE Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 Infrastructure Bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity and nature-based solutions. S.2452 Climate Stewardship Act: Forest provisions/reforeststation, carbon sequestration in farming and forestry S.519: Plum Island preservation S.2302 Americas Transportation and Infrastructure Act: Natural infrastructure, Energy Energy and Water Appropriations: Navigation and ecosystem sustainability program. FEMA BRIC program: Rules and implementation H.R.4160/S2429 Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2019 Coral Reef Conservation Act: Reauthorization Coral Reef Task Force: Reauthorization H.R.3799 Resiliance Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019: Natural infrastructure provisions, levee set-backs S.3021 Water Resources Development Act: Natural infrastructure solutions, Brandon Road project authorization H.R. 3115 Living Shorelines Act of 2019 H.R.2189 Digital Coast Act H.R.1951 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: LWCF ammendments Water Resources Development Act: Nature-based solutions in Army Corps. Benefits/cost ratios H.R.502/S.896 Land and Water Conservation Fund: Fire and forest management priorities, Increasing funding to forest restoration and reforestation

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill H.R. 3195/S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund S. 1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act H.R. 2473: SAVE Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 Infrastructure Bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity and nature-based solutions.

S.569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S. 47 the Natural Resources Management Act H.R. 3351/S. 519: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 - Lobbied for inclusion of Plum Island preservation language. S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - Lobbied for inclusion of Plum Island preservation provision. H.R. 1578: Plum Island Preservation Act H.R. 1992: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 H.R. 925/S.261: NAWCA Reauthorization - Requetsed support in the form of co-sponoship of bills to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) - HR 925 and S 261 respectively. H.R.3195/S.1081 LWCF Comments on proposed public lands legislation for Clark County, not yet introduced. S.2582 - Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Plum Island language

S. 47 natural resource management act: lobbied forLWCF reauthorization provisions in S47 - the natural resource management act; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization:meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) Secure Rural Schools reauthorization HR. 4525 Living Shoreline Bill H.R. 3195/S.1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund: Permanent funding; Table Rocks project; Passage of bill in both chambers S. 1932: drought resiliency and water supply act H.R. 2473: Save Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River recovery implementation program extension act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 infrastructure bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity; nature-based solutions. S.2452 Climate Stewardship Act: Forest provisions/reforeststation, carbon sequestration in farming and forestry H.R.1578/S.519: Plum Island preservation S.2302 Americas Transportation and Infrastructure Act: Natural infrastructure, Energy Energy and Water Appropriations: Navigation and ecosystem sustainability program FEMA BRIC program: Rules and implementation H.R.4160/S2429 Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2019 Coral Reef Conservation Act: Reauthorization Coral Reef Task Force: Reauthorization H.R.3799 Resiliance Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019: Natural infrastructure provisions, levee set-backs S.3021 Water Resources Development Act: Natural infrastructure solutions; Brandon Road project authorization; Nature-based solutions in Army Corps; Benefits/cost ratios; Funding fish passage on Alabama River Lakes; PPA/PL 84-99 language; Floodplain management H.R. 3115 Living Shorelines Act of 2019 H.R.2189 Digital Coast Act H.R.1951 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: LWCF ammendments H.R.502/S.896 Land and Water Conservation Fund: Fire and forest management priorities, Increasing funding to forest restoration and reforestation 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Rule H.R.925/S.261 NACWA Reauthorization House Select Committee on Climate Crisis: Natural climate solutions related to forests Future Energy Tax Innovation Act: Climate Change H.R.2875 Naitonal Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act, 2017: Natural infrastructure: Mapping H.R.2607 - Resilient Federal Forests Act: Forest management provisions

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill H.R. 3195/S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund S. 1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act H.R. 2473: SAVE Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 Infrastructure Bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity and nature-based solutions. S.2452 Climate Stewardship Act: Forest provisions/reforeststation, carbon sequestration in farming and forestry S.519: Plum Island preservation S.2302 Americas Transportation and Infrastructure Act: Natural infrastructure, Energy Energy and Water Appropriations: Navigation and ecosystem sustainability program. FEMA BRIC program: Rules and implementation H.R.4160/S2429 Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2019 Coral Reef Conservation Act: Reauthorization Coral Reef Task Force: Reauthorization H.R.3799 Resiliance Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019: Natural infrastructure provisions, levee set-backs S.3021 Water Resources Development Act: Natural infrastructure solutions, Brandon Road project authorization H.R. 3115 Living Shorelines Act of 2019 H.R.2189 Digital Coast Act H.R.1951 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: LWCF ammendments Water Resources Development Act: Nature-based solutions in Army Corps. Benefits/cost ratios H.R.502/S.896 Land and Water Conservation Fund: Fire and forest management priorities, Increasing funding to forest restoration and reforestation

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill H.R. 3195/S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund S. 1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act H.R. 2473: SAVE Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 Infrastructure Bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity and nature-based solutions.

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill H.R. 3195/S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund S. 1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act H.R. 2473: SAVE Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 Infrastructure Bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity and nature-based solutions. S.2452 Climate Stewardship Act: Forest provisions/reforeststation, carbon sequestration in farming and forestry S.519: Plum Island preservation S.2302 Americas Transportation and Infrastructure Act: Natural infrastructure, Energy Energy and Water Appropriations: Navigation and ecosystem sustainability program. FEMA BRIC program: Rules and implementation H.R.4160/S2429 Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2019 Coral Reef Conservation Act: Reauthorization Coral Reef Task Force: Reauthorization H.R.3799 Resiliance Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019: Natural infrastructure provisions, levee set-backs S.3021 Water Resources Development Act: Natural infrastructure solutions, Brandon Road project authorization H.R. 3115 Living Shorelines Act of 2019 H.R.2189 Digital Coast Act H.R.1951 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: LWCF ammendments Water Resources Development Act: Nature-based solutions in Army Corps. Benefits/cost ratios H.R.502/S.896 Land and Water Conservation Fund: Fire and forest management priorities, Increasing funding to forest restoration and reforestation

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill H.R. 3195/S. 1081: Land and Water Conservation Fund S. 1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Act H.R. 2473: SAVE Water Act - various provisions related to drought resilience. H.R. 3237/S. 990: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act - endangered species recovery provisions. 2019 Infrastructure Bill: infrastructure priorities on alt energy research and incentives; grid mod; ev infra and incentives; aquatic/terrestrial connectivity and nature-based solutions.

Forest Management Reform Bill InfrastructureFederal Lands Transportation Program S. 47 Natural Resource Management Act: Lobbied for LWCF reauthorization provisions in S 47 - the Natural Resource Management Act; The Public Lands Package included LWCF permanent reauthorization Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization:Meetings regarding potential Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorthization (no bill number, as not currently filed) S.47, Natural Resources Management Act: LWCF reauthorization; Nashua�Squannacook�Nissitissit River Wild and Scenic designation Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization H.R. 4525 Living Shoreline bill

H.R. 2340/S.1027: Secure Rural Schools Act Reauthorization H.R. 502/S 896 - Land and Water Conservation Fund S.569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act H.R.1434, S 571 - Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act

Natural Resources H. Res. 195: Climate Solutions Caucus 2018 Fire and Forest Management Priorities: advocate for fire funding fix to be included in the FY18 omnibus bill; Timber Innovation Act; Community Wood Energy Innovation Act Disaster Appropriations in Budget H.R. 1892: federal funding post 2017 disasters. Various bills to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program: including improved risk mitigation and mapping, investment s in natural infrastructure Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 4062: work to support Digital Coast Act H.R. 4460 Disaster Relief Reform Act: natural infrastructure for funding risk reduction mitigation. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act: fire funding fix in FY18 Omnibus Appropriations Act. H.R. 502/S 896 - Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorization and funding. HR 8: Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): natural infrastructure and study authorization; project authorizions on the Mississippi and Meranec Rivers; Section 1023 of SB H.R.4465/S.2166, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017: funding for endangered fish recovery programs on the Upper Colorado River. Collaborative Forests Landscape Restoration Act Reauthorization Landscape Scale Mitigation Policy H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 S. 2800 Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 H.R. 5846 - Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act: study on voluntary buyout post disaster H.R. 2875, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Administrative Reform Act of 2017: advocated for reauthorization of the NFIP H.R.4465/S.2166, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017: reauthorization and funding for endangered fish recovery programs on the Upper Colorado River Endangered Species Act: Incentives for private land conservation; Sections 314 and 5001-5006 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mitigation Policy Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Policy; Permitting for impacts to eagles HR 4819: DELTA Act S 2320: BUILD Act H.R. 200: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Portman-Udall substitute amendment Collaborative Forests Landscape Restoration Act Reauthorization Save our Seas Act 2019 Budget and Appropriations: Forest service and wildlife provisions Special Disaster Funding Appropriations S. 3087/H.R. 4525 - Living Shorelines Act of 2018

Natural Resources H. Res. 195: Climate Solutions Caucus 2018 Fire and Forest Management Priorities: advocate for fire funding fix to be included in the FY18 omnibus bill; Timber Innovation Act; Community Wood Energy Innovation Act Disaster Appropriations in Budget H.R. 1892: federal funding post 2017 disasters. Various bills to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program: including improved risk mitigation and mapping, investment s in natural infrastructure Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 4062: work to support Digital Coast Act H.R. 4460 Disaster Relief Reform Act: natural infrastructure for funding risk reduction mitigation. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act: fire funding fix in FY18 Omnibus Appropriations Act. H.R. 502/S 896 - Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorization and funding. HR 8: Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): natural infrastructure and study authorization; project authorizions on the Mississippi and Meranec Rivers; Section 1023 of SB H.R.4465/S.2166, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017: funding for endangered fish recovery programs on the Upper Colorado River. Collaborative Forests Landscape Restoration Act Reauthorization Landscape Scale Mitigation Policy H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 S. 2800 Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 H.R. 5846 - Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act: study on voluntary buyout post disaster H.R. 2875, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Administrative Reform Act of 2017: advocated for reauthorization of the NFIP H.R.4465/S.2166, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017: reauthorization and funding for endangered fish recovery programs on the Upper Colorado River Endangered Species Act: Incentives for private land conservation; Sections 314 and 5001-5006 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mitigation Policy Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Policy; Permitting for impacts to eagles HR 4819: DELTA Act S 2320: BUILD Act H.R. 200: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Portman-Udall substitute amendment Collaborative Forests Landscape Restoration Act Reauthorization Save our Seas Act

H.R. 2340/S.1027: Secure Rural Schools Act Reauthorization H.R. 502/S 896 - Land and Water Conservation Fund S.569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act H.R.1434, S 571 - Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act

H. Res. 195: Climate Solutions Caucus 2018 Fire and Forest Management Priorities: advocate for fire funding fix to be included in the FY18 omnibus bill; Timber Innovation Act; Community Wood Energy Innovatoio Act Disaster Appropriations in Budget H.R. 1892: federal funding post 2017 disasters. Various bills to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program: including improved risk mitigation and mapping, investment s in natural infrastructure Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization H.R. 4062: work to support Digital Coast Act H.R. 4460 Disaster Relief Reform Act: natural infrastructure for funding risk reduction mitigation. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act: fire funding fix in FY18 Omnibus Appropriations Act. H.R. 502/S 896 - Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorization and funding. HR 8: Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): natural infrastructure and study authorization; project authorizions on the Mississippi and Meranec Rivers. H.R.4465/S.2166, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017: funding for endangered fish recovery programs on the Upper Colorado River. Collaborative Forests Landscape Restoration Act Reauthorization Landscape Scale Mitigation Policy H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 S. 2800 Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 H.R. 5846 - Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act: study on voluntary buyout post disaster H.R. 2875, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Administrative Reform Act of 2017: advocated for reauthorization of the NFIP H.R.4465/S.2166, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017: reauthorization and funding for endangered fish recovery programs on the Upper Colorado River Endangered Species Act: Incentives for private land conservation. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mitigation Policy Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Policy; Permitting for impacts to eagles HR 4819: DELTA Act S 2320: BUILD Act

H.J. Res. 36, S.J. Res. 11; Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation". Congressional Review Act to overturn methane waste rule; opposed all provisions. H.R. 1579, To require drinking water systems to assess and address their vulnerability to climate change, source water degredation and international acts to ensure security and resiliency; all provisions. H.R. 2875, To make administrative reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program, to increase fairness and accuracy and protect the taxpayer from program fraud and abouse, and for other purpose, all provisions. H.R. 6670 Emergency Drought Relief Act Secure Water Act [no bill] Funding line item for Navigation & Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) Water Resource Development Act 2018

H.R. 195, Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017; To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes; supported entire resolution related to climate change. H.R. 2326 Climate Solutions Commission Act; To accelerate reductions in climate pollution in order to leave a better planet for future generations and to create a bipartisan commission to develop economically viable policies to achieve science-based emissions reduction targets, all provisions. Seeking cosponsorship of bill. H.Res.195, Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to conservative environmental stewardship (Stefanik Resolution); all provisions related to climate change. S. 385 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, To promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions. Seeking cosponsorship of bill. [no bill number] Energy Reform Bill; Forest Biomass provisions, and provisions dealing with the Land and Wildlife Conservation Fund, Federal Land Transaction Faciliation Act (FLTFA), North American Wetland Conservation Act, and additional conservation and sportsmen reauthorizations. [no bill number] Protecting Climate Change Programs and Paris Agreement; discussed protecting the Paris Agreement commitements through funding and U.S. Leadership. [no bill number] Participated in House Bipartisan Cliamte Solutions Caucus and encouraged House members to join the Caucus. [no bill number] Methane Congressional Review Act, all provisions. [no bill number] Shaheen Portman Bill, specifically, discussions about energy efficiency and grid modernization. [no bill number] Grid Modernization bills, invited members to attend our energy reform an modernizing electric grid policy forum

H.J.Res.44 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Opposed all provisions, specifically supported attempts to protect BLM Planning Rule 2.0. H.R. 200, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purpose, all provisions. H.R. 502, S. 896, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund; all provisitons. S.569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, To amend title 54, United States Code, 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, all provisions. H.R. 527, S. 273, Greater Sage-Grouse Protection and Recovery Act, To provide for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse by facilitating State recovery plans, and for other purposes. Expressed concerns and asked delegates to oppose bill. H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017, To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities 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. Expressed concerns about the Westerman Bill. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, all provisions. S.1057, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017, To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes, all provisions. S.110, Digital Coast Act, To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for other purposes. All provisions. H.R.214, S.1332 American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act, To establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants, and for other purposes. All provisions. [no bill number] Coral Reef Conservation Act; implementation of act and development of reauthorization. [no bill number] Forest Management Reform Bill. Specifically discussed forest platform prinicples, fire borrowing and thoughts on the Stafford Act vs. the Budget Control Act approach [no bill number] National Flood Insurance Reform Bill; specifically discussions on wildfire suppression fix. Preparation to lobby, bill not yet introduced. [no bill number] Infrastructure Bill; worked to influence investments in infrastructure to include natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions. [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, specifically Sections 6 and 10. [no bill number] Prep conversation to discuss a bill or agency oversight work regarding Aquaculture oversight. Discussions with members of Congress regarding Farm Bill, Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) International Conservation, Everglades Funding and Dept of Defense conservation programs. H.R. 2023/S. 1520: Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 H.R. 1558, 2874, 2875,2246, 3804, 3805/S 1313, 1368, 1507: Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program: advocating for stronger mitigation and mapping provision.H.R. 1434/S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land and Adjustment Act [no bill] International Conservation Funding an Policy

2018 Farm Bill, specifically Titles II, V, VII, and VIII. Roundtable discussions, including discussions relating to bolstering conservation rewards and incentives, prioritizing key resource issues, encouraging conservation of significant habitat, improving water quality and supply, groundwater sustainability and promoting soil health. Forest title and other forest related sections. Conservation title including expanding the acreage cap under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and expanding the working lands component. Advocated for an increase in funding for the Agricultural Conservation Enhancement Program (ACEP) and the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP). Research title, specifically dealing with sage brush science. Recommendations to strengthen water quantity and irrigation effiency. Specifically, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG), and Soil, Health, and Landscape Initiatives.

H.J.Res.44 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Opposed all provisions, specifically supported attempts to protect BLM Planning Rule 2.0. H.R. 200, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act; To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purpose, all provisions. H.R. 502, S. 896, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund; all provisitons. S.569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, To amend title 54, United States Code, 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, all provisions. H.R. 527, S. 273, Greater Sage-Grouse Protection and Recovery Act, To provide for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse by facilitating State recovery plans, and for other purposes. Expressed concerns and asked delegates to oppose bill. H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017, To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities 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. Expressed concerns about the Westerman Bill. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, all provisions. S.1057, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017, To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes, all provisions. S.110, H.R. 4062 Digital Coast Act, To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for other purposes. All provisions. H.R.214, S.1332 American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act, To establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants, and for other purposes. All provisions. [no bill number] Coral Reef Conservation Act; implementation of act and development of reauthorization. [no bill number] Forest Management Reform Bill. Specifically discussed forest platform prinicples, fire borrowing and thoughts on the Stafford Act vs. the Budget Control Act approach [no bill number] National Flood Insurance Reform Bill; specifically discussions on wildfire suppression fix. Preparation to lobby, bill not yet introduced. [no bill number] Infrastructure Bill; worked to influence investments in infrastructure to include natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions. [no bill number] Endangered Species Act, specifically Sections 6 and 10. [no bill number] Prep conversation to discuss a bill or agency oversight work regarding Aquaculture oversight. Discussions with members of Congress regarding Farm Bill, Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) International Conservation, Everglades Funding and Dept of Defense conservation programs. H.R. 2023/S. 1520: Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 H.R. 1558, 2874, 2875,2246, 3804, 3805/S 1313, 1368, 1507: Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program: advocating for stronger mitigation and mapping provision.H.R. 1434/S 571 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land and Adjustment Act [no bill] International Conservation Funding an Policy [no bill] 2018 Fire and Forest Management Priorities H.R. 2862 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act [no bill] National Monuments

S. 569, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, To amend title 54, United States Code, 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; all provisions. H.R. 502, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund; all provisions, specifically interior appropriations and State, Foreign Operations appropriations. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Specifically, discussion of a comprehensive Fire Funding Solutiton. 2018 Farm Bill; specifically requests to preserve funding for the bill,met with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) about funding specific programs [no bill number] 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations; specifically coastal zone management grants (CZM), Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF), and Sea Gran Fellows program. [no bill number] FY18 Presidents Budget Request specifically relating to cuts to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), elimination of Americorps. [no bill number] Forest Legacy Project; discussed future project with Minnesota representatives and future appropriations. [no bill number] Skinny Budget and Appropriations Bill, all program and agency funding related to function 300. [no bill number] FY18 Interior Appropriations; specifically in regards to the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Sage Grouse, funding for the Conte Refuge, funding for the Taunton Wild and Scenic River (National Park Service), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Program. [no bill number] FY18 Agriculture Appropriations; specifically funding for the Agrigultural Research Service (ARS) and Farm Bill programs funded through the Conservation Title (Title II) funding. [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for Sage Grouse; discussed a focused appropriations effort for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Burns station. [no bill number] FY18 Corporation for National and Community Service Funding (Americorps); Discussed support for Americorps program; signed coalition letter to prevent elimination of Americorps program. [no bill number] FY18 Fire and Forest Management Priorities; specifically regarding wildfire suppression, Collaborative Forest Programs (CFLRP), joint fire science and hazardous fuels reduction; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA). [no bill number] FY18 Land & Water Conservation Fund; priority consideration of Lower Table Rock within FY18 LWCF recreational access use funds. [no bill number] FY18 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Funding [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for water supply funding and wildland fire at Dept of Interior and Dept of Agriculture [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for two endangered fish recovery programs [no bill number] FY18 Energy and Water Appropriations; specifically, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration,Flood Damage Reduction project, the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program (UMRR) and to support funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP). [no bill number] Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Appropriations. Specifically discussions related to the Sea Grant Program, Coastal Zone Management Grants and Coastal Resiliency Programs. Also, discussions related to the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. [no bill number] Funding for Habitat Conservation Plans, Endangered Species Act (Sections 6 and 10). [no bill number] Homeland Security Appropriations, specifically dealing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) budget [no bill number] Discussions about funding for EPA Regional Programs

S. 569, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (LWCF), To amend title 54, United States Code, 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; all provisions. H.R. 502, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund; all provisions, specifically interior appropriations and State, Foreign Operations appropriations. H.R. 2862, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Specifically, discussion of a comprehensive Fire Funding Solution. 2018 Farm Bill; specifically requests to preserve funding for the bill. [no bill number] 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations; specifically coastal zone management grants (CZM), Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF), and Sea Gran Fellows program. [no bill number] FY18 Presidents Budget Request [no bill number] Forest Legacy Project; discussed future project with Minnesota representatives and future appropriations. [no bill number] Skinny Budget and Appropriations Bill, all program and agency funding related to function 300. [no bill number] FY18 Interior Appropriations; specifically in regards to the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Sage Grouse, funding for the Conte Refuge, funding for the Taunton Wild and Scenic River (National Park Service), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Program. [no bill number] FY18 Agriculture Appropriations; specifically funding for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Farm Bill programs funded through the Conservation Title (Title II) funding. [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for Sage Grouse; discussed a focused appropriations effort for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Burns station. [no bill number] FY18 Corporation for National and Community Service Funding (Americorps); Discussed support for Americorps program; signed coalition letter to prevent elimination of Americorps program. [no bill number] FY18 Fire and Forest Management Priorities; specifically regarding wildfire suppression, Collaborative Forest Programs (CFLRP), joint fire science and hazardous fuels reduction. [no bill number] FY18 Land & Water Conservation Fund; priority consideration of Lower Table Rock within FY18 LWCF recreational access use funds. [no bill number] FY18 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Funding [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for water supply funding and wildland fire at Dept of Interior and Dept of Agriculture [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for two endangered fish recovery programs [no bill number] FY18 Energy and Water Appropriations; specifically, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration, and Flood Damage Reduction project, the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program (UMRR) and to support funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP). [no bill number] Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Appropriations. Specifically discussions related to the Sea Gran Program, Coastal Zone Management Grands and Coastal Resiliency Programs. Also, discussions related to the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. [no bill number] Funding for Habitat Conservation Plans, Endangered Species Act (Sections 6 and 10). [no bill number] Homeland Security Appropriations, specifically dealing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) budget

S. 569, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (LWCF), To amend title 54, United States Code, 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; all provisions. H.R. 502, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund; all provisions, specifically interior appropriations and State, Foreign Operations appropriations. 2018 Farm Bill; specifically requests to preserve funding for the bill. [no bill number] 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations; specifically coastal zone management grants (CZM), Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF), and Sea Gran Fellows program. [no bill number] Forest Legacy Project; discussed future project with Minnesota representatives and future appropriations. [no bill number] Skinny Budget and Appropriations Bill, all program and agency funding related to function 300. [no bill number] FY18 Interior Appropriations; specifically in regards to the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Sage Grouse, funding for the Conte Refuge, funding for the Taunton Wild and Scenic River (National Park Service), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Program. [no bill number] FY18 Agriculture Appropriations; specifically Conservation Title (Title II) funding. [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for Sage Grouse; discussed a focused appropriations effort for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Burns station. [no bill number] FY18 Corporation for National and Community Service Funding (Americorps); Discussed support for Americorps program; signed coalition letter to prevent elimination of Americorps program. [no bill number] FY18 Fire and Forest Management Priorities; specifically regarding wildfire suppression, Collaborative Forest Programs (CFLRP), joint fire science and hazardous fuels reduction. [no bill number] FY18 Land & Water Conservation Fund; priority consideration of Lower Table Rock within FY18 LWCF recreational access use funds. [no bill number] FY18 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Funding [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for water supply funding and wildland fire at Dept of Interior and Dept of Agriculture [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for two endangered fish recovery programs [no bill number] FY18 Energy and Water Appropriations; specifically, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project [no bill number] Funding for Habitat Conservation Plans, Endangered Species Act (Sections 6 and 10). [no bill number] Wildfire Disaster Funding Act; all provisions.

S. 569, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act (LWCF), To amend title 54, United States Code, 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; all provisions. H.R. 502, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund; all provisions, specifically interior appropriations and State, Foreign Operations appropriations. 2018 Farm Bill; specifically requests to preserve funding for the bill. [no bill number] 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations; specifically coastal zone management grants (CZM), Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF), and Sea Gran Fellows program. [no bill number] Forest Legacy Project; discussed future project with Minnesota representatives and future appropriations. [no bill number] Skinny Budget and Appropriations Bill, all program and agency funding related to function 300. [no bill number] FY18 Interior Appropriations; specifically in regards to the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Sage Grouse, funding for the Conte Refuge, funding for the Taunton Wild and Scenic River (National Park Service), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Program. [no bill number] FY18 Agriculture Appropriations; specifically Conservation Title (Title II) funding. [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for Sage Grouse; discussed a focused appropriations effort for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Burns station. [no bill number] FY18 Corporation for National and Community Service Funding (Americorps); Discussed support for Americorps program; signed coalition letter to prevent elimination of Americorps program. [no bill number] FY18 Fire and Forest Management Priorities; specifically regarding wildfire suppression, Collaborative Forest Programs (CFLRP), joint fire science and hazardous fuels reduction. [no bill number] FY18 Land & Water Conservation Fund; priority consideration of Lower Table Rock within FY18 LWCF recreational access use funds. [no bill number] FY18 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Funding [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for water supply funding at Dept of Interior and Dept of Agriculture [no bill number] FY18 Appropriations for two endangered fish recovery programs [no bill number] FY18 Energy and Water Appropriations; specifically, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project [no bill number] Funding for Habitat Conservation Plans, Endangered Species Act (Sections 6 and 10).

E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, Permittig Infrastructure; Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Mitigation Policy; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy; Department of Interior Manual Mitigaiton Policy; Department of Interior National Environmental Policy Act Mitigation Guidance; USA FS Mitigation Policy 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; all provisions S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, a bill to promote energy efficiency, all provisions, specifically provisions relating to the Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act and energy efficiency measures, S. 338, H.R. 1814, 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 permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, including Burr amendment; lobbied GA delegation on reauthorization of the Act [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, Wild and Scenic, National Parks Service 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; specifically defending cuts to the Mandatory Conservation funding in 2016-2017 and language to help sagebrush science capacity, conservation tax incentives, global climate funding, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), international conservation, flood plain management and sage grouse 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 FY17 appropriations omnibus bill; 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, marine/salmon grants, wildfire suppression and haz fuels reduction; cap adjustment 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, biodiversity and international priorities; 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; S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project partership agreement; H.R.2996 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster., disaster funding;

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; S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, a bill to promote energy efficiency, all provisions [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; 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;

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, GA Natural Forest; S. 566, Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; S. 508, FLAME Act Amendment, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, Title I, all provisions relating to FLAME act amendments and Title II, all provisions relating to forest treatment projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities, Federal Land Transaction and Facilitiation Act, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund, makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation (Also work to include this "fix" in various other proposed legislation.), requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; [no bill number yet] Coral Reef Conservation Act, internal preparation of policy and outreach on implementation and possible reauthorization of the Act; [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] Flood risk reduction work, specifically post Sandy work and promotion of natural infrastructure and valuing of ecosystem services work; [no bill number] DOI funded Post Sandy coastal resilience work; [no bill number] FEMA support of projects involving Natural Infrastructure; [no bill number] Advancement of Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Reduction Standards; [no bill number] CEQ Climate Adaption policy, specifically risk and resilience;

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;

S. 462/ H.R. 243, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2015, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water, all provisions of the bill; S. 589/ H.R. 1135, Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015, a bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species, all provisions of the bill; H.R. 223, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, all provisions of the bill; [no bill number] Aquatic invasive species in the Chicago area waterways system and the Mississippi River basin; [no bill number] Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Reform Act, adds new peer-review requirements to the US Environmental Protection Agencys Science Advisory Board (SAB). [no number yet] Bill to make adjustments to science disclosure procedures by the Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) [no bill number] Water Resources Reform Development Act, authorizes and defines water and other restoration activities by the US Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, make revisions to the air permitting process and would excuse manufacturers from complying with new National Ambient Air Quality Standards until EPA issues implementation guidelines or regulations; [no bill number] North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; [no bill number] U.S. Department of Agriculture Groundwater Directive; [no bill number] Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015, support for appropriation under Title 1;

S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization; H.R.152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); H.R. 5171, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, special provision relating to Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest management and fire accounts; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including general provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs,a budget fix to the Interior appropriations bill that would fund wildfire disasters like other natural disasters, which would decrease the impacts of increasing suppression costs on the other programs and services funded by the Interior appropriations bill, and enactment; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions, makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specifically amendment on resiliency and infrustracture; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage; H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; S. 2593, FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes; H.R.83, Conslidated and Further Continuing Approporiations Act, 2015, (omnibus spending bill), making consolidate appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to: sustaining funding for LWCF, WDFA, Wildfire Suppression Funding, Fish and Wildlife programs, NOAA, Flood Control and Navigation, International Conservation, Agriculture conservation programs, and Defense, Appropriation for Engery and Water, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; H.R.2713 Capital Gains Easement Act of 2013, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or grant of conservation easements and to allow the sale or grant of conservation easements in the case of the special estate tax valuation provisions for certain farm and other trade or business real property; H.R. 3979, Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, special provisions relating to Title XXX-Natural Resources Related General Provisions; H.R.5013, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, approval of conservation provisions with the FY15 Foreign Opeartions appropriation; H.R. 2410, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, specific provision regarding NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, specific provision relating to public lands for Montana, Rhode Island, Washington, and Delaware; [Bills without numbers] [no bill number] President's Budget Release for 2016 which will influence appropriations legislation for 114th Congress and for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management; [no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Justice,), specific provisions relating to: Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service; [no bill number yet] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations FY2016 budget development; [no bill number] Approrpiations for Flood Damange Reduction project;

S.338 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), reauthorization, specific provisions relating to funding for the land and water conservation fund, provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes, discussed full funding and reauthorization; H.R.152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes; HR3080, S601, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, respectively, authority for various ecosystem restoration projects and increases in authorized funding levels for the Continuing Authorities Programs (Section 1030); H.R. 5171, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, special provision relating to Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest management and fire accounts; S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, specific provisions relating to Conservation and Forestry Titles; H.R. 3992/ S. 1875, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 2013 and 2014, a bill that would fund a portion of the US Forest Service and Department of Interior wildfire suppression costs through a budget cap adjustment similar to the budget cap adjustment currently in use by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, including provisions for funding wildfire suppression costs while minimizing adverse impacts on other important natural resource programs, including hazardous fuel management, a budget fix to the Interior appropriations bill that would fund wildfire disasters like other natural disasters, which would decrease the impacts of increasing suppression costs on the other programs and services funded by the Interior appropriations bill; S. 2322, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes, including specific provisions relating to natural infrastructure in the final bill; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title I, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provisions, makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies; H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Septemeber 30, 2015, and for other purposes; H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, including funding to continue construction of the Hamilton City Flood Damage; H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; S. 2593, FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes; [no bill number] President's Budget Release for Land and Water Conservation Fund Accounts for U.S.Fish and Wildlife Services, National Park Service, Bureau of Land and Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects, and funding for the Hudson Estuary Restoration; [no bill number] Appropriations Bills ( including Agriculture, Interior, Foreign Operations, Justice, Environmental), specific provisions relating to: Bureau of Land Management programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs, Environmental Protection Agency programs, and agency requests for Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Adminstration, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service; [no bill number] The Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Act Appropriations; [no bill number yet] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations FY2016 budget development;

S.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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

Farm Bill, including specific provisions relating to maintaining funding for strong conservation programs, such as programs implemented by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, maintaining funding for Sec. 10201programs that conduct detection, outreach, and management of invasive species; S.1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (aka MAP-21), including specific provisions relating to the Authorization of appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) equal to current federal highway spending levels plus inflation for FY2012 and FY2013 for: (1) certain new and existing core federal-aid highway programs, and (2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrative expenses and Sections 1601-1701, amendments for funding RESTORE and Land Water Conservation Fund; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes. S.1265, HR. 5850, Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act, provisions relating to full funding; FY13 Presidents Budget, including provisions for full funding for Americas Great Outdoors, and Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction and funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; HR 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and the Continuing Resolution relating to funding for the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program, specific provisions relating to conservation; [no bill number yet] State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; [No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (no bill number yet) including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on DODs lands, and issues related to the role of DOD in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and oversees; U.S. Department of Agriculture draft appropriations bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; H.R. 1 FY12 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, including Hells Canyon and Table Rock, funding for Forest Legacy, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs, Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, and Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund; H.R. 2584 and Senate Committee Draft Bill, FY13 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; FY13 President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs; [No bill number] Draft FY12 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, relating to the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Estuarine Land Protection program funds; Draft FY13Presidents budget for the United States Forest Service, relating to funding for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, stewardship contracting reauthorization, and the US Forest Service and Department of Interior budget for Hazardous Fuels Reduction and State Fire Assistance programs; 2012 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specific provisions relating to Land Water Conservation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service Multispecies Fund, and international programs; FY12 and FY13 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for various conservation programs in various agencies including the Land and Water conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (US Department of Agriculture), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in New York, provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE; Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, in specific the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined, Farm Bill Reauthorization for 2013 expenditure issues under the US Department of Agriculture; Draft Energy and Water Appropriations for the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Assistant Secretary, Air Force; Deputy System Secretary, Air Force; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Liaison to the Department of Interior, Department of Defense; Major General, Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Commanding General, Civil Works and Emergency Preparedness, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers;, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Assistant Secretary for Civil Works; Director of Programs for the Mississippi Valley Division/Mississippi River Commission, Senior Executive Service, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Resource Management; Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division, US Army Corps of engineers; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army;

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;

H 5857 and S 3241 State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; S.2323/ H.R.5326 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, including, budget for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, specifically relating to the Habitat Conservation and Restoration, Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Program, National Catch Share Program, Stock Assessments under the National Marine Fisheries Service, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Regional Ocean Partnerships, and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program under the National Ocean Service; HR3325, Livable Communities Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the Presidential Budget Proposals in and attendant offsetting provisions in the context of the Budget Control Act (BCA), under which Congress and the Administration must achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction; S.1813, Moving Ahead in the 21st Century MAP-21, Senates Transportation 2-year extender of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), TEA-21 and SAFETEA-LU to include The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourism Opportunities and Revived Economy of the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 (RESTORE Act) and Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), including specific provisions relating to the inclusion of funding for Title F Gulf Coast Restoration and Title G, Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, provisions related to aquatic connectivity and regional advanced mitigation planning; [No Bill Number Yet] Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY 2012 (balance) and FY 2013 including specific appropriations for the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. Various riders regarding the Environmental Protection Agencys authority and other regulatory issues; Department of Defense project near Elgin Air Force Base, Florida; FY13 Agency Priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; President's Budget Release for Interior Department and Forest Service Department Programs, including budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; HR3096/S. 861, Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act, S1140 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, HR56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, H.R.480 Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011; S3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), including specific provisions relating to fundraising easement programs, miscellaneous spending issues under the US Department of Agriculture, and Sec 1108 relating to the Adjusted Gross Income waiver for conservation programs; HR5857 and S3241, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2013; [No Bill Number Yet] Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including Agency priorities for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy (USDA), Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the US Fish and Wildlife Service Multispecies Fund, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (HR5872), and international programs; HR5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY13, including specific provisions relating to Water Resources Development Act funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY, provide North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by Corps of Engineers, the Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project and funding for community-based fishery associations; S2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions related to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; S. 1265, To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes; H 5857 and S 3241 State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, including specific provisions relating to USAID funding for conservation grants to work internationally and related funding including the US quota to the Global Environment Facility and for the Tropical Forest Conservation Act; HR4310, National Defense Authorization Act for FY13 and HR5856, Defense Appropriations Act for FY13, including specific provisions relating to the provisions of and funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) under 10 USC 2684a, amendments to section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 USC 670c-1) and issues related to the Department of Defense energy programs, including the development of renewable energy on DODs lands, and issues related to the role of DOD in addressing climate change and climate change adaptation nationally and overseas; H.R. 4408, To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense installations and to amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs, potential revision to the Sikes Act relating to management of lands under the jurisdiction of DOD, Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; H.R.5856, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013, specific provisions relating to the funding for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative; U.S. Department of Agriculture draft Appropriations Bill FY12, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Management and Research; FY13 Federal Budget with specific emphasis on Function 300 (Natural Resource) activities. Covered Officials: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy, Department of Defense; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense; Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary, Air Force, Department of Defense; Deputy System Secretary, Air Force, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Undersecretary of Commerce and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Liaison to the Department of the Interior, Department of Defense; Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, US Department of Interior; Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Deputy Regional Chief, Great Lakes/Big Rivers Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief, Division of Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Chief of the Division of Conservation Planning, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Refuge Supervisor, MN/WI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, U.S. Navy, Department of Defense; Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President.

[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;

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.

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.

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

Land Water Conservation Fund; S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; Americas Great Outdoors, including funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; [No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity;[No bill number yet.] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi; Bill without number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act. COVERED OFFICIALS: Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director for National Environmental Policy Act, Office of the Vice President ,Center for Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, CEQ; Ecosystem Policy Advisor, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture.

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.

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;

HR368, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act; HR5892, Water Resources Development Act of 2010, including specific provisions relating to Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Nad Coastal/Marine proposal, Title IV Sec 4048, Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut; S2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan; S2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, Upper and Lower Colorado, Bay Delta conservation plan, and the Delores and San Juan water issues, Watersmart programs, and water banking; Administrations Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response, including Americas Gulf Coast A long-term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Oil Spill; H.B. 84, Water Banking Bill;S2859,Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009, including provisions relating to its reauthorization following HR860, Coral reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. Cardin Water Omnibus Bill, with specific provisions relating to the Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration Act; S3072, Stationary Sources Regulation Delay Act, including specific provisions relating to a two year prohibition of any actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA); S3597 Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act. COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTED: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; Advisor, Science, Department of Interior; Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Counselor, Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Policy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.

Action on S1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding, ocean trust, and Gulf Restoration; the Solar and Wind Energy Leasing Act of 2010; HR2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding; HR4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture; Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; and Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environmental and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture.

Action on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security; the 2011 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Action Plans, Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon; the 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and land and water conservation fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; The 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, coral reef conservation programs, and marine spatial planning; 2011 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; and support of S. 2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009. Covered Officials Contacted: Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Readiness; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Under Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Fire, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, BLM, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Recovery Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; and Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

Action on 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.

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 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 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.

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 H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to energy mitigation work on Jonah Field; Energy by Design mitigation planning for Mojave; S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008; H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans; H. R. ___, House Climate Change Discussion Draft; H.R. 6899, The Comprehensive Americans Energy and Consumer Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to revenues from oil and gas royalties; and the Western Climate Initiative. Covered Officials Contacted: Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.