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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1300 19th Street, NW |
Address2 | 8th Floor |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 8635-12
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6. House ID# 314060000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2023 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Sara Wanous |
Date | 10/20/2023 4:29:20 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to appropriations including the Commerce, Justice, Science, Interior and Environment, State and Foreign Operations, Energy and Water, and Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, including issues relating to ocean specific issues, such as NOAA funding, marine debris, ocean acidification, Sea Grant, regional ocean data portals, fisheries service, as well as BOEM (renewable energy and issues relating to offshore oil and gas), and shipping and ports (issues relating to MARAD and port infrastructure grant programs).
H.R.2741 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023
S. 2309 - An original bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
H.R.2670/S.2226 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
H.R.4394- Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,2024
S.2321 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
H.R.4820- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
H.R.4821- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
S.2443 - An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), State - Dept of (DOS), Energy - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Tsantiris |
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Cason |
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Rachael |
DeWitt |
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Caitlin |
Hart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code MAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill, and plastic pollution.
Marine Wildlife, Fisheries
H.R.3187/ S.1508 --To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
H.R.4587 - To provide that the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall not issue an interim or final rule that includes an area closure in the South Atlantic for species managed under the Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the data related to that study is integrated into the stock assessment.
Climate Change
H.R.1-- Lower Energy Costs Act (regarding marine renewables, offshore drilling, and permitting)
Potential legislation regarding shipping emissions, offshore oil and gas drilling, offshore wind and marine renewables, hydrogen energy, and ocean carbon dioxide removal
S.647 -- Hydrogen for Ports Act of 2023
S.1920 -- International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2023
H.R.4024/S.1917-- CleanShippingActof2023
H.R.5457-- To support carbon dioxide removal research and development, and for other purposes.
S.2812 -- Carbon Dioxide Research and Development Act
Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution
H.R.886/S.318-- To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes
Potential legislation regarding plastic pollution
S.2331 - Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.)
H.Res.584/ S.Res.296-- Expressing support for the designation of July as "Plastic Pollution Action Month".
S.Res.296 -- A resolution designating July 2023 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month"
H.R.4561 / S.2728 -- Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
H.R.5564/ S.2844 -- REDUCE Act
S.2337-- Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.)
Other
H.R.1705/ S.919-- To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes.
H.R.913/S.373-- RISEE 'Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems' Act
Potential legislation regarding coastal conservation
H.R.2950/ S.1381--To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes.
H.R.3980-- To formally establish within statute an independent scientific research and development agency known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
H.Res.486 -- Recognizing World Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our ocean and its resources.
S.1449-- A bill to improve the environmental review process, and for other purposes.
S. 1456 -- SPUR Act
S.1399 -- Building American Energy Security Act of 2023
H.R.5239-- To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that establishes a vessel slowdown zone in the Gulf of Mexico until the Secretary of Commerce completes a study demonstrating that proposed mitigation efforts would have no negative impact on supply chains, and for other purposes.
H.R.1577-- To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions, reflect modern technologies, optimize interagency coordination, and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process.
H.R.5487 -- Help our Kelp Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Tsantiris |
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Cason |
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Rachael |
DeWitt |
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Caitlin |
Hart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislation relating to offshore oil and gas, OCSLA reforms, DOI Five Year Plan, offshore oil safety rules (Arctic drilling rule), oil spill response, offshore wind energy, port infrastructure, clean shipping, hydrogen energy, CZMA, and renewable marine resources.
H.R.470-- To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.
H.R.1443-- To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.
H.R.1320/S.617 -- COAST Anti-Drilling Act
H.R.470/S.22 -- West Coast Ocean Protection Act
Potential legislation related to offshore oil and gas drilling, offshore wind energy, and marine renewable energy.
H.R.4030- North Pacific Ocean Protection Act: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
H.R.3978- To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing in the Southern California planning area.
H.R.4936- NOW Act (To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on offshore wind leasing.)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Energy - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Rachael |
DeWitt |
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Caitlin |
Hart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ANI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues pertaining to marine wildlife and protected areas, marine mammals, Ringed and Bearded Seal habitat designation, Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Endangered Species Act, and Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
H.R.3980-- To formally establish within statute an independent scientific research and development agency known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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