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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W. |
Address2 | The Watergate Building, Suite 1000 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20037 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 28721-12
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6. House ID# 325700000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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 | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: Carl R. Wolf |
Date | 01/13/2015 |
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
BILLS: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (HR 83, PL 113-235) GOV; Tax Reform Act of 2014 (HR 1)--TAX; Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 (S. 1141/HR 5655) -- TAX; Manhattan Sites Project National Historical Park Act (S. 507/HR 1208) - SCI/NAT; Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act HR 1459 (and any amendments that propose weakening the Antiquities Act of 1906) - NAT; Water Resources Development Act
(HR 3080/S. 601) -- BUD; Patterson Great Falls National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act (S. 1189) NAT; Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act of 2013 (HR 2430) - NAT; Civil Rights Heritage Trail Act (HR 2416) -- NAT; American Battlefield Protection Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1033) NAT; A bill to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (HR 1961/S.1022/S. 2924) MAR; Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act (HR 1348) NAT; Lower East Tenement National Historic Site Amendments (HR 1846/S. 925) NAT; Pullman National Historic Site Study Act (HR 3929/S. 1962) NAT; Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HR 5021) TRA; MAP-21 Re authorization Act (S. 2322) TRA; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4005) MAR; National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (HR 4435/S.2289) -- DEF/NAT; Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2015 (HR 5171) BUD; Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 (HR 596) ENR/NAT; Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act (HR 5377) GOV/POS.
FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS AND ISSUES
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Section 106/4(f), cultural resource reviews in transportation projects; provided the National Trusts report on management of cultural resources in the Veterans Administration portfolio and requested their assistance in getting the VA to consider implementing the reports recommendations. Mitigating impacts of proposed gravel pit mine within Elkhorn Ranch (ND) National Register District. Closure of Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA medical facility (SD).
Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) ACOE National Historic Preservationist and ACOE Project Manager re: town of Zoar (OH) relocation and flood reduction measures; Willamette River Locks Closure and De-accession (OR), and the San Juan Waterworks (PR)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS); cultural resources funding and management; sacred sites; oil and gas development affecting the Greater Chacoan Landscape and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Appropriate use of Executive Branch authority to use the Antiquities Act for national monument proclamations; federal funding for historic preservation, cultural and historic resources on public land; discussion about VAs systemic lack of compliance with NEPA.
Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout and wilderness designation issues; met with USFS officials regarding oil and gas leasing in the Little Missouri National Grasslands; the use of the leasing authority of Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act; management issues surrounding Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch.
Department of the Interior (DOI) -- Historic Preservation Fund allocation and funding levels; administration of federal rehabilitation tax credit; Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
Department of Transportation (DOT) & Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Environmental streamlining and surface transportation; Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Section 4(f) review; surface transportation planning funding.
National Park Service (NPS) further discussion of management plan issues surrounding Ft. Monroe National Monument; cultural and historic resource funding; protection of culturally-diverse historic sites; oil and gas leasing around Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Elkhorn Ranch; status of NPS funds for the completion of the restoration of cabins on the White Grass Dude Ranch; meeting about oil and gas leasing near Chaco Culture National Historical Park; meetings with Chief of National Park Maintenance and Associate Director of Cultural Resource Programs to review and discuss potential historic preservation projects that could be performed by youth corps as part of a new program called HOPE Crews (Hands on Preservation Experience); met with Cultural Resources Program staff regarding the Cultural Resources Challenge; implementation and expansion of historic leasing in the parks as one of the strategies to reduce maintenance backlogs.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- funding for Bureau of Land Management cultural resources and the National Landscape Conservation System. Funding for the National Park Service cultural resources account, operations of the National Park Service.
Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Ongoing meetings to discuss IRS guidance and safe harbor provisions for historic tax credit deals and structured partnership investments.
Veterans Affairs (VA) Worked with VA to find an acquisition process and create a veterans-only HOPE Crew for restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Ongoing discussion with VA officials and veterans groups/stakeholders to implement National Trust recommendations regarding keeping the Battle Mountain Sanitarium VA facility in South Dakota open.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), U.S. Forest Service, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), White House Office, U.S. Postal Service (USPS),
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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Cassidy |
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Government Relations and Policy |
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Wolf |
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Shaw |
Sprague |
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Jones |
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Government Relations and Policy |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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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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