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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 9312 ELMHIRST DRIVE |
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City | BETHESDA |
State | MD |
Zip Code | 20814 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Reston |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 20190 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 75810-12
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6. House ID# 360620000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2018 |
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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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: Sebastian O'Kelly |
Date | 10/11/2018 2:15:59 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
Local government public infrastructure, revenue sharing, economic development public lands, and appropriations issues on behalf of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh local government clients -- Aleutians East Borough, AK; Kodiak Island Borough, AK; Kodiak, AK; Petersburg Borough, AK; Wrangell Borough, AK; Seward, AK; Unalaska, AK; Whittier, AK. Advocacy for Secure Rural Schools/Payment In Lieu Of Taxes, Section 107 Army Corps Small Navigation Projects Program, Essential Air Service program, emergency fisheries disaster assistance (pink salmon, Dungeness crab), support for legislation (S. 101 & HR 218) authorizing construction of airport link road between the cities of King Cove and Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands, and support for legislation (S. 883) authorizing local government revenue sharing in Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales. Monitoring of development of Administration infrastructure development proposal. Monitoring of efforts to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act and implications for small boat harbor project authorization. Monitoring/advocacy for DOT BUILD Act implementation and infrastructure grant funding. Support for Coast Guard vessel deployment in Alaska. Monitoring of imposition of U.S. and Chinese tariffs on U.S. seafood imports and exports.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Monitoring of hearings/legislative developments for Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh clients VT Halter Marine, Maersk, American President Lines, Transportation Institute and United States Marine Inc on the FY 2019 House & Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with a focus on shipbuilding and sealift. Tracking of Navy and Special Operations Command shipbuilding accounts in the FY 2019 budget requests and FY 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Bills as well as MARAD reauthorization proposals that end up being incorporated as a Title in the NDAA. Monitoring of funding for new multi-mission MARAD and State Maritime Academy training vessels in the FY 2019 Transportation-HUD Approps Bills. Monitoring of NOAA vessel accounts in the FY 2019 Commerce-Justice-Science Approps Bills.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
American President Lines, Maersk, and VT Halter Marine are U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies.
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
Advocacy for Federal marine fisheries research, salmon and data collection funding on behalf of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh client Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission as part of the FY 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills. Monitoring of legislative progress of the House and Senate "Endangered Salmon Predation Acts" (S. 3119 & HR 2083).
Advocacy for Maritime Security Program appropriations on behalf of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh clients Maersk, American President Lines, and the Transportation Institute as part of the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills.
Tracking of legislation that would seek to waive the Jones Act and its requirement for use of U.S. built and flagged vessels in the domestic coastwise and Puerto Rico trade.
Tracking of legislation to reauthorize Coast Guard programs, including Jones Act waiver of a certain fishing vessel endorsement (FV America's Finest) and extension of the moratorium on EPA rules for incidental discharges by fishing vessels. Both issues are also of interest to Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh's Alaska municipality clients.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Maritime Administration (MARAD)
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Maersk and American President Lines are U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
On behalf of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh client Aleutians East Borough, AK support for legislation (S. 101 & HR 218) authorizing construction of airport link road between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands. Advocacy for Corps construction of a small boat harbor on Akun Island, AK. Monitoring of Administration's development for infrastructure package submission to Congress on behalf of firm's Alaska community clients. Monitoring of legislative efforts & hearing to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act. Monitoring of BUILD Act implementation and funding.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), 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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Monitoring of EPA Superfund clean up and Army Corps Formerly-Utilized Defense Sites (FUDs) program developments.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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
Advocacy on behalf of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh client Alaska SeaLife Center in support of authorization/appropriations for marine mammal research, education and rescue funding as part of funding for NOAA and the Prescott grant program in the FY 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills. Support for continuation of Department of Interior funding for the Center's captive breeding colony of endangered Steller eiders.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
See page on Budget/Appropriations
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
On behalf of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh client, Wrangell Borough, AK, monitoring of the Forest Service's development and EIS work to move forward with proposed timber sale on Wrangell Island. Tracking of legislation (S. 1027 & HR 2340) to extend Secure Rural Schools program to provide funding to rural local governments and legislation (HR 2936) to promote harvest of salvage, diseased and fire-risk timber in Federal forests through streamlined environmental reviews. Tracking of provisions relating to management of the Tongass National Forest as part of the FY 2019 Department of Interior and Environment Appropriations Bills. Monitoring of USDA regulatory developments concerning the application of the Forest Service's Roadless Rule to the Tongass National Forest. Monitoring of Dept of Interior's Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales program for firm's Alaska community clients. Tracking of legislation to authorize Federal land transfer to expand the Terror Lake hydroelectric facility in Kodiak, AK (S. 214 & HR 220).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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
See Budget/Appropriations & Natural Resources pages.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
Sebastian |
O'Kelly |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Monitor legislation (S. 1899) to reauthorize and extend Federal Community Health Center funding to local healthcare clinics for Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh local government clients -- Aleutians East Borough, AK; Kodiak Island Borough, AK; Kodiak, AK; Petersburg Borough, AK; Wrangell Borough, AK; Seward, AK; Unalaska, AK; Whittier, AK. Advocacy for after-hours care funding for the Unalaska's community healthcare clinic. Monitor FY 2019 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bills for additional community health center funding. Track any legislative changes to extend the existing moratorium on the application of the "Cadillac" tax on high cost healthcare plans.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Sebastian |
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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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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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