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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 | 2020 |
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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Method A.
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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Carl R. Wolf |
Date | 4/17/2020 9:15:53 AM |
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
FY21 Federal Budget request for the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and related subgrant programs
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act - CARES Act: S. 3548/H.R. 748) - P.L. 116-136
Arts funding for IMLS (Museums), NEA & NEH
Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) loans
Charitable Contributions (above-the-line) non-itemizer tax deduction)
Economic Insurance Disaster Loans (EIDL)
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Natl Endowment for the Arts, Natl Foundation on the Arts & Humanities, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
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 |
Thomas |
Cassidy |
Jr. |
parks and public lands funding; historic leasing provisions |
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Pamela |
Bowman |
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Public Lands funding; maintenance backlog funding in the national parks |
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Janelle |
DiLuccia |
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public lands funding |
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Shaw |
Sprague |
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HPF Funding; Rural Development grant funding; tribal consultation affecting Cape Flattery lighthouse, WA |
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
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) - Task force on digitization of cultural resources; ACHP comment to Navy on Growler aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (WA). Consultation with regarding the Bears Ears National Monument.
Army Corps of Engineers - NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- Farmington Field Office: RMPA Sec 106 consultation on lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Park; Monticello Field Office: oil and gas leasing, Bears Ears Management Plan; BLM reorganization and relocation plan.
Department of the Navy - Consultation on Pearl Harbor and Ewa Field (HI)
Department of Transportation (DOT) - Little Missouri River Bridge Crossing near Elkhorn Ranch (ND)
Federal Railroad Administration - CA high speed rail impacts to Cesar Chavez National Monument
General Services Administration (GSA) - Hawthorne Federal Building (CA); Pittsburgh Highland Drive VA Campus (PA); NEPA and NHPA exemptions as applicable to acquisition or improvement of properties to assist in COVID-19 pandemic response
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - - Executive Order 13578 and preparation of a response to a Request for Information (RFI) to assist the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing in identifying federal, state, local and tribal laws, regulations and administrative practices that raise the costs of affordable-housing development and contribute to shortages of housing supply. The Notice also seeks data, information, analyses and recommendations on methods for reducing these regulatory barriers which include historic preservation
Interior (DOI)/NPS -- Listing of Chichil Bildagoteel (Oak Flat) Historic District Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places; historic leasing and deferred maintenance in the national parks; Isle Royale (MI); HOPE Crews; NEPA non-compliance by Dominion Power for transmission towers built on the James River; National Register of Historic Places rulemaking; and, establishment of Route 66 national heritage trail.
Treasury/OCC - preparation of comments for Community Reinvestment Act Modernization proposed regulations related to categories of interest to historic preservation with respect to qualifying activities that affect small business loans, tax incentives and rental housing
Veterans Affairs (VA) - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs (SD); West LA Medical Center (CA)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Natl Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Navy - Dept of, Interior - Dept of (DOI), General Services Administration (GSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Treasury - Dept of, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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 |
Tom |
Cassidy |
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cultural resources on public lands; historic leasing in the national parks |
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Pam |
Bowman |
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historic leasing in national parks; reauthorization of Historic Preservation Fund |
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Janelle |
DiLuccia |
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National Parks, Antiquities Act |
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Shaw |
Sprague |
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Opportunity Zone regulations affecting housing and historic preservation tax incentives; preservation of Cape Flattery lighthouse |
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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Pam |
Bowman |
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reconstruction era historic network and emancipation trail legislation |
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
HR 871 -- Bears Ears Expansion and Respect for Sovereignty Act
HR 1050/S. 367 -- Americas Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act or the ANTIQUITIES Act
HR 1225/S. 500 - Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act and Restore Our Parks Act
Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (DRAFT bill)
HR 434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Act
HR 3195/S. 1081 -- Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act
HR 2181/S. 1079 -- Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act of 2019
HR 3250/S. 1836 -- Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2019
S. 2430 - a bill to exempt rural areas from provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Legislation to establish a Great Bend of the Gila National Monument (DRAFT)
Draft legislation regarding Brown v. Board of Education court case
The Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Act (HR 5853)
Great Americans Outdoors Act (S. 3422)
Save Oak Flat Act (H.R. 665/S. 173)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Natl Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Thomas |
Cassidy |
Jr. |
national monuments; historic trail designation |
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Pamela |
Bowman |
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national monuments; deferred maintenance in the parks; historic trail designation; Antiquities Act |
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Janelle |
DiLuccia |
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national monuments; historic trail designation |
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Outline for Americas Infrastructure
S.2302 America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
Digitization and mapping of cultural resource properties affected by federal transportation planning and projects
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), 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 |
Tom |
Cassidy |
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digitization and mapping of cultural resources affected by transportation projects |
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
preservation and interpretation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Shaw |
Sprague |
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Preservation of Cape Flattery Lighthouse (WA) |
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HR 2825/S. 2615)
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect data and issue a report on the opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the 2017 tax reform legislation, and for other purposes (S. 1344/H.R. 2593)
Improving and Reinstating the Monitoring, Prevention, Accountability, Certification, and Transparency Provisions of Opportunity Zones - IMPACT Act (S. 2994)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Shaw |
Sprague |
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improvements to the federal rehabilitation tax credit; expanding historic tax credits within established Opportunity Zones in designated census tracts. |
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 BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)
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 |
Shaw |
Sprague |
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housing and density issues in historic districts |
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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Yes In My Backyard Act (YIMBY) - (S. 1919/H.R. 4351)
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 |
Shaw |
Sprague |
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housing and density issues in historic districts |
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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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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