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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW |
Address2 | Seventh Floor |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20007 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 39815-12
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6. House ID# 301710000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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: Alan Mintz, Partner |
Date | 1/17/2018 2:26:37 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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act.
- Amendments to the Endangered Species Act and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners.
- Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Proposed Air Quality Rule
- Support for new rulemakings by the Department of Commerce to reconsider the listings of the bearded and ringed seals under the Endangered Species 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), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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 |
Alan |
Mintz |
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Andrew |
VanderJack |
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Tyson |
Kade |
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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 IND
16. Specific lobbying issues
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act.
- Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities.
- Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation.
- Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
- Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives.
- Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
- Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481.
- Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC.
- Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes.
- Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes.
- Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects.
- Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Treasury - 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 |
Alan |
Mintz |
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VanderJack |
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Tyson |
Kade |
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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
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S.883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities.
- Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation.
- Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
- Federal legislation, including S. 49, H.R. 49 and H.R. 1, that would authorize oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and certain areas closed to leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, as well as extend Arctic outer Continental Shelf lease terms.
- Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
- Department of the Interior authorization of oil and gas leasing within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge under existing law.
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), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
Alan |
Mintz |
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Andrew |
VanderJack |
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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
- Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
Alan |
Mintz |
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Andrew |
VanderJack |
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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
- Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
Alan |
Mintz |
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Andrew |
VanderJack |
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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 or administrative action to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, including S. 49, H.R. 49 and H.R. 1.
- Federal legislation that would authorize oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and certain areas closed to leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, as well as extend Arctic outer Continental Shelf lease terms.
- Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects.
- Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
- Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
- Department of the Interiors directive to reconsider federal authority under ANILCA to conduct seismic oil and gas exploratory program in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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
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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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