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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1130 17th St. NW |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 11880-12
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6. House ID# 313630000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2009 |
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 | 05/07/2009 |
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. | ||||||||
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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Jamie Rappaport Clark, Executive Vice President |
Date | 07/20/2009 |
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
Protect America's Wildlife Act (House - no bill number yet)
Protect America's Wildlife Act (Senate - no bill number yet)
HR 2807 - America's Wildlife Heritage Act
HR 556 - Southern Sea Otter Recovery Act
HR 669 - Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act
HR 411 - Great Cats and Rare Canids Act
S.529 - Great Cats and Rare Canids Act
Multinational species conservation fund (no bill)
white-nose syndrome in bats (no bill)
international whaling prevention (no bill)
S. 690 - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), White House Office
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 |
Mary Beth |
Beetham |
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Dewey |
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Sandra |
Purohit |
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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
HR 2192 - Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Act
wildlife adaptation to climate change
California Bay Delta Issues
California Drought Water Bank Issues
Deforestation issues (no bill)
Feinstein Mother Road Monument Bill (not yet introduced - no bill number)
HR 2337 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (110th)
S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (110th)
HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (natural resource conservation provisions)
S. 409 - Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2009
S. 787 - Clean Water Restoration Act
conservation policy in the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge in Northwest Montana (no bill)
HR 1584 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009
S. 1255 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), White House Office, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)
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 |
Alexandra |
Adams |
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Beetham |
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Dewey |
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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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1190 - Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009
HR 1831 - Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2009
HR 2283 - A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for renewable fuel production
S. 943 - A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for renewable fuel production
HR 2749 - Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
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 |
Sara |
Chieffo |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2076 - Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2009
border wall consultation and legal requirements
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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 |
Mary Beth |
Beetham |
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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
HR 2454 - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (Senate energy bill - no bill number)
HR 39 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act
S.231 - A Bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness
HR 3009 - American-Made Energy Act of 2009
S.503 - No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act
HR 2227 - American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act
HR 2846 - American Energy Act
S.3036 - Boxer-Lieberman-Warner Substitute to Climate Security Act of 2008 (110th)
Renewable energy siting and transmission on public lands
Dorgan drilling amendment to American Clean Energy Leadership Act
Barrasso oil and gas title amendment to American Clean Energy Leadership Act
Rahall energy bill (draft - no bill number)
Stupak hydropower amendment to HR 2454
Ross biofuels amendment to HR 2454
HR 2757 - Consumer Assistance Rebate for Energy Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office
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 |
Alexandra |
Adams |
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Mary Beth |
Beetham |
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Sara |
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Robert |
Dewey |
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Sandra |
Purohit |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2996 - Interior, Environment, and related agencies appropriations bill FY2010
Amendment to HR 2996 barring funding for EPA rule on climate change and concentrated animal feeding
Amendment to HR 2996 barring funding for EPA rule analysis of biofuels impacts
Amendment to HR 2996 to prohibit funding for implementation of biological options on the Bay-Delta
HR 2997 - FY2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Wolf Predation Management Project in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan)
Funding for endangered species protection
Funding for National Wildlife Refuge System
Funding for land acquisition programs
Funding for State Wildlife Grants
Funding for wildlife and habitat protection on public lands
Funding for international wildlife conservation
Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund
Funding for study of impacts of illegal immigration and related enforcement on Southwest borderlands
Senate Interior Appropriations Bill (no bill number yet)
Funding for USDA pollinator research program
Increased funding for CEQ to be used for NEPA oversight
Funding for tropical deforestation prevention programs in developing countries
Emerson Biofuels/Indirect Land Use Change amendment to HR 2996
Funding for forest landscape restoration programs
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Mary Beth |
Beetham |
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Dewey |
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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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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
1 | 5 | 9 |
2 | 6 | 10 |
3 | 7 | 11 |
4 | 8 | 12 |