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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 4245 NORTH FAIRFAX DRIVE |
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City | ARLINGTON |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22203 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 50887-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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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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: Anita Drummond, Managing Attorney for Legal Corporate Services |
Date | 04/19/2010 |
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
Action on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Sikes Act agreements, the Department of Defense Legacy grant proposal, Department of Defense readiness and environmental protection initiative, authority of combatant commanders to fund conservation activities overseas, military base expansion, training and testing area requirements, authority to participate in conservation banking programs, and provisions related to the impact of climate change on national security;
the 2011 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to border security initiatives; the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for the Department of Defense Legacy grant program, the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, overseas conservation activities, and other military activities impacting biodiversity; the 2011 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to US Geological Survey funding for water management and climate research, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection program, invasive species research and development, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, Forest Service wildland fire management funding, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, funding for river restoration projects, US Fish and Wildlife Service international programs, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Action Plans, Refuge Operations and Maintenance, and migratory bird programs, Corps of Engineers appropriations including the Williamette Floodplain Restoration Study, Bureau of Reclamation appropriations, the Multi-Species Conservation Fund, Peru/US Free Trade Agreement logging annex, and Hells Canyon, Oregon; the 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; FY11 appropriations research on natural resources adaptation and land and water conservation fund funding sources and funding opportunities for Treasured Landscapes; funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act authorized in P.L. 111-11; The 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including specific provisions relating to NOAA funding, the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, coral reef conservation programs, and marine spatial planning; 2011 Foreign Operations Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to climate and conservation, including funding for reducing deforestation, adaptation to climate change, and biodiversity; S. 1436/H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Bureau of Reclamation projects; H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection, primarily the Emerging Plant Pests line; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, including specific provisions relating to foreign operations, international conservation funding initiative, and coral triangle funding; H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund funding; H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; FY11 Presidents budget request for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, including specific provisions relating to funds for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, wildland fire funding, and the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund; and support of S. 2747, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009.
Covered Officials Contacted:
Director for Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, United States Army; Deputy Director, Joint Guam Program Office, United States Navy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, United States Army; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Readiness; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment; Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Under Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Directors of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Policy Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, Fire, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, BLM, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Recovery Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Chief, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; and Budget Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
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 |
Joseph R |
Barnes |
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Robert L |
Bendick |
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Faith |
Campbell |
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Thomas J |
Cassidy |
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Thomas A |
Cors |
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Catherine |
Dempsey |
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Michael |
Dennis |
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Thomas |
Fry |
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Eric |
Haxthausen |
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Catherine |
Hazlewood |
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David |
Higby |
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n/a |
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Gabrielle |
Horner |
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n/a |
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Mark |
Kramer |
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see note in ENG |
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Laura |
McCarthy |
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Christina |
McGregor |
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Abbie |
Meador |
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Bill |
Millan |
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Michael |
Powelson |
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Emily Elizabeth |
Renfroe |
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Terence |
Sullivan |
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Noah |
Van Gilder |
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Michael |
Wolosin |
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Emily |
Woglom |
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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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Action on S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act; the 2010 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the Sustainable Rivers Partnership and Mississippi River issues; impending Congressional resolutions and potential appropriations riders to block Clean Air Act regulatory authority; S. 2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, specific work on the general critical loads amendment and standards for atmospheric deposition levels;
S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management; administration action to recommend framework for marine spatial planning; and administration action to establish a national ocean policy to protect ocean ecosystems and promote marine conservation.
Covered Officials Contacted:
Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Principal Deputy Secretary, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; Director, US Geological Survey; Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Associate Directors, Council on Environmental Quality; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality; Program Examiner, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management and Budget; Program Examiner, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Management and Budget; and Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior; Program Examiner, Interior Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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 |
Robert L |
Bendick |
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Catherine |
Dempsey |
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Michael |
Dennis |
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Catherine |
Hazlewood |
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David |
Higby |
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n/a |
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Abbie |
Meador |
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Michael |
Powelson |
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Terence |
Sullivan |
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Emily |
Woglom |
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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
Action on new energy and climate change legislation to be introduced by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman, including specific provisions relating to among other things the national security implications of climate change; HR 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, renewable energy siting issues, and restoration funding;
H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to adaptation funding, S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, including specific provisions relating to international climate change programs; climate change assessment and information sharing, including specific provisions relating to the change in temperature and precipitation in watersheds; H.R. 4227, Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009; the role of forest and agriculture in carbon regulation legislation; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act; S. 1576, Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009; S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, specific provisions related to energy efficiency and alternative energy; S. 2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act; and S. 2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009.
Covered Officials Contacted:
Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement; Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment; Assistant Director for Adaptation, Council on Environmental Quality; Science Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director for Congressional Affairs, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
Mark Kramer - Prior Gov't experience:
Feb 1989-Dec 1990: Economist, Western Water issues, USDA Economic Research Service, Washington DC
Jan 1991-Sept 1995: Program Examiner, Natural Resources Division, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Feb 1997-Mar 2000: Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Cal Dooley, U.S. House of Representatives
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), State - Dept of (DOS), 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 |
Joseph R |
Barnes |
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Matthew |
Barrett |
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Robert L |
Bendick |
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Thomas J |
Cassidy |
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Catherine |
Dempsey |
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Michael |
Dennis |
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Jeffrey |
Fiedler |
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Thomas |
Fry |
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Eric |
Haxthausen |
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Catherine |
Hazlewood |
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David |
Higby |
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n/a |
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Mark |
Kramer |
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Laura |
McCarthy |
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Christina |
McGregor |
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Jennifer |
McKnight |
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Michael |
Powelson |
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Michael |
Wolosin |
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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
Action on HR 3629, Healthy Borderlands Act of 2009; and the development of a new Homeland Security Authorization Act, to include provisions relating to waiver authority, authority for a border buffer program, consultation requirements for border security infrastructure, and the monitoring and mitigation program for ecological impacts of border security infrastructure.
Covered Officials Contacted:
Chief of Staff, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Chief of Staff, Policy, Department of Homeland Security; Associate Director for Habitat, US Fish and Wildlife Service; National Borderlands Coordinator, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; and Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), 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 |
Joseph R |
Barnes |
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Robert L |
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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
Action on the development of the upcoming reauthorization of the Sikes Act, including specific provisions relating to natural resource management on or in the vicinity of Department of Defense lands.
Covered Officials Contacted:
Associate Director for Habitat, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), 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 |
Joseph R |
Barnes |
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Robert L |
Bendick |
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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 RES
16. Specific lobbying issues
Action on S. 22/HR 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to the forest planning rule; implementation of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act; revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; the development of a proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; S. 2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009;
H.R. 4233, Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009; implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act including provisions relating to high Priority Project proposals; H.R. 4398/S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; S. 1214/H.R. 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, specific provisions relating to funding for fisheries protection and restoration; S. 3119, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act; HR 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs; EPA standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon; and H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act.
Covered Officials Contacted:
Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary; United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director of External Affairs, Department of the Interior; Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service; and Deputy Chief, National Forest System, US Forest.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Robert L |
Bendick |
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Faith |
Campbell |
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Thomas J |
Cassidy |
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Michael |
Dennis |
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David |
Higby |
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Gabrielle |
Horner |
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Mark |
Kramer |
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Laura |
McCarthy |
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Bill |
Millan |
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Michael |
Powelson |
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Noah |
Van Gilder |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Action on H.R. 1831/S. 812, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009, specific provisions relating to tax incentives for donated conservation easements; and a draft estate tax reform bill.
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
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Higby |
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Kramer |
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Christina |
McGregor |
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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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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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