drinking water infrastructure and drinkability issues; Watersense; FY 18 Agriculture appropriations
Duration: April 4, 2016
to
March 31, 2017
General Issues: Clean Air & Water (Quality) , Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection , Science/Technology , Environmental/Superfund
Spending: about $80,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)
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Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Lobbyists
Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.
Lobbyist
Covered positions?
Thomas Blank Communications Director, Speaker of the House; Acting Deputy Director, TSA
Communications Director, Speaker of the House
Acting Deputy Administrator, TSA
Communications Director, Speaker of the House;
Acting Deputy Administrator, TSA
Disclosures Filed
Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.
1st Quarter, 2017
Belvedere Strategies terminated an engagement in which they represented Gephardt Group Government Affairs (on behalf of the Water Quality Association) on April 19, 2017.
Original Filing: 300870410.xml
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and drinkability issues; Watersense; FY 18 Agriculture appropriations
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Clean Air & Water (Quality)/Technology
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and drinkability issues; Watersense; FY 18 Agriculture appropriations
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
4th Quarter, 2016
In Q4, Belvedere Strategies lobbied for Gephardt Group Government Affairs (on behalf of the Water Quality Association) , earning $20,000. The report was filed on Jan. 19, 2017.
Original Filing: 300851686.xml
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 & H.R.5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; H.R.8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; S. 2535; S. 1642 & H.R.1160 - The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016; H.R.5303 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016; S.612 - Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Clean Air & Water (Quality)/Technology
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 & H.R.5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; H.R.8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; S. 2535; S. 1642 & H.R.1160 - The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016; H.R.5303 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016; S.612 - Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 & H.R.5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; H.R.8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; S. 2535; S. 1642 & H.R.1160 - The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016; H.R.5303 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016; S.612 - Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2016
In Q3, Belvedere Strategies lobbied for Gephardt Group Government Affairs (on behalf of the Water Quality Association) , earning $20,000. The report was filed on Oct. 20, 2016.
Original Filing: 300838301.xml
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 & H.R.5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; H.R.8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; S. 2535; S. 1642 & H.R.1160 - The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016; H.R.5303 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Clean Air & Water (Quality)/Technology
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 & H.R.5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; H.R.8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; S. 2535; S. 1642 & H.R.1160 - The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016; H.R.5303 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2016
In Q2, Belvedere Strategies lobbied for Gephardt Group Government Affairs (on behalf of the Water Quality Association) , earning $20,000. The report was filed on July 20, 2016.
Original Filing: 300819268.xml
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; 2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; S. 2535; S. 1642 and H.R.1160, The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Clean Air & Water (Quality)/Technology
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues; S.2533 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act; 2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill; Watersense; S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act; S. 2535; S. 1642 and H.R.1160, The SAVINGS Act; S.2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
drinking water infrastructure and quality issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2016
Belvedere Strategies filed a lobbying registration on May 18, 2016 to represent Gephardt Group Government Affairs (on behalf of the Water Quality Association), effective April 4, 2016.
Original Filing: 300805375.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Drought legislation; Flint, Michigan water issues .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate
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