• Assist in communications with relevant agencies, authorizing committees, and delegation to ensure sustainability for agriculture irrigation. Track and report on issues associated with Buy American policy and legislative language. Track and report on the implementation of FY2021 and FY2022 appropriations and development of the FY2023 appropriations measures that are pertinent to water management. Track the development of and report on the Inflation Reduction Act.
• Track and report on the Clean Water Act related legislation, corrosion, the EPAs NPDES general permit program, and Waters of the United States repeal and rule-making status. Track and report on the implementation of Navigable Water Protection Act.
• Assist in communications with relevant agencies, authorizing committees, and delegation regarding education opportunities on modern irrigation methods, standards, and projects. Track and report on the FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act.

Duration: August 1, 2022 to January 6, 2023

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Natural Resources, Transportation, Foreign Relations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $20,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)