Lobbying Relationship

Client

Essential Minerals Association (formerly reporting as IMA-NA)

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Lobbying firm

Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC

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  • Issues related to mining, critical minerals, and domestic manufacturing and supply chain issues. Issues related to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169), focusing on mining and critical minerals. Issues related to H.R. 209, Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023; H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act of 2023; and, The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-5), focusing on federal permitting reform. Issues related to S. 3596/H.R. 7004, a bill to amend the Minderal Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite.
  • Issues related to international trade and competitiveness.
  • Issues related to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169), focusing on mining and critical minerals. Issues related to The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-5), focusing on mining, critical minerals and supply chains.

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General Issues: Natural Resources, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund, Budget/Appropriations, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $1,410,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Treasury - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills mentioned

S.546: American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1399: American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Sponsor: Paul Cook (R-Calif.)

S.2031: American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1992: American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Sponsor: Paul Cook (R-Calif.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.209: Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023

Sponsor: Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)

H.R.1: Lower Energy Costs Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.3596: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite...

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.7004: To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite to...

Sponsor: John Curtis (R-Utah)

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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?
Lisa Kountoupes Deputy Asst. to the President & House Liaison, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB,Special Asst.to Undersecretary, Dept.of Energy,Policy Advisor to Chairman of Energy&Commerce Comm
Lori Denham Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Senior Policy Advisor, Communications Director, Staff Assistant - Rep. Cal Dooley, D-CA; Legislative Director - Rep. Darlene Hooley, D-OR
Julie Hershey Carr Senior Policy Advisor, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant - Rep. Joe Pitts, R-PA
Randi Reid Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assistant and Special Projects Director, Legislative Assistant - Senator Michael Enzi, R-WY; Legislative Director - Rep. Michael Burgess, R-TX
Rose Sullivan Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Outreach Director, Constituent Services Advocate - Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-MN Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Outreach Director and Constituent Services Advocate - Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-MN
David Peluso Chief of Staff - Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA; Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Executive Assistant - Representative Gus Bilirakis, R-FL Chief of Staff - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA; Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Executive Assistant - Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-FL
MJ Kenny Deputy Floor Assistant, Floor Assistant - Office of the Senate Democratic Whip; Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent - Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Patrick Hayes Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Deputy Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant - Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN; Staff Director - Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee.

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.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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