Lobbying Relationship

Client

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

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Lobbying firm

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.

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  • Forestry matters; Indian health care matters; Lake Roosevelt matters; hydropower issues; Good Neighbor Authority issues; tribal transportation issues; sacred sites legislation; IHS facility issues; Office of the Special Trustee issues; fish passage; tribal law enforcement issues, Tribal Law Enforcement Parity Act; Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Lands Act; wildfire issues; fee-to-trust issues; and H.R.7515, H.R.7516, and S.3797.

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General Issues: Indian/Native American Affairs, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $3,070,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Indian Gaming Commission

Bills mentioned

H.R.1967: Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

Sponsor: Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)

H.R.210: Native American Energy Act

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.245: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments...

Sponsor: John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

H.R.1205: Social Security Fairness Act of 2017

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.3144: To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System...

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.812: Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

H.R.538: Native American Energy Act

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.2012: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.1979: Bring the Ancient One Home Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.4131: Bring the Ancient One Home Act of 2015

Sponsor: Denny Heck (D-Wash.)

S.2848: Water Resources Development Act of 2016

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.5303: Water Resources Development Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.710: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination...

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.3234: Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.383: Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

S.2953: IHS Accountability Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.5406: HEALTTH Act

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

S.3014: Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.2647: Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

S.438: IRRIGATE Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.209: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments...

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.360: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination...

Sponsor: Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)

H.R.511: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015

Sponsor: Todd Rokita (R-Ind.)

H.R.3137: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

H.R.2270: Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act

Sponsor: Denny Heck (D-Wash.)

H.R.1548: Native American Energy Act

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.2123: School District 318 Land Exchange Act

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.409: Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.165: Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.210: Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

S.245: Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization...

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.537: Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

Sponsor: Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)

H.R.2733: Savanna’s Act

Sponsor: Norma Torres (D-Calif.)

S.4625: National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.8373: Right to Contraception Act

Sponsor: Kathy Manning (D-N.C.)

H.R.8108: Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

H.R.7515: Protecting Native Americans’ Credit Act of 2024

Sponsor: Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

H.R.7516: Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2024

Sponsor: Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

S.3797: Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act

Sponsor: Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

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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?
Paul Moorehead Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chief of Staff, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chief Counsel, Sen. Committee on Indian Affairs
Brian Gunn n/a
Alicia Sylvester n/a
Kevin Wadzinski n/a
Natasha John n/a

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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