Lobbying Relationship

Client

Land Trust Alliance

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Lobbying firm

CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP

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  • Legislative services related to issues affecting the tax deduction for donations of conservation easements, including implementation of the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act, and P.L.117-328.

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $2,010,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Senate, House of Representatives, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury, Dept of, N N U.S. House of Representative, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury.

Bills mentioned

H.R.641: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.330: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.2807: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014

Sponsor: Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.)

S.526: Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2013

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4719: America Gives More Act of 2014

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

H.R.5771: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.5806: Supporting America's Charities Act

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.2242: Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1576: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special...

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.469: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the...

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.4459: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.2436: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2018

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.1992: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.170: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.4751: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2020

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.8842: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2020

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.5019: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2020

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.170: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.1992: SCALE Act

Sponsor: Marc Veasey (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.2256: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.4164: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.4808: EARN Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Patrick Heck Senate Finance Comm:Chief Democratic Tax Counsel
Patrick Heck (COP Cont.) Sen. Finance Comm.: Tax Counsel/Chief Investigative Counsel House Committee on Ways and Means:Assistant Counsel
Jonathan Talisman Treasury Dept: Asst Secretary Tax Policy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy
Jonathan Talisman (COP Cont.) Deputy Asst. Secretary; Tax Leg. Counsel Sen. Finance Comm. Chief Tax Counsel (Dem Staff) Joint Comm. on Taxation Leg. Counsel
William McKenney Chief of Staff, Rep. Houghton Staff Director, Ways & Means Over Sub
William Mckenney (COP Cont.) Ways/Means Prof. Staff; Staff Dir. Oversight Subc Leg. Dir., Rep Chandler
Richard Grafmeyer Deputy Chief of Staff, JCT
Joseph Mikrut Tax Legislative Counsel - US Treasury Treasury: Asst. Secretary Tax Policy (acting); Tax Legislative Counsel; JCT: Associate Deputy Chief of Staff.
Lawrence Willcox Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee
James Dennis Tax Counsel, Sen Robb - Counsel, Sen Bingaman
Christopher Javens Tax Counsel, Sen. Grassley, Sen. Finance Comm.
Lawrence Willcox G. Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee
Jacob Triolo Tax Counsel/Legislative Director, Rep. Todd Young; Staff Member, Sen. Small Business Comm.; Staff Asst/Legislative Corresp., Sen. Gordon Smith.
Sarah Shive Senior Counsel, Sen. Debbie Stabenow; Senior Counsel, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV.
Lindsay Hooper n/a
Lindsay Hooper D n/a

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

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