Lobbying Relationship

Client

Yakima Basin Joint Board

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Lobbying firm

The Ferguson Group, LLC

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  • Water resources appropriations; Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Restoration; water conservation projects; water quality projects; Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Program (YRBWEP); FY2025 Budget; FY2023 and FY 2024 Energy and Water Development appropriations legislation; COVID19 related water supply infrastructure funding; additional funding for Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan project; bipartisan infrastructure bill; and Inflation Reduction Act
  • Water Quality Regulation; Waters of the US rulemaking; Regulatory Guidance Letter 07-02.
  • Land and water policy; Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Restoration; Implementation of Legislation to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Program - Yakima Basin Integrated Plan (YRBWEP - YBIP). Drought legislation - Innovative Financing Provisions; America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) implementation; Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation and legislation; Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure legislation; COVID19 related water supply infrastructure funding; AWIA House WRDA legislation; ASO legislation; bipartisan Western water infrastructure bill; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation; and Inflation Reduction Act

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Natural Resources

Spending: about $1,390,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Reclamation, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers),, House of Representatives,

Bills mentioned

S.1460: Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.594: Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

S.1694: Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Phase III Act of 2015

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.2533: California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.612: WIIN Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.5895: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and...

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.2563: Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.2800: America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.3021: America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.47: John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.2044: Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Utilization Act

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

S.1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

S.3422: Great American Outdoors Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

S.4176: A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the...

Sponsor: Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

S.4231: STREAM Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

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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?
Mark Limbaugh Asst. Secretary for Water & Science, DOI 9/05-7/07; Deputy Commissioner for Bureau of Reclamation, DOI 1/02-9/05. Assistant Secretary, Water & Science Dept. Int. Assistant Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 and Deputy Commissioner for Bureau of Reclamation DOI 1/02-9/05. Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05 9/05-7/07; and Deputy Commissioner for Bureau DOI 9/05-7/07 & Deputy Commissioner for Asst. Secretary/Water & Science/Dept. of Interior
Joseph Raeder Legislative Director for Rep. Cal Dooley, 2/1991-3/1994 and Legislative Assistant for Rep. Tony Coelho, 12/1987- 8/1989. Legislative Director for Rep. Cal Dooley, 2/1991-3/1994 Legislative Assistant for Rep. Tony Coelho, 12/1987-8/1989 Legislative Director for Rep. Cal Dooley 2/1991- 3/1994 and Legislative Assistant for Rep. Tony Coelho 12/1987- 8/1989.
Zachary Israel Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010
Christopher Kearney Did not lobby Senate. Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-2008
Joseph Rader Legislative Director for Rep. Cal Dooley, 2/1991-3/1994 and
Greg Wang n/a
Lori Pickford n/a

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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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