Lobbying Relationship

Client

America Outdoors Association

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Lobbying firm

Van Ness Feldman, LLP

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  • EXPLORE Act, H.R. 6492, Americas Outdoor Recreation Act, S. 873, and Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act or the SOAR Act, H.R. 1527, recreation permitting.
  • Overtime relief for seasonal recreation providers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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General Issues: Natural Resources, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Spending: about $155,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3400: Recreation Not Red Tape Act

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

H.R.2215: Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Chris Stewart (R-Utah)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.453: Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2011

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.1396: Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

S.554: Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.1194: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.3619: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.RES.1665: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2771: Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Chris Stewart (R-Utah)

S.2335: GO Act

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

S.3550: Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.3358: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1665: SOAR Act

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.3879: SOAR Act

Sponsor: Debra Haaland (D-N.M.)

S.1229: SOAR Act

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.3670: SOAR Act

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

H.R.3687: Environmental Justice in Recreation Permitting Act

Sponsor: Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)

S.1874: Recreation Not Red Tape Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.3266: America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2022

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.6280: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain...

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

H.R.8258: Federal Interior Land Media Act

Sponsor: Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho)

S.873: America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.1527: SOAR Act

Sponsor: John Curtis (R-Utah)

H.R.6492: Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

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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?
Jonathan Simon Legislative Assistant, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 1993-1994 Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 1995
Tracy Nagelbush Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Jay Inslee, 2005-2008 Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Davis, 2001-2005 Sr. Policy Advisor to Rep. Inslee (2005-2008) Sr. Leg. Asst. to Rep. Jim Davis (2001-2005)
Jordan Smith n/a
Jon Simon 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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