Lobbying Relationship

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Association of California Water Agencies

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Association of California Water Agencies

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  • Energy and Water Appropriations: Bureau of Reclamation budget and specific programs including CALFED, Title XVI, and Quagga muscle research and action plan, Colorado River Salinity Control, Army Corps budget, WIIN Act (P.L. 114-322) programs Interior and Environment Appropriations: EPA's SRF program, WIFIA, USGS's streamgauge program, geospatial imagery program and water cooperative program, national priority water quality research program funding, forest service budget, US Army Corps of Engineers civil works budget. Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: Farm bill conservation programs and NRCS funding; Colorado River salinity control funding. Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations: Low Income Household Water Assistance funding Municipal bonds/tax reform Alternative financing mechanisms for Reclamation projects, RIFIA, aging infrastructure funding
  • State administration of EPA's SRF program Water Infrastructure Funding: SRF funding, WIFIA funding (water infrastructure financing investment act) Clean Water Act: NPDES permit terms to ten years, clean water act rulemaking, Waters of the U.S. rulemaking Safe Drinking Water Act implementation: EPA regulatory determinations Watersense Authorization CEQA/NEPA issues Issues related to S.1430 Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act Drinking water regulation, per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) regulation, CERCLA liability exemption for municipal water and wastewater agencies, comments for CERCLA Rulemaking on PFOA and PFOS at EPA, comments for draft PFAS-related legislation through Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Resource Conservation Recovery Act issues related to PFAS EPA Lead and Copper Rule Improvements regulation Issues related to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Principles Requirements and Guidelines.
  • Title XVI/Water Recycling at the Bureau of Reclamation Implementation of Endangered Species Act to meet California's coequal goals CA Drought Policy, Colorado River Drought Contingency Planning Headwaters/Forest management, headwaters/wildfire legislation, supporting increased funding and policy changes for wildfire/forest management through the 2024 Farm Bill WIIN Act Implementation (P.L. 114-322), WIIN Act authorizations Alternative financing mechanisms for Reclamation projects, RIFIA Supporting the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) implementation: funding for water infrastructure and wildfire/forestry/headwaters programs Support for aging infrastructure repair and rehabilitation programs
  • Tax exemption for Water Conservation Measures, Protect Municipal Bonds
  • Low Income Household Water Affordability Program
  • Funding and implementation of cybersecurity measures for municipal water and wastewater agencies

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Natural Resources, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Utilities, Homeland Security, Manufacturing, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation, Chemicals/Chemical Industry

Spending: about $6,720,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Forest Service, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Energy - Dept of, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Treasury - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

Bills mentioned

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

Sponsor: Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

H.R.1732: Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.1140: Federal Water Quality Protection Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2898: Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015

Sponsor: David Valadao (R-Calif.)

H.R.2749: Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act

Sponsor: David Valadao (R-Calif.)

S.1894: California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2902: Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.612: WIIN Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

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.)

H.R.1278: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

S.741: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.8: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

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

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.3651: Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.1006: Positive Train Control Safety Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.54: Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.67: Secure Water Facilities Act

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.68: Secure Chemical Facilities Act

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.4007: Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act...

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

H.R.5078: Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014

Sponsor: Steve Southerland (R-Fla.)

H.R.399: Levee Vegetation Review Act of 2013

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.1927: More Water and Security for Californians Act

Sponsor: Jim Costa (D-Calif.)

H.R.3964: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act

Sponsor: David Valadao (R-Calif.)

H.R.4039: California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014

Sponsor: Jim Costa (D-Calif.)

S.2016: California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.4239: To provide drought assistance to the State of California and other...

Sponsor: Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)

S.2198: Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.765: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2013

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

S.1508: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2013

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

S.175: A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

S.601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.3080: Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.267: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.545: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.678: Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural...

Sponsor: Scott Tipton (R-Colo.)

S.306: Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural...

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.901: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.R.908: Full Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

H.R.916: Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.473: Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.711: Secure Water Facilities Act

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.2880: Contingency Operation and Emergency Oversight Act of 2011

Sponsor: John F. Tierney (D-Mass.)

H.R.872: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)

S.718: A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.1604: To facilitate certain activities, alleviate the extra regulatory...

Sponsor: Jeffrey Denham (R-Calif.)

S.1578: End Unnecessary Mailers Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

H.R.1340: End Unnecessary Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act of 2011

Sponsor: C. W. Bill Young (R-Fla.)

H.R.1837: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.1251: More Water for Our Valley Act, 2011

Sponsor: Jim Costa (D-Calif.)

H.R.869: To clarify the definition of flood control operations for the purposes...

Sponsor: Jeffrey Denham (R-Calif.)

H.R.2578: Conservation and Economic Growth Act

Sponsor: Jeffrey Denham (R-Calif.)

S.629: Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.631: Hydropower Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.795: Small-Scale Hydropower Enhancement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

H.R.3680: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2011

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.2842: Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural...

Sponsor: Scott Tipton (R-Colo.)

H.R.5892: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.1343: Energy and Water Integration Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.5827: Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2012

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.5826: Coordinating Water Research for a Clean Water Future Act of 2012

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.1599: Indian Country Economic Development Act

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1669: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.2738: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

H.R.196: STALKERS Act of 2011

Sponsor: Loretta Sánchez (D-Calif.)

H.R.470: Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Joe Heck (R-Nev.)

S.519: Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.2599: PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.)

S.1005: Water Infrastructure Financing Act

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.5320: Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.5289: Get the Lead Out Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.3874: Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.4349: Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2010

Sponsor: Grace F. Napolitano (D-Calif.)

S.2891: Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.1371: Clean Renewable Water Supply Bond Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.4132: Clean Renewable Water Supply Act of 2009

Sponsor: Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.)

S.3177: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.5019: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.2969: Water System Adaptation Partnerships Act of 2009

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.1712: Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.2847: Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

Sponsor: Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.)

S.1759: Water Transfer Facilitation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.3750: Water Transfer Facilitation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jim Costa (D-Calif.)

H.R.856: California Drought Alleviation Act of 2009

Sponsor: George P. Radanovich (R-Calif.)

H.R.996: To temporarily exempt certain public and private development projects...

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.3999: To direct the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate...

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.)

H.R.2868: Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2010

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

H.R.3258: Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.2883: Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.3206: Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

S.531: Energy and Water Integration Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.500: Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act

Sponsor: Vernon J. Ehlers (R-Mich.)

S.237: Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.146: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.2156: SECURE Water Act

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

S.3036: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.2191: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

H.R.2419: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

H.R.6124: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

H.R.2421: Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007

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

S.1870: Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

H.R.3452: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit with...

Sponsor: Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.)

S.1578: Ballast Water Management Act of 2007

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2423: Ballast Water Management Act of 2007

Sponsor: Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio)

H.R.2342: National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Thomas H. Allen (D-Maine)

S.950: Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2007

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

H.R.2415: Affordable Gas Price Act

Sponsor: Ron Paul (R-Texas)

S.300: Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

S.3213: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.5577: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

H.R.5533: Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2008

Sponsor: Albert Russell Wynn (D-Md.)

H.R.3387: Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Gregg Harper (R-Miss.)

H.R.8: Water Resources Development Act of 2018

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

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

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

H.R.1764: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to...

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7073: Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

S.4308: Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act

Sponsor: Kyrsten Sinema (ID-Ariz.)

S.4431: Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.7978: Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020

Sponsor: Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.)

S.914: Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021

Sponsor: Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

H.R.3291: Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2021

Sponsor: Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2467: PFAS Action Act of 2021

Sponsor: Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.1915: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021

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

H.R.2468: Made in America Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.8127: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Amendments of 2022

Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)

S.4231: STREAM Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.4279: Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Sustainability Act of 2022

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

H.R.8168: Save Our Sequoias Act

Sponsor: Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

S.1430: Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act

Sponsor: Cynthia M. Lummis (R-Wyo.)

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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?
Lyndsay Maier n/a
David Reynolds n/a
Abby Schneider n/a
Joshua Abel n/a
Kristin Goree n/a
David Reynold n/a
Jessica Tanner n/a
Madeline Voitier n/a
Jay Tanner n/a
Ian Lyle Mr. n/a
Ian Lyle 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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