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Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

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S. 601 - Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Duration: October 4, 2007 to September 30, 2015

General Issues: Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Energy/Nuclear, Government Issues, Animals, Agriculture, Homeland Security, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $140,971 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Senate,, House of Representatives,, White House Office

Bills mentioned

S.601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.152: Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscalyear ending September...

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2578: Conservation and Economic Growth Act

Sponsor: Jeffrey Denham (R-Calif.)

S.1813: MAP-21

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.1229: Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act

Sponsor: Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

H.R.1230: Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act

Sponsor: Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

H.R.1231: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

Sponsor: Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

S.872: A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.5175: DISCLOSE Act

Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)

H.R.556: Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act

Sponsor: Sam Farr (D-Calif.)

H.R.411: Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

S.529: Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2009

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

H.R.3381: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.1535: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.669: Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act

Sponsor: Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)

H.R.3086: Global Wildlife Conservation, Coordination, and Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)

S.690: A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to...

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

H.R.2807: America's Wildlife Heritage Act

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.1925: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Maurice D. Hinchey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.718: To reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle...

Sponsor: Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.)

S.1557: Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act of 2009

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

H.R.3050: American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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

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

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.1462: American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009

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

H.R.3534: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010

Sponsor: Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.)

H.R.2996: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Norman D. Dicks (D-Wash.)

H.R.2892: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

H.R.3183: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.)

H.R.2192: Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Conservation Act

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

H.R.2337: Southwestern Transit Corridor Planning and Fuel Use Reduction Act

Sponsor: Harry Teague (D-N.M.)

S.2204: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

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

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

S.409: Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

S.787: Clean Water Restoration Act

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

H.R.1584: Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.1255: Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1190: Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.)

H.R.1831: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.2283: To amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.2076: Border Security and Responsibility Act 2009

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

H.R.39: Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.231: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as...

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

S.503: No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.2227: American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

H.R.2846: American Energy Act

Sponsor: John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)

S.3036: National Alzheimer's Project Act

Sponsor: Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)

H.R.2757: Consumer Assistance Rebate for Energy Act

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.3663: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay the date on...

Sponsor: Zack Space (D-Ohio)

S.22: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

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

H.R.5610: Independent Living Centers Technical Adjustment Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.2739: Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2010

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.2593: Military Children's School Investment Act

Sponsor: Chet Edwards (D-Texas)

H.R.4088: Fort Hood Families Benefits Protection Act

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.5058: Ponzi Scheme Victims' Tax Relief Act of 2010

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

S.2568: A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on...

Sponsor: Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)

H.R.790: Georges Bank Preservation Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.2316: A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on alpha Oxy...

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.1464: Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2008

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

S.1033: Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007

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

H.R.3663: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2007

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.1957: Bristol Bay Protection Act

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

S.1311: Bristol Bay Protection Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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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 Todd	n/a
Robert Dewey	n/a
Alexandra Adams	n/a
Mary Beth Beetham	n/a
Sandra Purohit	n/a
Brendan Tate	n/a
Sara Chieffo	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.

3rd Quarter, 2015

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Q2 Report

In Q2, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on July 22, 2013. Original Filing: 300583370.xml

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Q1 Report

In Q1, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on April 22, 2013. Original Filing: 300561360.xml

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In Q2, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on July 20, 2012. Original Filing: 300496750.xml

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Q1 Report

In Q1, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on April 20, 2012. Original Filing: 300475143.xml

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Q2 Report

In Q2, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on July 20, 2011. Original Filing: 300401165.xml

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1st Quarter, 2011

Q1 Report

In Q1, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on April 20, 2011. Original Filing: 300375211.xml

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Q2 Report

In Q2, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on July 20, 2010. Original Filing: 300296329.xml

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In Q3, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on Oct. 20, 2009. Original Filing: 300215530.xml

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H.R. 2996 - FY2010 Interior Appropriations Bill H.R. 2892 - FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill H.R. 3183 - FY2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Funding for US Geological Survey programs-Funding for endangered species protection -Funding for National Wildlife Refuge system -Funding for land acquisition -Funding for State Wildlife Grants -Funding for wildlife and habitat protection on public lands -Funding for international wildlife conservation -Funding for mitigating impacts of illegal immigrations and related enforcement on the Southwest border -Funding for Federal natural resource management agencies' land and wildlife conservation and science programs -Funding for the Department of Interior's land and wildlife conservation and science programs

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2nd Quarter, 2009

Termination

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund in-house lobbying effort was terminated on July 20, 2009 Original Filing: 300190366.xml

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HR 2192 - Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Act wildlife adaptation to climate change California Bay Delta issues California Dought Water Bank issuesDeforestation issues Feinstein Mother Road Monument Bill (not yet introduced - no bill number) HR 2337 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (110th) S.2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (110th) HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (natural resource conservation provisions) S.409 - Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2009 S. 787 - Clean Water Restoration Act conservation policy in the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge in Northwest Montana (no bill) HR 1584 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding America's Fisheries Act S. 1255 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding America's Fisheries Act

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HR 2454 - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (Senate energy bill draft - no bill number) HR 39 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act S.231 - A Bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as WildernessHR 3009 - American-Made Energy Act of 2009 S.503 - No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act HR 2227 - American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act HR 2846 - American Energy Act S.3036 - Boxer-Warner-Lieberman Substitute to Climate Security Act of 2008 (110th) Renewable energy siting and transmission on public lands Dorgan drilling amendment to American Clean Energy Leadership Act Barrasso oil and gas title amendment to the American Clean Energy Leadership Act Rahall energy bill (draft -no bill number) Stupak hydropower amendment to HR 2454 Ross biofuels amendment to HR 2454 HR 2757 - Consumer Assistance Rebate for Energy Act

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HR 2996 - FY2010 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Amendment t0 HR 2996 barring funding for EPA rule on climate change and concentrated animal feeding Amendment to HR 2996 barring funding for EPA rule analysis of biofuels impacts Amendment to HR 2996 to prohibit funding for implementation of biological options on the Bay-DeltaHR 2997 - FY2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Wolf Predation Management Project in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan) Funding for endangered species protection Funding for National Wildlife Refuge System Funding for land acquisition programs Funding for State Wildlife Grants Funding for wildlife and habitat protection on public lands Funding for international wildlife conservation Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund Funding for study of impacts of illegal immigration and related enforcement on Southwest borderlands Senate Interior Appropriations Bill (draft - no bill number) Funding for USDA pollinator research program Increased funding for CEQ to be used for NEPA oversight Funding for tropical deforestation prevention programs in developing countries Emerson biofuels/indirect land use change amendment to HR 2996 Funding for forest landscape restoration programs

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1st Quarter, 2009

Q1 Report

In Q1, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on April 20, 2009. Original Filing: 300163286.xml

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Bill Oppose the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Exchange in S. 22 Uphold the Roadless Area Conservation Rule Americas Red Rock Wilderness ActNational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - approach of NEPA is integrated into all federal stimulus projects that affect the physical environment Urge critical legislation is used to fund economically responsible and environmentally restorative water projects Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, HR 669 Natural Resource Conservation Service Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations in H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization SB 235 - Habitat Stamp Re-Authorization H.R. 5610 -- Wilderness Legislation S. 2739 -- Wilderness Legislation

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Expanding and upgrading our electric power transmission system to convey greatly increased amounts of renewable energy Support for clean energy and climate legislation H.R. 5058 To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from selling any oil and gas lease for any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. S. 2568 (companion bill) Prohibition on oil and gas drilling in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas unless conditions met. (SENATE Amendment #119--Drill Now Act of 2009 offered to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Stimulus Bill) by Senator DeMint. H.R.790 Title: To prohibit issuance of any lease or other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in the fishing grounds known as Georges Bank in the waters of the United States. H.R. 39 Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness S. 2316 Permanent protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Increased transit investment/economic recovery Schumer Amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA)Landrieu Amendment - Increasing Critical Water Resource and Ecosystem Restoration Funding to H.R.1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Bingaman Lands Amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Oppose Senator DeMints proposed amendment (#119--Drill Now Act of 2009) to H.R.1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Recommendations for FY2010 Funding - Everglades funding, House level of funding of $300 million for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Habitat Restoration FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the Forest Legacy Program Funding: dedicated funding of $900 million annually by increasing the funding for the federal LWCF to $325 million, and stateside LWCF to $125 million for FY 2010 SB 235 - Habitat Stamp Re-Authorization Barrasso Amendment #637 to the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

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4th Quarter, 2008

Amendment

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund amended a lobbying report for in-house lobbying in Q42008 on April 27, 2009 Original Filing: 300167439.xml

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4th Quarter, 2008

Amendment

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund amended a lobbying report for in-house lobbying in Q42008 on April 27, 2009 Original Filing: 300167442.xml

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4th Quarter, 2008

Q4 Report

In Q4, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on Jan. 21, 2009. Original Filing: 300131778.xml

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3rd Quarter, 2008

Amendment

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund amended a lobbying report for in-house lobbying in Q32008 on April 27, 2009 Original Filing: 300167440.xml

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3rd Quarter, 2008

Q3 Report

In Q3, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on Oct. 20, 2008. Original Filing: 300107481.xml

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2nd Quarter, 2008

Q2 Report

In Q2, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on July 21, 2008. Original Filing: 300080906.xml

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1st Quarter, 2008

Q1 Report

In Q1, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on April 21, 2008. Original Filing: 300053362.xml

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4th Quarter, 2007

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