Lobbying Relationship

Client

MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

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Lobbying firm

Barker Leavitt, PLLC (SKA Mr. James C. Barker)

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  • California Water Issues, Colorado River Water Issues. Implementation of WIFIA. Implementing legislative language which would allow tax-free municipal bond financing to be used in combination with a WIFIA loan. The FY2021 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill: Sections dealing with EPA/STAG water related competitive grant program issues, sections dealing with the California WaterFix project, and sections dealing with water storage facilities in California. The E&W FY2021 Appropriations Bill: Sections dealing with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps, issues associated with ocean water desalination and water infrastructure development. Competitive Grant Programs, and funding for environmental infrastructure accounts., The FY2021 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, Sections dealing with the Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service: Grant Programs. Federal grants for water related infrastructure. National Infrastructure Bank Issues. WIFIA issues regarding federal tax exempt bonds and the percentage of a project that can qualify for WIFIA funding. Issues associated with how much of a project can be funded through WIFIA. Federal budgetary, regulatory and environmental issues affecting Ocean Water Desalination Projects. EPA State Revolving Loan Fund Programs. The Doheny Ocean Water Desalination Project in Orange County, California. Water issues and project deauthorization related issues in the 2016 WRDA Bill, S.612. Issues associated with Section 5039 of the 2007 WRDA Bill. The California drought, Western States drought, and the Drought Implementation Plan. Wildfire funding. Federal tax issues associated with turf removal and water conservation programs. The California WaterFix Project. WIIN Act Bureau of Reclamation grant programs. PFAS issues. COVID related stimulus bills, relating to water infrastructure.

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General Issues: Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,040,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate,, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Y Y U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Services

Bills mentioned

S.612: Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.612: WIIN Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.2896: TAILOR Act of 2015

Sponsor: Scott Tipton (R-Colo.)

S.1894: California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.22: FAST Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.4923: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

H.R.2410: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

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

Sponsor: David Valadao (R-Calif.)

H.R.2609: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.1245: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.J.RES.117: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.5325: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.3301: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.2375: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.2584: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

H.R.2354: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.3606: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

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

Sponsor: Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.)

S.1436: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.2997: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1406: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

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

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

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

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

H.R.1105: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

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

H.R.664: Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act

Sponsor: John Campbell (R-Calif.)

S.3289: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.3258: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.3161: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1859: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.1751: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.2641: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

H.R.1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007

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

S.1248: Water Resources Development Act of 2007

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.612: Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (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?
Ryan Leavitt Sen. Josh Hawley - Legislative Director Sen. Mike Lee- Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee- Clerk, Sen. Dean Heller - Clerk, Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Orrin Hatch- Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee- Counsel, Rep. John Curtis- Deputy Chief of Staff
James C. Barker n/a
Michael Kennedy n/a
Nicholas Crockett n/a
Michael J. Kennedy n/a
C. Edward Whitney 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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