Lobbying Relationship

Client

FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE

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Lobbying firm

The Ferguson Group, LLC

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  • Farm Programs - USDA conservation and drought programs; Farm Bill 2018 implementations; support for P.L. 566 program, Farm Bill 2023
  • Bureau of Reclamation appropriations; Department of Agriculture appropriations, Department of Interior appropriations; EPA appropriations; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; Inflation Reduction Act and P.L. 566 funding support
  • Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Water of the US rule making
  • Hydroelectric Permitting/Lease of Power privilege. Bureau of Reclamation Title Transfer Legislation implementation
  • Western Water Policy; Implementation of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009; Clean Water Act; Watershed Planning Policy; Aging Infrastructure; Regulatory Streamlining; Bureau of Reclamation Policies; Endangered Species Act; Climate Change legislation; Levee Safety; WRDA; Waters of the US rulemaking; WIIN Act implementation, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act; and reform of Endangered Species Act; WaterSmart Grant programs; Drought Resiliency legislation; Aging Infrastructure legislation; implementation of America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA); bipartisan Western water infrastructure legislation; Budget Reconciliation process; implementation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; Inflation Reduction Act; Farm Bill 2023; water storage and conveyance legislation; urban canals legislation; agricultural land repurposing legislation; healthy forests legislation

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

Spending: about $1,640,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

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

Sponsor: Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

H.R.897: Zika Vector Control Act

Sponsor: Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)

S.133: Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.384: Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

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

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

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

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

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.)

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

Sponsor: David Valadao (R-Calif.)

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.)

S.612: WIIN Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1947: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.2642: Agricultural Act of 2014

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

S.954: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.935: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)

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

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

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.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)

S.787: Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.787: Clean Water Restoration Act

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

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

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

S.1735: Lumbee Recognition Act

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

S.22: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

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

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

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

H.R.1662: Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act

Sponsor: John Barrow (D-Ga.)

S.1258: Family Building Act of 2009

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2421: Mother's Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

S.1870: A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on trichlorobenzene.

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.2842: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction...

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

S.3051: A bill to suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas...

Sponsor: David Vitter (R-La.)

H.R.1662: Bureau of Reclamation Site Security Costs Act of 2007

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

S.1258: A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize...

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

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.)

S.2842: Aging Water Infrastructure and Maintenance Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.3213: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008

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

S.3051: National Park Service Special Resource Studies and Technical Corrections...

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.3042: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

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

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

H.R.5961: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

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

S.2976: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

H.R.6147: Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government,...

Sponsor: Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

S.3073: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.3281: Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure...

Sponsor: Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)

S.2560: Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

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

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

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

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

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

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.1932: Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

S.2044: Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Utilization Act

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

S.1570: Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act

Sponsor: Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

S.2563: ILLICIT CASH Act

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.2473: Securing Access for the central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water...

Sponsor: Josh Harder (D-Calif.)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

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

S.1932: No Vaccine Passports Act

Sponsor: Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

H.R.2: Reserved for the Speaker.

Sponsor: none

S.737: St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

S.953: Water for Conservation and Farming Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1179: Canal Conveyance Capacity Restoration Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2693: Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

S.3539: Watershed Results Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.3693: Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act

Sponsor: John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)

H.R.5001: Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

S.3971: A bill to amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify...

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

S.4175: A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to...

Sponsor: Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

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.)

S.4232: A bill to address the recovery of certain costs with respect to certain...

Sponsor: Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)

S.4233: Platte River Basin Critical Maintenance and Repair Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.737: No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.953: Rural Health Innovation Act of 2023

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

S.1179: Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2023

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

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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 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 of Reclamation, DOI 1/02-9/05. Asst. Sec. Water and Science, US DOI, 2005-2007 Dep. Commissioner, BOR, 2002-2005 Asst. Sec. Water and Power, DOI 2005-2007 Asst. Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05
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.
Stephanie Missert Intern for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in Buffalo, NY 2/2011-5/2012
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 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 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
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
Mark Limabaugh Assistant Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 and
Joseph Rader Legislative Assistant for Rep. Tony Coelho, 12/1987- 8/1989.
Lane Dickson Clerk, House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water & Power, 5/2005-1/2007; Special Assist. Bureau of Reclamation, 2/2007-12/2007; Sr. Professional Staff Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee 3/2017-3/2021; NOT LOBBYING SENATE

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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