Lobbying Relationship

Client

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

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Lobbying firm

Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

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  • H.R.4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024; H.R.2882, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024; Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Acts.
  • Monitor and comment on gaming regulations as applied to Tribes.
  • H.R.4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024; H.R.2882, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024; Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Acts; Implementation of the Indian Self-Determination Education and Assistance Act (ISDEAA), including the 105(l) lease program; Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 2023; monitor and comment on gaming regulations as applied to Tribes; monitor and comment on tax regulations as applied to Tribes.
  • Monitor and comment on tax regulations as applied to Tribes.

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Gaming/Gambling/Casino, Government Issues, Indian/Native American Affairs, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Education, Health Issues, Housing, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Roads/Highway, Small Business, Telecommunications

Spending: about $4,790,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Indian Gaming Commission, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Health Service, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), White House Office, Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Small Business Administration (SBA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Treasury - Dept of, Minority Business Development Agency

Bills mentioned

H.R.2230: Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

H.R.598: To eliminate the preferences and special rules for Alaska Native...

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

S.236: A bill to eliminate the preferences and special rules for Alaska Native...

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

S.1229: Entrepreneurial Development Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.2708: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009

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

S.1790: Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009

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

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.2267: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.6447: Educator Preparation Reform Act

Sponsor: Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)

S.3686: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.3800: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

S.3607: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011

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

H.R.2267: Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.2352: Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009

Sponsor: Heath Shuler (D-N.C.)

H.R.1328: Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Timothy H. Bishop (D-N.Y.)

S.1200: Short Term Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.984: State Secret Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1873: Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.)

H.R.1328: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007

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

S.1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2008

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

H.R.984: Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007

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

H.R.1873: Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Edward P. Ayoob Counsel, Senator Harry Reid; Counsel, Asst. Majority Leader Counsel, Senator Harry Reid; Counsel, Asst. Majority Leader. Counsel, Senator Harry Reid; Counsel, Senate Asst. Majority Leader. Counsel, Senator Harry Reid; Counsel Asst. Majority Leader NA
Richard R. Boykin NA
Craig S. Burkhardt NA
Robert Ganim Leg Asst Sen Kelly Ayotte, Leg Asst Sen Mark Kirk
Matthew Ziegman Legislative staff, Rep. Krishnamoorthi; Legislative staff, Sen. Manchin.
Liz Lopez n/a
Richard S. Streeter 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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