Lobbying Relationship

Client

Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana

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Lobbying firm

Water Strategies, LLC

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  • Track and report on the implementation of FY2021 appropriations and development of the FY2022 appropriations measures that are pertinent to water management.
  • Assist in communications with relevant agencies, authorizing committees, and delegation on the importance of investing in water infrastructure within the Milk River Project, the funding needs for the St. Mary Diversion Dam replacement, including in advocating for introduction and passage of the St. Mary's Reinvestment Act.
  • Track and report on the implementation of the Blackfeet Settlement in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) P.L. 114-322. Track and report on the implementation of the Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, P.L. 115-270. Track and report on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Duration: to

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Natural Resources, Transportation

Spending: about $365,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3846: POWER Counties Act

Sponsor: Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

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

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.3570: St. Mary Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

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

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.1305: St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.2492: St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

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

S.3591: America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.7575: Water Resources Development Act of 2020

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

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1865: Jenna Quinn Law

Sponsor: Susan Wild (D-Pa.)

S.737: St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.1851: St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.)

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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?
Kris Polly n/a
Ian Lyle n/a
John Crotty n/a
Annick Miller Rivera n/a
Tyler Young n/a
Abbey Linsk n/a
Kate Walker 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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