• Engage with the Bureau of Reclamation regarding for the continued use of project use power for Sidney Water Users Irrigation District under the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Work with Congress on the introduction and passage of S.1882/H.R.3471, a bill to make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes. Monitor the H.R. 2 and the inclusion of H.R. 3471 as an amendment to the package. Monitor S. 3758 and the inclusion of S. 1882 as an amendment, passed and signed into law in December of 2020; and H.R. 7116 as the companion legislation. Monitor S. 1882 as an amendment to S. 3758 and track the bill as it becomes law. Help facilitate conversations with the Bureau of Reclamation to reinstate the Pick-Sloan contract. Review and track Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (S. 3591) and Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (H.R. 7575)

Duration: January 15, 2019 to January 1, 2021

General Issues: Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $80,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)