Lobbying Relationship

Client

Arizona Minerals, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC

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  • Issues focusing on mining, critical minerals, and federal permitting reform, including H.R. 1, The Lower Energy Costs Act of 2023, and The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-5). Issues related to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169), focusing on critical minerals.
  • Issues related to Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Autthorization Act and Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations bills, focusing on the use of critical minerals for U.S. defense interests.
  • Issues related to the Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations bills, focusing on the use of critical minerals for U.S. defense interests.

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General Issues: Natural Resources, Energy/Nuclear, Defense, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $420,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Forest Service, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Energy - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Related Foreign Entities: South32 LLC (Perth 6000 Western Australia, AUS); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1: Lower Energy Costs Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

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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?
Randi Reid Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant and projects Director, Legislative Assistant - Senator Michael Enzi, R-WY; Legislative Director - Rep. Michael Burgess, R-TX
Patrick Hayes Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Deputy Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant - Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN; Staff Director - Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee.
Lisa Kountoupes Deputy Asst to the President & House Liaison,Special Asst to the President for Legislative Affairs,Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB,Special Asst to Undersecretary,Dept of Energy,Policy Advisor to Chairman of Energy&Commerce Committee
David Peluso Chief of Staff - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA; Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Executive Assistant - Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-FL

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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