1st Quarter - Report — RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES for RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES (2009)

Firm

RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES

Client

RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES

Income

—

Expenses

$10,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 09 and FY 2010 appropriations lobbying for restoration programs in NOAA, USACE, and USFWS; H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, funding provisions related to NOAA habitat restoration.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFF BENOIT	President and CEO
CHRISTOPHER LYONS New	Director of Government Relations

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 21, Ocean Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act, all provisions relating to restoration; H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, provisions relating to the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFF BENOIT	President and CEO
CHRISTOPHER LYONS New	Director of Government Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 146 (111th), H.R. 21 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.