4th Quarter - Report

SIERRA CLUB for SIERRA CLUB

Period 4th Quarter 2012 Filed Jan 22, 2013 Signed by Gayle Sheehan, Director of Compliance and Operations Strategy

Official filing
Firm
SIERRA CLUB
Client
SIERRA CLUB
Income
—
Expenses
$60,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

HOUSE H.R. 0001-Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance-(Support with improvements) H.R. 6172-Anti-GHG Protections, CCS delay bill-(Oppose) NOT YET INTRODUCED NYI-Fiscal Cliff-(Strongly opposed cutting programs in EPA and DOI. Lobbyed to tax $250K and up households while protecting the middle class, and to include the energy extenders that passed in Senate Finance Committee)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NONE NONE —

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 6172 (112th)

Government Issues GOV

NOT YET INTRODUCED Senate Rule Reform-(Support eliminating the ability to filibuster the motion to proceed, requiring those wishing to block legislation or nominations take the floor and actually filibuster-i.e., mandating talking filibusters,asserting that 41 Senators must vote to continue debate rather than forcing 60 to vote to end debate and streamling the nomination process.)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NONE NONE —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HOUSE H.R. 3307-American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Act of 2011-(Support) H.R. 4310-National Defense Authorization Act-(Support) H.R. 4348-Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II-(Oppose) HOUSE (Continuted) H.R. 3238-Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act-(Support) SENATE S.0275-Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011-(Support) S.1000-Energy Savings and Indurstrial Competitiveness Act of 2011-(Support) S.1397-Incentivizing Offshore Wind Act-(Support-All) S.2201-Grassley's PTC Extension Bill-(Support) S.2204-Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act-(Support) S.3275-Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act-(Support) S.3521-Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012-(Support)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN DEVEREAUX COEQUYT —
DAVID HAMILTON —
ANN MESNIKOFF —
MELINDA CATHERINE PIERCE —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4310 (112th), H.R. 3238 (112th), S. 3275 (112th), S. 1397 (112th), S. 1000 (112th), S. 3521 (112th), H.R. 3307 (112th), S. 2201 (112th), S. 2204 (112th), S. 275 (112th), H.R. 4348 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HOUSE H.R. 0010-The Reins Act-(Oppose - undermines EPA authority to issue clean air and water standards) H.R. 1084-Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2011-(All Sections) HOUSE (Continued) H.R. 1204-To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, and for other purposes.-(All Sections) H.R. 2273-Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act-(Oppose-All) H.R. 2401-Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011-(Oppose-All) H.R. 3409-Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012-(Oppose) H.R. 3630-Payroll Tax Extension bill-(oppose provision on boilers and KXL) H.R. 4471-Gasoline Regulations Act-(Oppose) H.R. 4480-Domestic Energy and Jobs Act-(Opens new areas for offshore and onshore drilling; weakens the Clean Air Act) SENATE S. 0847-Safe Chemicals Act-(Support) S. 1369-Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act-(All Sections) S. 1751-Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act-(Oppose) S. 2109-Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012 -(Oppose) S. 3512-Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012-(Oppose) S. 3558-Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act-(Oppose) S.J. Res. 37-Mercury Air Toxics CRA-(Oppose)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DALAL ANNE ABOULHOSN —
EDWARD HOPKINS —
STEPHEN TERRY MCGUIRE —
LENA MOFFITT —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: S. 847 (112th), H.R. 1204 (112th), H.R. 2273 (112th), S. 1369 (112th), S. 2109 (112th), H.R. 2401 (112th), H.R. 4480 (112th), H.R. 3409 (112th), H.R. 1084 (112th), H.R. 4471 (112th), S. 3512 (112th), S. 3558 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), S.J.Res. 37 (112th), H.R. 10 (112th), S. 1751 (112th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

HOUSE H.R.0139-Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act-(Support) H.R.1241-Rio Grande del Norte Conservation Area Establishment Act-(Support) H.R.1904-Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act-(Oppose) HOUSE (Continued) H.R.2912-To establish the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington, and for other purposes.-(Support) H.R.3377-Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2011-(Qualified Support) H.R.4089-Sportsmens Heritage Act of 2012-(Weakens 1964 Wilderness Act) H.R.4146-Upper Mississippi CARP Act-(Chapter Support) H.R.4969-California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012-(Support) H.R.5544-Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act-(Oppose) H.R.5545-Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act -(Support) H.R.5995-Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012-(Support All) H.R.6089-Healthy Forest Management Act of 2012-(Oppose) H.R.6385-Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act-(Chapter Support) SENATE S.0140-Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act-(Support) S.0322-Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act-(Support) S.0667-Rio Grande del Norte Conservation Area Establishment Act-(Support) S.0730-Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act-(Oppose) S.0759-Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2011-(Support) S.0766-Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2011-(Support) S.1024-Organ-Mountains - Dona Ana County Conservation and Protection Act-(Support) S.1090-Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2011-(Support) S.1559-San Juan Islands National Conservation Act of 2011-(Support) S.1788-Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2011-(Qualified Support) S.2001-Rogue River Wilderness Area Expansion Act of 2011-(Support) S.3346-Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2012-(No position-searching for improvements) S.3375-Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act-(Support) S.3400-Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2012-(Support) S.3525-Sportsmen's Act of 2012-(Neutral) S.3587-California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012-(Support) NOT YET INTRODUCED Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011-(Strongly oppose and we were working to keep it from being introduced in the Senate. HR 1904 already pased the House last year)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANI KAME'ENUI —
ATHAN MANUEL —

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 4089 (112th), S. 3400 (112th), H.R. 5995 (112th), S. 766 (112th), S. 322 (112th), S. 2001 (112th), H.R. 5544 (112th), S. 759 (112th), H.R. 4969 (112th), S. 730 (112th), S. 667 (112th), H.R. 1904 (112th), S. 140 (112th), S. 1559 (112th), H.R. 6089 (112th), S. 1788 (112th), H.R. 5545 (112th), S. 3346 (112th), S. 3587 (112th), S. 3375 (112th), H.R. 139 (112th), S. 1024 (112th), S. 3525 (112th), H.R. 4146 (112th), H.R. 3377 (112th), S. 1090 (112th), H.R. 2912 (112th), H.R. 6385 (112th), H.R. 1241 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HOUSE H.R.0014-MAP-21-(Support) H.R.0572-Clean Ports Act-(Support All) SENATE S.1813-Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century-(Support) S.2011-Clean Ports Act-(Support)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JESSE PRENTICE-DUNN —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: S. 2011 (112th), S. 1813 (112th), H.R. 14 (112th), H.R. 572 (112th)

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