2nd Quarter - Report — THE FERGUSON GROUP for YAKIMA BASIN JOINT BOARD (2024)

Firm

THE FERGUSON GROUP

Client

YAKIMA BASIN JOINT BOARD

Income

$30,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Water resources appropriations; Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Restoration; water conservation projects; water quality projects; Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Program (YRBWEP); FY2026 Budget; FY2024 and FY 2025 Energy and Water Development appropriations legislation; COVID19 related water supply infrastructure funding; additional funding for Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan project; bipartisan infrastructure bill; and Inflation Reduction Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ZACHARY ISRAEL New	Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010
CHRISTOPHER B. KEARNEY	Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-2008
MARK LIMBAUGH	Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Bureau of Reclamation

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Water Quality Regulation; Waters of the US rulemaking; Regulatory Guidance Letter 07-02.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ZACHARY ISRAEL	Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010
CHRISTOPHER B. KEARNEY	Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-2008
MARK LIMBAUGH	Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Reclamation; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

Land and water policy; Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Restoration; Implementation of Legislation to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Program - Yakima Basin Integrated Plan (YRBWEP - YBIP). Drought legislation - Innovative Financing Provisions; America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) implementation; Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation and legislation; Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure legislation; COVID19 related water supply infrastructure funding; AWIA House WRDA legislation; ASO legislation; bipartisan Western water infrastructure bill; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation; and Inflation Reduction Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ZACHARY ISRAEL	Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010
CHRISTOPHER B. KEARNEY	Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-200
MARK LIMBAUGH	Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Reclamation; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

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.