1st Quarter - Report

SIGNAL GROUP CONSULTING, LLC for SUQUAMISH TRIBE

Firm
Client
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

Monitor Federal budget request for funding Indian programs and services. Monitor House and Senate FY 09 Interior and Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bills for Indian programs and services issues. Submit appropriations requests for tribal cultural project for FY 09 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bills.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC, Senator Tom Harkin
JEFF MARKEY Intern, Senator John Seymore
STEVE MCBEE LA, Representative Al Swift
HOLLAND PATTERSON Deputy White House Liaison for the DOD
CASEY SIXKILLER LA, Representative Jim McDermott

Contacted: SENATE; Indian Health Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Monitor and track legislation affecting Federally recognized Indian tribes

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC, Senator Tom Harkin
JEFF MARKEY Intern, Senator John Seymore
STEVE MCBEE LA, Representative Al Swift
HOLLAND PATTERSON Deputy White House Liaison for the DOD
CASEY SIXKILLER LA, Representative Jim McDermott

Contacted: Indian Health Service; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

Monitor congressional activity related to the Navy's CVN maintenance pier replacement project at naval base Kitsap and seek support for appropriate mitigation to tribal treaty rights.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC, Senator Tom Harkin
JEFF MARKEY Intern, Senator John Seymore
STEVE MCBEE LA, Representative Al Swift
HOLLAND PATTERSON Deputy White House Liaison for the DOD
CASEY SIXKILLER LA, Representative Jim McDermott

Contacted: Indian Health Service; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.