3rd Quarter - Report

OCEANA, INC. for OCEANA INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$260,000
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Natural Resources NAT

House bills that have been introduced: H.R. 2673 Florida Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2820 California Clean Coast Act, all provisions H.R. 2848 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 2849 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2862 Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2865 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2881 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 2882 Central Coast of California Coastal Conservation Act, all provisions H.R. 2886 Defend Our Coast Act, all provisions H.R. 4754, FY2026 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Sec. 141, all provisions mandating offshore oil and gas lease sales H.R. 4776 Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, all provisions House bills that have not yet been introduced/reintroduced: Energy permitting reform legislation: oppose provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Senate bills that have been introduced: S. 1432 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions S. 1445 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions S. 1472 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions S. 1486 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions S. 2431, FY2026 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, lobbied against inclusion of provisions (including from the House bill) facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Senate bills that have not yet been introduced:   American Shores Protection Act, all provisions Senate companion bill to H.R. 2673 (Florida Coastal Protection Act) Energy permitting reform legislation: lobbied against provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program and seismic airgun blasting expected to be associated with future lease sales President Trumps revocation of President Bidens 12(a) withdrawals of the Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic Ocean from oil and gas leasing disposition Offshore oil and gas drilling; offshore oil and gas leasing reform proposals 

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL MESSMER Mid 1999-2001: Research Associate - US House of Representatives, Democratic Policy Committee (Chairman: Richard A. Gephardt); 2001-2002: Policy Advisor - US House of Representatives, Democratic Policy Committee (Chairman: Richard A. Gephardt)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1445 (119th), H.R. 2673 (119th), S. 2431 (119th), H.R. 2886 (119th), H.R. 2881 (119th), S. 1432 (119th), H.R. 2849 (119th), H.R. 4776 (119th), H.R. 2848 (119th), H.R. 4754 (119th), H.R. 2882 (119th), H.R. 2862 (119th), S. 1472 (119th), H.R. 2820 (119th), H.R. 2865 (119th), S. 1486 (119th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

H.R. 4482, Stop NOAA Closures Act, (Rep. Amo), all provisions H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act (Rep. Westerman), all provisions Not yet reintroduced in House: MMPA Reauthorization Act, discussion draft, all provisions Whale CHARTS Act, all provisions Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: Administrative layoffs and proposed budget cuts at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency (NOAA)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TAYLOR ANNE MANN Legal Fellow, Senator Cory Booker, August 2022- May 2023

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4482 (119th), H.R. 1897 (119th)

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.