1st Quarter - Report

MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE for MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE

Period 1st Quarter 2011 Filed Apr 19, 2011 Signed by William Chandler, VP for Government Affairs

Official filing
Firm
MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
Client
MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
Income
—
Expenses
$10,000
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.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbying for FY2011 Appropriations (H.R.1, HJRes 101, HJRes 105, H 3082, HJRes 44, HJRes 48). Efforts specifically related to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations relating to marine conservation programs including: NOAA overall budget, Hawaiian monk seal funding, Marine Protected Areas Center, National Marine Sanctuaries Program, Marine Debris Program, Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Marine National Monuments, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Program, National Ocean Policy and Marine Spatial Planning implementation within NOAA and Gulf Restoration efforts. Also, 2011 appropriations to the Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations relating to US Fish and Wildlife Service on marine refuges and marine monuments. As well as, Department of Homeland Security 2011 Appropriations relating to the US Coast Guard, specifically on marine debris appropriations. This included defense against policy riders in opposition to the previous agencies. Lobbying for FY2012 (no Bill number) Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations relating to marine conservation programs including: NOAA overall budget, Hawaiian monk seal funding, Marine Protected Areas Center, National Marine Sanctuaries Program, Marine Debris Program, Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Marine National Monuments, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Program, National Ocean Policy, Marine Spatial Planning implementation, and Regional Ocean Partnerships within NOAA. Lobbying for FY2012 (no Bill number) Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - appropriations relating to US Fish and Wildlife Service on marine refuges and marine monuments. Lobbying for FY2012 (no Bill number) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 - appropriations relating to the US Coast Guard, specifically on marine debris appropriations. Providing comments and lobbying for federal policy (publicly commenting on National Ocean Council Strategic Action Plans) and associated budgets to implement the President Obama's Executive Order 13547 establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes (July 19, 2010).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KASSANDRA CERVENY —
EMILY DOUCE —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 101 (112th), H.J.Res. 105 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.J.Res. 44 (112th), H.J.Res. 48 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Marine Sanctuaries Reauthorization (no bill yet) S. 46, H.R. 738 - Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2011 H.R. 192, S. 179 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act H.R. 1171- Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KASSANDRA CERVENY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 46 (112th), H.R. 738 (112th), H.R. 1171 (112th), H.R. 192 (112th), S. 179 (112th)

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.