THE CONSERVATION FUND for THE CONSERVATION FUND

Budget/Appropriations BUD

2020 Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill: Agricultural Research Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service (Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, Conservation Innovation Grants, and Conservation Technical Assistance), Rural Business-Cooperative Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Agriculture and Food Research Initiative); Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production, and urban agriculture data collection initiative. Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Community-based Restoration Program; Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab; Great Lakes Observing System; Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act program; Competitive External research grants; Sea Grant; Coastal Zone Management Grants; Marine Debris Program; Regional Coastal Resiliency Grants; and Estuary Restoration Program); Economic Development Administration; National Institute of Standards and Technology-Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. Defense Appropriations Bill. Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Appalachian Regional Commission; Southeast Crescent Regional Commission; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Missouri River Recovery Program, Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan, and Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study, and Upper Mississippi River Restoration-Environmental Management Program; South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study; Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project in San Pablo; Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Plan; Bay and the Long Term Management Strategy (LTMS) for Dredged Material; Estuary Restoration Program Financial Services and General Government Appropriations. U.S. Department of Treasury: Community Development Financial Institution programs, New Markets Tax Credit Program, State Small Business Credit Initiative; Small Business Administration Regional Innovation Cluster Program. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Department of Interior: Bureau of Land Management land acquisition, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: land acquisition, Coastal Program, Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program, National Coastal Wetlands Grant, North American Wetlands Conservation Act programs, Joint Ventures, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act grant program, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Monitoring Program; aquatic invasive species monitoring, control, and eradication National Park Service: land acquisition, Everglades restoration initiative, Centennial Challenge, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; Department of Agriculture: U.S. Forest Service: National Forest System land acquisition, State and Private Forestry-Forest Legacy Program and Community Forest and Open Space Program; Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs, National Estuary Program, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Monitoring Program, Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants program, and Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management, Section 106 program; U.S. Geological Survey: National Water Quality Program; Great Lakes Science Center, research into early detection of aquatic invasive species; DOI administrative funding. Labor, Health and Human Service, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Corporation for National and Community Service.

Contacted: White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Natl Park Service (NPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 (H.R. 1992)(S. 170) Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act (S. 1081) Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrows Needs Act of 2017 (H.R. 877) National Defense Authorization Act for FY20 (H.R. 2500)(S. 1790) National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act (S. 754) and (H.R. 1747; S. 754) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2019 (S. 750/H.R. 1680) North American Wetlands Conservation Act Extension Act (H.R. 926; S. 261) Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act (H.R. 580) Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Forest Recovery Act (H.R. 1444)(S. 1686) 2018 Farm Bill: Comments to USDA-NRCS regarding the Miscellaneous Conservation Provisions Interim Rule, Healthy Forests Reserve Program section

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Park Service (NPS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Forest Service; White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 1790 (116th), H.R. 1444 (116th), H.R. 1747 (116th), S. 1686 (116th), H.R. 1680 (116th), S. 1081 (116th), H.R. 1992 (116th), H.R. 877 (116th), S. 754 (116th), H.R. 2500 (116th), S. 261 (116th), S. 750 (116th), H.R. 580 (116th), S. 170 (116th), H.R. 926 (116th)