THE CONSERVATION FUND for THE CONSERVATION FUND

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2021 and FY2022 Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill:  Agricultural Research Service, Natural Resources 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 Fund 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.  Land acquisition programs, generally - recreational access funding; 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: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Natl Park Service (NPS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act (S. 3684) Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (S. 3591) America's Conservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 9025/S. 3051) CARES Act implementation re USDA and farmers and producers direct financial assistance.  Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 (H.R. 1992)(S. 170) COVID-19 potential 4th stimulus package, re: Water State Revolving Fund, Clean Water State Revolving, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, nature-based/green infrastructure solutions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, Recovering Americas Wildlife Act, and relief for state and local governments to continue funding conservation programs.  Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (S. 3590) Forest Recovery Act (H.R. 1444)(S. 1686) Forest Renewal Act (H.R. 5311) Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422) (H.R. 7092)(H.R.1957) Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act (H.R. 5853)  Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019 (S. 2295/H.R. 4031). Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act) (H.R. 6800) H-2B Guest Workers and Exemptions for Conservation and Forest-Related Jobs comments Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act (H.R.3195/S. 1081). Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020 (H.R.5552) Migratory Bird Treaty Act: submitted comments to the proposed rule. Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrows Needs Act of 2017 (H.R. 877) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (S. 4049) 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 (H.R. 3742) Regional Conservation Partnership Program Classic APF (FY20/21) Restore Our Parks (and Public Lands) Act (H.R. 1225) Restore Our Parks Act (S. 500) Legislation (proposed) to exempt conservation donations from the State and Local Tax limitation Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature (H. Res. 835/S. Res. 372) William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395)

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

Bills named: H.R. 3742 (116th), S. 1081 (116th), H.R. 7092 (116th), H.R. 1225 (116th), H.R. 5853 (116th), H.R. 1957 (116th), S. 261 (116th), H.R. 877 (116th), H.Res. 835 (116th), S. 3051 (116th), S. 3422 (116th), S.Res. 372 (116th), H.R. 1992 (116th), H.R. 3195 (116th), H.R. 1680 (116th), H.R. 1747 (116th), H.R. 9025 (116th), S. 1686 (116th), S. 500 (116th), H.R. 1444 (116th), S. 2295 (116th), H.R. 926 (116th), S. 750 (116th), H.R. 580 (116th), S. 4049 (116th), H.R. 5311 (116th), H.R. 5552 (116th), S. 3590 (116th), S. 754 (116th), S. 170 (116th), S. 3684 (116th), H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), S. 3591 (116th), H.R. 4031 (116th)