4th Quarter - Report

MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE for MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE

Firm
Client
Income
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Expenses
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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

S. 973 - National Endowment for the Oceans Act H.R. 1171- Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011 S. 1400 - Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunitites, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011. S.1119 - Trash Free Seas Act of 2011 S. 50 - Commerical Seafood Consumer Protection Act S. 52 - International Fisheries Stewardship Enforcement Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY DOUCE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1400 (112th), S. 52 (112th), S. 50 (112th), H.R. 1171 (112th), S. 973 (112th), S. 1119 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbying for FY2012 (H.R. 2596, S. 1572, then H2112 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012) 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 (H.R. 2584, then Consolidated Appropriations Act (H2055, H3671)) - 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 (H.R. 2017) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 - appropriations relating to the US Coast Guard, specifically on marine debris appropriations. Providing comments and lobbying for a federal policy 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). Lobbying for FY2013 (no bill numbers) Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations to Office of Managment and Budget 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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY DOUCE —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 1572 (112th), H.R. 2017 (112th), H.R. 2596 (112th), H.R. 2584 (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.