3rd Quarter - Report

MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE for MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE

Period 3rd Quarter 2010 Filed Oct 20, 2010 Signed by William Chandler, Vice President for Government Affairs

Official filing
Firm
MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
Client
MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
Income
—
Expenses
$20,000
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.

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Marine Sanctuaries Reauthorization (no bill yet) S.3597- Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act (SHORE Act) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act, House of Representatives (no bill yet) Efforts to get a repeal of the National Marine Sanctuary designation limitation (no bill yet) S. 3663 - Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 S. 850 - Shark Conservation Act of 2009 S.3641- National Endowment for the Oceans Act H.R. 3534 - Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, particularly the section titled Ocean Resources Conservation and Assistance Fund. HR. 860 - Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009 S. 3663 - Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KASSANDRA CERVENY —
EMILY DOUCE —

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

Bills named: S. 3663 (111th), S. 850 (111th), H.R. 860 (111th), S. 3597 (111th), H.R. 3534 (111th), S. 3641 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbying for FY2011 (S. 3606) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - 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, National Marine National Monuments, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Program, , National Ocean Policy and Marine Spatial Planning implementation within NOAA and Gulf Restoration efforts. Lobbying for FY2011 (no Bill number yet) Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - appropriations relating to US Fish and Wildlife Service on marine refuges, monuments, and The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Lobbying for FY2011 (S. 3607) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - appropriations relating to the US Coast Guard, specifically on marine debris appropriations. In response to President Obama's Executive Order establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes (July 19, 2010). Lobbying for federal policy and associated budgets with the Office of Management and Budget and Department of Commerce.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KASSANDRA CERVENY —
EMILY DOUCE —

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

Bills named: S. 3607 (111th), S. 3606 (111th)

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.