Mid-Year Report

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$377,981

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 1600 - EAT Healthy America Act H.R. 2419 - 2007 Farm Bill (Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007) - reauthorization Senate 2007 Farm Bill (draft form) - reauthorization

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Reclamation; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1600 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th)

Animals ANI

H.R. 1464 and S. 1033 - Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Reclamation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1464 (110th), S. 1033 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

U.S./Peru Free Trade Agreement Position on various CITES proposals Convention on Biological Diversity ratification

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Reclamation; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for: NRCS, endangered species protectionl National Wildlife Refuge System; land acquisition; State Wildlife Grants; wildlife and habitat protection on public lands; international wildlife conservation; impacts of illegal immigration and related enforcement on SW borderlands. General agriculture appropriations FY 07 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Stopping a Navy proposal near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Meetings regarding USFWS and LWCF Testimony on Interior Appropriations subcommittee H.R. 2639 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 H.R. 2643, S. 1696, HJ Res. 20 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (polar bears) H. Con. Res. 99, S. Con. Res. 21 - FY 2008 House and Senate Budget Resolution

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Reclamation; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 21 (110th), S. 1696 (110th), H.R. 2643 (110th), H.R. 2639 (110th), H.J.Res. 20 (110th), H.Con.Res. 99 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 6 - CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 H.R. 3220 and H.R. 3221 - New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act - focused on Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act provisions S. 1321 - Energy Savings Act of 2007 - focusing on biofuels provisions S. 1419 - Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 - focusing on biofuels provisions H.R. 6 - Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 - biofuels provision Energy Independence Act of 2007 (no bill # yet) Amendments in the House and Senate relating to the outer continental shelf drilling moratorium H.R. 2337 - The Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 S. 309 - Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act H.R. 2337 - Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 H.R. 2338 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act H.R. 1590 - Safe Climate Act of 2007

Contacted: SENATE; Bureau of Reclamation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2337 (110th), H.R. 3220 (110th), S. 1419 (110th), H.R. 1590 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 2338 (110th), S. 309 (110th), S. 1321 (110th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 2638 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 H.R. 2643 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2008 S. 1406 - The Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1551 - Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 Wildlife Viability Bill Draft Coastal and Ocean Assistance Fund Act Endangered Species Act - Oversight on expected new regulations, integrity of science, potential Administration legislative proposal Land and Water Conservation Fund meetings Federal Airborne Hunting Act - enforcing Meetings regarding general wildlife refuge issues Testimony for Natural Resource Committee on "ESA Implementation: Science or Politics?" H.R 2337 - The Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 H.R. 2338 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act Water Resources Development Act H.R. 39 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 1497 - Legal Timber Protection Act National Aquatic Invasive Species Act Injurious Wildlife Species listing Global Warming/tropical deforestation S. 700 and H.R. 1422 - Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007 H.R. 1600 - EAT Healthy America Act S. 1033 and H.R. 1464 - Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 H.R. 2593 - Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Bureau of Reclamation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2643 (110th), S. 1406 (110th), H.R. 2337 (110th), S. 1033 (110th), H.R. 1464 (110th), H.R. 2638 (110th), H.R. 2593 (110th), H.R. 1600 (110th), H.R. 1422 (110th), H.R. 2338 (110th), H.R. 1497 (110th), S. 700 (110th), H.R. 39 (110th), H.R. 1551 (110th)

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.