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Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Contacts with MARAD - Marine Highway Programs, US EPA, US Coast Guard (USCG) and US State Dept regarding IMO Polar Code.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Maritime Administration (MARAD); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1579, Inclusive Prosperity Act, whole bill.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Maritime Administration (MARAD); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1579 (113th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Consumer Product Safety Commission - Public Comments on Docket No. CPSC-2008-0005 (Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety).

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement, all sections. Transatlantic Trade & Investment, all sections. Trade promotion authority, all sections.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Maritime Administration (MARAD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); State, Dept of (DOS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Signed on to letters to President Obama on neonicotinoid pesticides and CAFOs rule.

Contacted: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Gina McCarthy's nomination as Secretary of Environmental Protection Agency. Funding for Environmental Education. Funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Education Program. S. 601, Water Resources Development Act Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability, Anti-environment riders. H.R. 271, Conflicts Act of 2013, Waiving environmental regulations. S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, Block Clean Water Act protections for pesticide application; Amendment to make it illegal to take pictures of livestock and their waste. Amendment No 955 to S. 954, Precluding Rural Energy for America Program money from being used for blender pumps. S. Amendments 1019, 958 and 994 to S. 954, Repeal of Endangered Species Act protections. S. 744f, Immigration Modernization Act, Border Fence. S. 1009, Chemical Safety Improvements Act, Toxic chemicals. S. Amendments 1997 and 1207 to S. 744, Immigration Modernization Act, Border Fence. H.R. 2609, Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill; USEC, Fossil Energy Research and Development Program, and B61 bomber funding. U.S. Import/Export Bank, Thai Binh II coal plant. S. 1202, Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act, whole bill.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Maritime Administration (MARAD); State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 601 (113th), S. 954 (113th), S. 1009 (113th), H.R. 2609 (113th), H.R. 271 (113th), S. 1202 (113th), S. 744 (113th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. Oppose Farm Bill amendments that gut Clean Water Act protections for direct pesticide applications to waterways.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 954 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

US EPA review of ss312 - Marine Sanitation Device Standards. US EPA - US/Canadian Emission Control Area. US EPA - review of lead in aviation fuel standard. US EPA - Modification of the District of Columbia Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4). US ACOE - Evaluate the cumulative impacts from coal terminal expansion and constructions projects in Oregon and Washington under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"). US Dept of the Interior - Shell Arctic oil drilling. US EPA - Region 10 - No-discharge zone for Puget Sound - ss312 of Clean Water Act. US EPA - Pebble Mine - Bristol Bay, Alaska - An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Natural Resources NAT

NOAA - Office of National Marine Sanctuaries; support the expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones (GFNMS) and Cordell Bank (CBNMS) National Marine Sanctuaries. NOAA/NMFS - Support for listing 66 Reef-building Corals as Threatened or Endangered and Reclassifying Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals as Endangered.

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Maritime Administration (MARAD); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)