2nd Quarter - Report — DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC for DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC (2009)

Firm

DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC

Client

DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$50,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Working to increase funding for migratory bird habitat conservation programs within Interior appropriations legislation, Agriculture appropriations legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARTON CHARLES JAMES	N/A
SCOTT SUTHERLAND	N/A
DANIEL WRINN	N/A

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Working to overcome challenges to the Clean Water Act that would jeopardize waters important to waterfowl, S 787.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARTON CHARLES JAMES	N/A
SCOTT SUTHERLAND	N/A
DANIEL WRINN	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Agriculture AGR

Working to build support for conservation in the implementation of the 2008 Farm Bill, HR 2419.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARTON CHARLES JAMES	N/A
SCOTT SUTHERLAND	N/A
DANIEL WRINN	N/A

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Working to ensure inclusion of and favorable treatment for conservation easements and improved incentives for charitable contributions in pending tax legislation, HR 1831 and S 812. IRA Rollover. Payment of excise taxes that help fund North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARTON CHARLES JAMES	N/A
SCOTT SUTHERLAND	N/A
DANIEL WRINN	N/A

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1831 (111th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Working to ensure wildlife needs are considered in climate change legislation, HR 2454.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CAROLINE BROUWER	N/A
ACCORD GROUP	N/A
BARTON CHARLES JAMES	N/A
SCOTT SUTHERLAND	N/A
DANIEL WRINN	N/A

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Natural Resources NAT

Working to increase authorized funding for migratory bird habitat conservation programs, including wetland, coastal and associated upland restoration and conservation programs. Working to build support for wildlife habitat conservation within proposed Great Lakes Restoration legislation. Working to offset effects of waterfowl habitat due to alternative energy development. Wetlands Loan Act and Duck Stamp legislation, HR 1916. Hunting access issues: the Hunting Heritage Protection Act, S1348 and HR3046.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARTON CHARLES JAMES	N/A
SCOTT SUTHERLAND	N/A
DANIEL WRINN	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1916 (111th), H.R. 3046 (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.