THE NATURE CONSERVANCY for NATURE CONSERVANCY
What was lobbied
8 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Natural Resources NAT
H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, Forest Treatment Projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; H.R. 4738/S. 2325 Digital Coast Act of 2015, all provisions relating to the digital information platform capable of integrating coastal data with decisions support tools, training and best practices; H.R. 5303/S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act of 2016, a bill To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes, all provisions; S. 3038 Coastal Coordination Act of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, all provisions S. 3085, Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016, a bill to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land and public land, all provisions H.R.5771 - Conserving Our Reefs and Livelihoods Act of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, all provisions H.R.5821 - Coral Reef Conservation Act Re-authorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, all provisions H.R. 4151, Land and Water Conservation Fund, a bill to amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, all provisions [no bill number] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation and natural infrastructure; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [not bill number] Regional Ocean Planning, implementation of Executive Order [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; H.R. 5634/S. 3001, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; tracking appropriations; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment, various implementation activities; H.R. 2772/S. 1725 Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2016, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; USAID conservation programs; H.R. 2012 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities; all provisions relating to The Nature Conservancys Fisheries platform;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| STEPHANIE BAILENSON | — |
| CECILIA M CLAVET | — |
| THOMAS CORS | — |
| ELIZABETH CROW | — |
| NATHAN CUMMINS | — |
| NAVONEEL DAYANAND | — |
| MICHAEL DENNIS | — |
| THOMAS FARMER | — |
| BRENT KEITH | — |
| DEBORAH LYNN KELLER | — |
| MARK S KRAMER | — |
| CHRISTINA MCGREGOR | — |
| ABBIE MEADOR | — |
| SARAH WOODHOUSE MURDOCK | — |
| KAMERAN ONLEY | — |
| JESSICA WILKINSON | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding, Wild and Scenic, National Parks Service H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions;, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; specifically defending cuts to the Mandatory Conservation funding in 2016-2017 and language to help sagebrush science capacity, conservation tax incentives, global climate funding, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), international conservation, flood plain management and sage grouse S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY17 appropriations omnibus bill; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, Land and Water Conservation Fund, marine/salmon grants, wildfire suppression and haz fuels reduction; cap adjustment S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment, biodiversity and international priorities; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, specific provision relating Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project partership agreement; H.R.2996 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster., disaster funding;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| STEPHANIE BAILENSON | — |
| CECILIA M CLAVET | — |
| JENNIFER CONNER NELMS | — |
| THOMAS CORS | — |
| ELIZABETH CROW | — |
| NATHAN CUMMINS | — |
| NAVONEEL DAYANAND | — |
| MICHAEL DENNIS | — |
| MICHELLE ELIZABETH DIETZ | — |
| SUSAN DONOVAN | — |
| THOMAS FARMER | — |
| BRENT KEITH | — |
| DEBORAH LYNN KELLER | — |
| MARK S KRAMER | — |
| CHRISTINA MCGREGOR | — |
| ABBIE MEADOR | — |
| KAMERAN ONLEY | — |
Agriculture AGR
[no bill number yet] Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, specific provisions relating to Title 2, which funds voluntary easement programs, particularly conservation and Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) specifically in Oregon; followed USDA investments in biomass; H.R.2647/ S.3085, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, specific provisions relating to fire funding and forest restoration;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CECILIA M CLAVET | — |
| NAVONEEL DAYANAND | — |
Transportation TRA
H.R.22, FAST Act, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, highway transit programs, and for other purposes, specific provisions relating to: habitat connectivity & resilience, federal lands roads, aquatic connectivity, resiliency, metropolitan planning, non-metropolitan planning, advanced programmatic mitigation, advanced programmatic mitigation, definitions and declaration of policy, National Highway Performance program, Highway Safety Improvement program, National goals and performance management measures, eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution abatement, climate change resiliency, and advocating for natural infrastructure, connectivity, and resilience in a re authorization of transportation funding. The transportation bill that was passed contains measure that for the first-time allow state DOTs and MPOs the flexibility to include resilience and storm-water management planning into their long-term transportation plans. This will open up significant opportunities for natural infrastructure and vulnerability assessments in infrastructure planning to prepare Americas infrastructure to protect local communities for future generations. As well, the transportation bill strengthens programmatic advanced mitigation in the planning process, a concept TNC has successfully implemented in multiple states across America. [no bill number yet] Moving Ahead in Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), re-authorization, federal lands, roads, aquatic and habitat connectivity, and resilience in long-term planning process; S.1647, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE), To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes; habitat connectivity and resilience in long term planning processes
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CECILIA M CLAVET | — |
| JENNIFER CONNER NELMS | — |
| NATHAN CUMMINS | — |
| MICHAEL DENNIS | — |
| MARK S KRAMER | — |
| KAMERAN ONLEY | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 644, America Gives More Act 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory, restoring and making permanent the special tax deductions for donation of conservation easements; S. 330/H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes, all provisions, including (estate, tax, capital gains tax, income tax) and recruitment of cosponsors;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER CONNER NELMS | — |
| NATHAN CUMMINS | — |
| NAVONEEL DAYANAND | — |
| MICHAEL DENNIS | — |
| MARK S KRAMER | — |
| KAMERAN ONLEY | — |
Energy/Nuclear ENG
S. 720, Shaheen Portman Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions, specifically those relating to energy efficiency measures H.R. 8 / S. 2012, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, an act to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purpose;to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster Americas energy, security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability and for other purposes; specific provisions relating to Shaheen Portman energy efficiency package, modernizing the electric grid, energy research, and offshore energy; Land and Water Conservation Fund permanent re-authorization; cap adjustment; fire funding; forest management; biomass provision, Sportsmen and the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| STEPHANIE BAILENSON | — |
| CECILIA M CLAVET | — |
| JENNIFER CONNER NELMS | — |
| THOMAS CORS | — |
| ELIZABETH CROW | — |
| NAVONEEL DAYANAND | — |
| MICHAEL DENNIS | — |
| MICHELLE ELIZABETH DIETZ | — |
| SUSAN DONOVAN | — |
| THOMAS FARMER | — |
| CHRISTINA MCGREGOR | — |
| KAMERAN ONLEY | — |
Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW
S. 1894, California Emergency Drought Relief, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, all provisions; H.R. 2983, S. 1837 Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015, to provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to the State of California, other western States, and the Nation principles and recommendations for improving water resource resilience; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Floodplain development; specifically on the Oregon biological opinion; S. 2848, Water Resources Development Act re-authorization, resilience, issues related to emergency disaster responses, Corps Project Partnership Agreements, cost share policies, Savannah River provisions, amendments to Section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, and other measures through the act; support for feasibility study for the Lower Mississippi River Restoration study;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ELIZABETH CROW | — |
| NATHAN CUMMINS | — |
| NAVONEEL DAYANAND | — |
| MICHAEL DENNIS | — |
| THOMAS FARMER | — |
| MARK S KRAMER | — |
| KAMERAN ONLEY | — |
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES
E.O. 13604 Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, Permittig Infrastructure; DOI Secretarial Order on Mitigation; USFWS Mitigation Policy; USFWS ESA COmpensatory Mitigation Policy; DOI Manual Mitigaiton POlicy; DOI NEPA Mitigation Guidance; USA FS Mitigation Policy S. 338/H.R.1814, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, a bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, all provisions of the bill, including recruitment of cosponsors, and funding for FY17; S. 556/S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, specifically Title II, Habitat Conservation, inclusion of National Fish Habitat Conservation Act in bipartisan sportsmen package, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), and conservation grant program with matched-dollar North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA); S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; S.1744/H.R. 470, Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, a bill to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia; S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, a bill to promote energy efficiency, all provisions [no bill number] Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Presidential Memorandum on Mitigation; [no bill number] Habitat Conservation Planning, Endangered Species Act implementation; [no bill number] U.S Fish Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Manual Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Bureau of Land Management mitigation manual and handbook; [no bill number] U.S. Forest Service Mitigation Policy; [no bill number] Department of Interior Secretarial Order on Mitigation;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER CONNER NELMS | — |
| NATHAN CUMMINS | — |
| THOMAS FARMER | — |
| BRENT KEITH | — |
| MARK S KRAMER | — |
| CHRISTINA MCGREGOR | — |
| ABBIE MEADOR | — |
| JESSICA WILKINSON | — |
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