Issues lobbied + lobbyists
BUD — Budget/Appropriations
FY 2025/2026 appropriations; funding from IRA/IIJA; WaterSMART funding; YRBWEP funding
Lobbyists: MARK LIMBAUGH (covered position: Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05); ZACHARY ISRAEL (covered position: Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010); CHRISTOPHER B. KEARNEY (covered position: Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-2008); LANE H. DICKSON (covered position: Clerk, House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water & Power, 5/2005-1/2007; Special Assist. Bureau of Reclamation, 2/2007-12/2007; Sr. Professional Staff Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee 3/2017-3/2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Bureau of Reclamation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service
CAW — Clean Air and Water (quality)
WOTUS rulemaking; CWA Sec. 404(f) exemptions/guidance memo
Lobbyists: MARK LIMBAUGH (covered position: Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05); ZACHARY ISRAEL (covered position: Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010); CHRISTOPHER B. KEARNEY (covered position: Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-2008); LANE H. DICKSON (covered position: Clerk, House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water & Power, 5/2005-1/2007; Special Assist. Bureau of Reclamation, 2/2007-12/2007; Sr. Professional Staff Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee 3/2017-3/2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Reclamation; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Forest Service
NAT — Natural Resources
Western water legislation; urban canal legislation; implementation of the Dingell Act; ESA issues; CWA issues; Yakima Project operations; YBIP
Lobbyists: MARK LIMBAUGH (covered position: Asst Secretary for Water & Science, DOI, 9/05-7/07 Deputy Commissioner for BOR at DOI 1/02-9/05); ZACHARY ISRAEL (covered position: Intern for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, 05/2009-07/2009; 01/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, 09/2009-04/2010 Intern for former U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, 06/2010-08/2010); CHRISTOPHER B. KEARNEY (covered position: Professional Staff - House Resources Committee - 1991-1997 House Budget Committee - 1997-2001 Professional Staff - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - 2014-2017 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy - DOI - 2001-200); LANE H. DICKSON (covered position: Clerk, House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water & Power, 5/2005-1/2007; Special Assist. Bureau of Reclamation, 2/2007-12/2007; Sr. Professional Staff Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee 3/2017-3/2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Reclamation; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service