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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year |
2017
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Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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Digitally Signed By: Mary Rose Adkins
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Date |
4/20/2017 2:31:45 PM
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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.256 - Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act - To amend chapter
44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a member of the armed forces and
the spouse of that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms
at the location of any duty station of the member.
S.162 - Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2017 - To restore Second Amendment rights
in the District of Columbia.
H.R.629 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - This bill prohibits, in any case
arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Department of Veterans
Affairs, any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or
experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as
a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without
the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person
is a danger to himself or herself or others.
S.202 - Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act - To amend
the Social Security Act relating to the use of determinations made by the Commissioner.
H.J.Res.40 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating
to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
S.J.Res.14 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter
8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration
relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
H.Res.90 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence
is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 115th Congress
comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities
safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial
gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun
trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.
S.394 - Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act - To amend chapter
44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces and
the spouse of that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms
at the location of any duty station of the member.
H.R.1134 - DISCLOSE 2017 Act - To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations,
and other entities, and for other purposes.
H.R.1181 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits, in
any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Department
of Veterans Affairs, any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent,
or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated
as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without
the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person
is a danger to himself or herself or others.
H.R.1301 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 - Making appropriations
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for
other purposes.
H.R.1537 - Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2017 - To restore Second Amendment
rights in the District of Columbia.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Todd
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Adkins
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Atkinson
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Brian
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Calabrese
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Benjamin
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Cassidy
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Chris W.
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Cox
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James
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Holland
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Wayne
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LaPierre
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Jason
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Lawrence
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David
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Lehman
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Jason
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Ouimet
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Brandi
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Pensoneau
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Jack
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Thompson
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Christopher
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Zealand
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.34 - Safe Students Act - This bill amends the federal criminal code to repeal
provisions that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.
H.R.38 - Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 - This bill amends the federal criminal
code to allow a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess
a concealed handgun in another state that allows individuals to carry concealed firearms.
H.R.57 - Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2017 - This bill requires
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to submit a biannual report to Congress
on the number of proposed firearm transfers where: (1) a licensed gun dealer submitted
a background check through the National Instant Criminal History Background Check
System (NICS), (2) NICS failed to respond to the licensed gun dealer within three
business days, and (3) the licensed gun dealer completed the transfer.
H.R.62 - Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2017 - This bill authorizes the Department
of Justice to hire 200 additional agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
H.R.84 - Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2017 - To protect the right of law-abiding
citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and
State prohibitions, and to repeal Federal provisions related to switchblade knives
which burden citizens.
H.R.163 - Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act - This bill amends the Protection of
Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to repeal provisions that prohibit state or federal civil
actions or administrative proceedings from being brought against firearm or ammunition
manufacturers, sellers, importers, dealers, or trade associations for criminal or
unlawful misuse of a firearm by the person bringing the action or a third party.
H.R.358 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively
address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
H.R.367 - Hearing Protection Act of 2017 - This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code
to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person
who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing
requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person
who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after October 22, 2015, may receive a refund
of such tax.
S.59 - Hearing Protection Act of 2017 - This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code
to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person
who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing
requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person
who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after January 9, 2017, may receive a refund
of such tax.
S.80 - A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources
development projects. - This bill prohibits the Department of the Army from promulgating
or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm
in any area open to the public (other than a federal facility) at a water resources
development project administered by the Chief of Engineers, if: (1) the individual
is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession
of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is
located.
H.R.445 - Buyback Our Safety Act - This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state,
local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
H.R.509 - ATF Elimination Act - To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives, transfer its functions relating to the Federal firearms, explosives,
and arson laws, violent crime, and domestic terrorism to the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
and transfer its functions relating to the Federal alcohol and tobacco smuggling laws
to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and for other purposes.
S.159 - Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2017 - To terminate Operation
Choke Point.
H.R.810 - Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms
Act of 2017 - To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.
H.R.1045 - Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017 - This bill prohibits the Army
Corps of Engineers from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an
individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered
by the Corps of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law
from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance
with the law of the state in which the project is located.
H.R.1047 - Fairness in Firearm Testing Act - This bill amends the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 to direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
to make a video recording of its entire process of examining and testing an item to
determine whether it is a firearm (and if so, the type of firearm) or ammunition.
The bill bars the ATF from editing or erasing any such recording.
H.R.1079 - Campus Gun Policy Transparency Act - To amend the Higher Education Act
of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose their concealed carry
or open carry policies with respect to firearms, and for other purposes.
S.446 - Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 - To allow reciprocity
for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
H.R.1278 - Ghost Guns Are Guns Act - To amend title 18, United States Code, to require
firearm assembly kits to be considered to be firearms.
S.533 - Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2017 - To modernize the Undetectable
Firearms Act of 1988.
H.R.1475 - Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2017 - To prevent gun trafficking.
H.R.1478 - Gun Violence Research Act - To repeal the provision that in practice prohibits
the Department of Health and Human Services from sponsoring research on gun violence
in fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.
S.618 - Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act - To amend chapter 44 of
title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation
of firearms or ammunition.
H.R.1612 - Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2017 - To require criminal background
checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.
H.R.1692 - Countering Illegal Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Act - To address the
problem of illegal firearm trafficking to Mexico.
H.R.1708 - Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2017 - To prohibit the sale of a firearm
to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability
insurance coverage.
H.R.1746 - Airport Security Act of 2017 - To prohibit certain individuals from possessing
a firearm in an airport, and for other purposes.
H.R.1832 - To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence
prevention.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Todd
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Adkins
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James
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Atkinson
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Brian
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Calabrese
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Benjamin
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Cassidy
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Chris W.
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Cox
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James
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Holland
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Wayne
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LaPierre
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Jason
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Lawrence
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David
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Lehman
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Jason
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Ouimet
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Brandi
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Pensoneau
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Jack
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Thompson
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Christopher
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Zealand
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1137 - Collectible Firearms Protection Act - To amend the Arms Export Control
Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into
the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the
Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Todd
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Adkins
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Atkinson
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Calabrese
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Benjamin
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Cassidy
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Chris W.
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Cox
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James
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Holland
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Wayne
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LaPierre
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Lawrence
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Lehman
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Jason
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Ouimet
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Brandi
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Pensoneau
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Jack
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Thompson
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Christopher
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Zealand
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - This bill amends the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972 to direct Department of the Interior to issue a permit for
the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken
in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the
polar bear was: (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing
of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population.
Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals
with depleted populations.
H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - This bill
amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar
bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada.
H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill
reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022.
H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - This bill
reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation
Fund, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund through FY2022.
S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument
can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval,
certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and
receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located
that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation.
H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - This bill requires the Department
of the Interior to reissue: (1) the final rule published on December 28, 2011, that
removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment from
the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and that removed the designation of
critical habitat for that wolf in Minnesota and Michigan; and (2) the final rule published
on September 10, 2012, that removed the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list and removed
the Yellowstone Experimental Protection Area that was established to facilitate reintroduction
of the wolf.
S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules
relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State
of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence
Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife
Refuges in Alaska".
H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends
the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and
expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of
the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range;
(2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned
to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting
the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts
provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation
for five fiscal years.
S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter
8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of
the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation
and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska.
H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence
Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife
Refuges in Alaska".
S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of
Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific
and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether
a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed
regulation for the listing of a species.
H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species
are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes.
S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land.
S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson
Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded
public target ranges in certain States.
S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing,
and shooting, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Adkins
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Atkinson
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Brian
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Calabrese
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Benjamin
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Cassidy
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Chris W.
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Cox
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James
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Holland
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Wayne
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LaPierre
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Jason
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Lawrence
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David
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Lehman
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Jason
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Ouimet
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Brandi
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Pensoneau
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Jack
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Thompson
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Christopher
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Zealand
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Susan
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Recce
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