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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW |
Address2 | Suite 200 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 310654-12
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6. House ID# 386120000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2026 |
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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Gina Spiro |
Date | 10/19/2026 10:31:56 AM |
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
House bills that have been introduced:
H.R. 2673 Florida Coastal Protection Act, all provisions
H.R. 2820 California Clean Coast Act, all provisions
H.R. 2848 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions
H.R. 2849 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions
H.R. 2862 Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act, all provisions
H.R. 2865 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions
H.R. 2881 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions
H.R. 2882 Central Coast of California Coastal Conservation Act, all provisions
H.R. 6068, PROTECT Florida Act, all provisions
H.R. 8800, FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, opposed the following:
- Rep. Gallagher Amendment #8 mandating a study to explore mechanisms by which federal authority can preempt or otherwise mitigate state actions that effectively undermine domestic refining capacity critical to national defense
- Rep. Hill Amendment #157 reauthorizing the Defense Production Act for five years until 2031
- Rep. Hunt Amendment #6 stripping state and federal courts, as well as state governments, of their power to halt or even cautiously regulate existing or proposed fossil fuel infrastructure
- Rep. Hunt Amendment #7 granting eminent domain authority to the federal government for the benefit of the Houston-based Sable Offshore Corp and authorizing the federal government to seize California state land, override state permitting and legal protections-to facilitate operation of Sable's privately owned pipeline system
H.R. 9034, Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026, all provisions
H.R. 9035, Ending Fossil Fuels Bailouts Act of 2026, all provisions
House bills that have not yet been introduced/reintroduced:
Bills in the 120th Congress to prevent new offshore leasing
Senate bills that have been introduced:
S. 4784, FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, supported the following:
-S.Amdt.649 requiring the Secretary of Defense to certify that new offshore oil and gas development off the coasts of CA and FL will not adversely affect military testing, training, or operations before the Department of Defense may use funds authorized by the Act to support related decisions or agreements.
Senate bills that have not yet been introduced:
Energy permitting reform legislation: lobbied against provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing
Talked to Congress about executive branch activities:
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program
- Draft Proposed Program (Secretarys 1st Proposal)
- Proposed Program (Secretarys 2nd Proposal)
- Anticipated seismic airgun blasting in preparation for the Programs anticipated lease sales off new coasts
- Offshore oil and gas leasing within/near military testing and training sites
- President Trumps revocation of President Bidens 12(a) withdrawals of the Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic Ocean from oil and gas leasing disposition.
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11/13/2025 initiation of the process for a potential mineral lease sale off Virginia following lease sale request from Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Michael |
Messmer |
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Mid 1999-2001: Research Associate - US House of Representatives, Democratic Policy Committee (Chairman: Richard A. Gephardt); 2001-2002: Policy Advisor - US House of Representatives, Democratic Policy Committee (Chairman: Richard A. Gephardt) |
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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Bills that have been introduced in the House:
H.R. 3604, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all provisions
H.R. 1918, Farewell to Foam Act of 2025, all provisions
H.R. 4486, Microplastics Safety Act, all provisions
H.R. 7543, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, all provisions
H.R.7370, REUSE Act of 2026, all provisions
H.R.7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026, all provisions
H.R.6832, PACK Act, all provisions
Bills that have not been introduced in the House:
Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
Bills that have been introduced in the Senate:
S. 1926, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all provisions
S. 897, Farewell to Foam Act of 2025, all provisions
S. 2110, REUSE Act of 2025, all provisions
S. 2353, Microplastics Safety Act, all provisions
S. 4181, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act
S.5674, Recycled Materials Attribution Act, all provisions, Curtis
S. 5526, Agricultural Act of 2026, specifically, opposition to section 9004; to create uniform standards for the labeling of bio-attributed plastic, bio-attributed product, biobased plastic, and plant-based product
Bills that have not been introduced in the Senate:
-Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
-Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Milley |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |