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JAELEEN KOOKESH

VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP · Washington, DC · registered since 2024
Registered · LDAActive

At a glance

Registered since
2024
Senate LDA system
Clients
1
last 3 years
Filings
2
7 agencies contacted
Activity
filings by quarter
Works on

Background

Career
Washington, DC
2024 - present

Specific issues

- Amendments to the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act to support Alaska Native community interests in commercial, recreational, and subsistence fishing, including H.R. 8862. - Amendments to mariculture legislation to ensure protections for Alaska Native subsistence.
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries · 2024 Q4
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including S. 1889 and H.R. 4748, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
Natural Resources · 2024 Q4
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including S. 1889 and H.R. 4748, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 5258. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs, including H.R. 8973.
Indian/Native American Affairs · 2024 Q4
- Pursue federal grants and appropriations for Alaska Native culture and arts development, including funding under the provisions of the American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Art Development Act. - Pursue federal appropriations for infrastructure and education projects in Southeast Alaska.
Budget/Appropriations · 2024 Q4

Clients

2024 · 2 filings
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Filing history

2024 Q4
SEALASKA CORPORATION
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2024 Q3
SEALASKA CORPORATION
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