SAMUEL KESSLER

Advocating for the use of existing funds to support conservation projects abroad that counter Chinas natural resource exploitation.

Air quality, endangered species, and habitat restoration requirements affecting energy and land projects; voluntary mitigation banking, reauthorization of major watershed restoration projects, and release of IRA B2A funding for projects supporting ranchers and improved downstream flow; supporting actions to introduce legislation on federal land swaps, enhanced federal land databases, expanded state public land access, and reducing zoonotic disease risk.

Energy infrastructure and electric transmission siting and federal permitting; legislation and policy on energy permitting reform, including the Speed ACT and related efforts to streamline federal approvals.

Farm bill conservation title provisions and implementation of USDA conservation programs.

Modification of OBBBA incentives to ensure incentives for rural data center development are aligned with maintaining responsible use of rural land and water resources.

Patriot Parks Act; Legacy Restoration Fund implementation; proposals to establish or modify a national parks foreign visitor fee; public lands access, forestry management, and wildfire mitigation policy; H.R. 471, Fix Our Forests Act (and companion bill S. 5); all provisions; supporting actions to introduce legislation on federal land swaps, enhanced federal land databases, expanded state public land access, and reducing zoonotic disease risk.