There are 3 legislative days between now and the March 23 funding deadline.

>> If you say one thing today [Pre Budget Release]: Ahead of the budget announcement, the public is expecting Congress to prioritize programs that safeguard our health and America’s great outdoors, instead of pushing dangerous policies that would compromise a final agreement by putting our kids’ health on the line and jeopardizing our public lands, oceans, and wildlife.

Tweets:

Hardworking families need Congress to fund protections for kids’ health and

access to the great outdoors -- not a #DirtyBudget full of anti-environment, poison-pill policies #NoPoisonPills

There is no room in the final budget for anti-environment, poison-pill policies that benefit corporate

polluters instead of our families and children. No #DirtyBudget #NoPoisonPills

>> If you do one thing today: Put out a statement and tweet when Omnibus is released [Guidance to be circulated]

>>Help needed:

Letters

Sign on to letter opposing Flake's “Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act” (S. 2563) by 12:00PM ET TODAY here.
Barry Myers opposition: Please take a moment to join the letter by following this link.

Monuments: Sign monuments joint letters opposing these bills if you haven’t already (for markup/floor if needed)

Outreach/Advocacy:

Government funding
- Topline messages for the rider campaigns: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TecEuu46vJ9qmpXKcC3frnlX_m8ErPHktur2peUYZ8A/edit?usp=sharing
- Help with member outreach on Congressional Tri-Caucus Dear Colleague letter to support adequate funding for the Environmental Protection Agency in FY19. Letter closes COB today!!
  - >> Reach out to mvargas@edf.org if you are doing outreach

On the Horizon…

March 22: Senate ENR hearing

March 23: Government Funding Deadline

March 26-April 6: Congressional Recess

March 27: CPP hearing in Gillette, WY

April 26: Pruitt before House Energy and Commerce

Intel

Omnibus coming soon! Final details of the deal coming together.
>> FCC will vote on a proposal to exclude small cell broadband deployment from reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
- Link to communications resources (with graphics): https://goo.gl/98ysVJ
Zinke and interior officials hit swing states to announce wildlife funding.
Perry before Armed Services on Thursday

Government Funding

FY18

Intel:
- Package expected to be released any minute
- Wildfire funding fix expected to be included
- House likely to vote tomorrow
- CDP will issue message guidance after the release of the package
- Send analysis and updates to the CDP listserve!
FY19
- EPN FY19 analysis can be found here:

- https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/375dc4_b66955a5afac46e98dc6a813f8782c43.pdf
- More policy Resources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4eFUo7-HI2Zs1zeg7sBJCGH5AKFZlKk71lwDJ4GTF8/edit
- Help with member outreach on Congressional Tri-Caucus Dear Colleague letter to support adequate funding for the Environmental Protection Agency in FY19. Letter closes COB today!!

- >> Reach out to mvargas@edf.org if you are doing outreach
Several hearings this week on FY19!
- House:
  - Foreign Assistance at Foreign Affairs on Wednesday at 9:30 AM
  - NOAA at Approps on Wednesday at 10 AM
  - Dept of Agriculture at Approps on Wednesday at 1:30 PM
  - Bureau of Reclamation and the four power marketing administrations at Natural Resources onWednesday at 2 PM
  - Open World Leadership Trust Fund at Approps on Wednesday at 2:30 PM
  - Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense activities at Armed Services on Thursday at 9 AM
  - Applied Energy at Approps on Thursday at 9 AM
- Senate:
  - Atomic Energy Defense programs at Armed Services on Thursday at 10 AM

Open Comment Periods

Topic	Agency	Status	Deadline
Clean Power Plan Repeal	EPA	Open	4/26
Bears Ears Reductions	BLM	Open	4/11
Grand Staircase-Escalante Reductions	BLM	Open	4/13
BLM Methane Replacement	BLM	Open	4/23

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