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David Bernhardt
David Longly Bernhardt (born August 17, 1969) has served as
an American attorney, energy industry lobbyist, government David Bernhardt
administrator and member of the Congressional staff. He
currently serves as the 53rd United States Secretary of the
Interior having spent ten years working for the Department in
various roles. President Donald Trump nominated Bernhardt to
be the United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior in April
2017.[1] He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2017,[2]
and sworn into office on August 1.[3] He became acting Secretary
of the Interior on January 2, 2019, replacing Ryan Zinke after he
resigned from office.[4] Bernhardt was nominated to officially
become Secretary of the Interior in February 2019[5] and was
confirmed on April 11, 2019.[6]

He first joined the Department in 2001,[7] and has served as the

department's Director of Congressional and Legislative affairs,
Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Secretary, Deputy
53rd United States Secretary of
Solicitor, and Solicitor from 2006 to 2009.[8][9] the Interior

Prior to his Cabinet role, Bernhardt was a shareholder at law firm Incumbent
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.[10] Assumed office
April 11, 2019
Acting: January 2, 2019 – April 11,

Contents 2019
President Donald Trump
Early life and education
Deputy Katharine
Career MacGregor
Early legal career
Preceded by Ryan Zinke
Department of the Interior Solicitor
Legal work and lobbying 5th United States Deputy
Secretary of the Interior
DOI transition team
In office
Deputy Secretary of the Interior August 1, 2017 – April 11, 2019
Secretary of the Interior
President Donald Trump
Personal life
Preceded by Michael L. Connor
See also Succeeded by Katharine
References MacGregor
External links Solicitor of the United States
Department of the Interior
In office
Early life and education October 5, 2006 – January 20, 2009
President George W. Bush
Growing up in Rifle, Colorado,[8] Bernhardt's father was a county
Preceded by Sue Ellen
extension agent and his mother was in the real estate business.
He was active in Colorado politics from the age of sixteen, when Wooldridge
he made his case to the Rifle City Council not to levy taxes on Succeeded by Hilary Tompkins
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arcade games at a teen center he was starting in his hometown.[9] Personal details
He left high school early, earning his GED, then his bachelor's Born David Longly
degree from the University of Northern Colorado in 1990.[8] Bernhardt
While at the University of Northern Colorado, he applied for and
August 17, 1969
received an internship at the Supreme Court of the United
Rifle, Colorado,
States.[9] He graduated with honors from the George Washington
U.S.
University Law School[11] in 1994. He was admitted to the
Colorado Bar Association later that year.[12] Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Gena Bernhardt
Career Children 2
Residence Arlington, Virginia,
U.S.
Early legal career
Education University of
Bernhardt began his law career in Colorado. From 1994 to 1998, Northern Colorado
he worked for U.S. Representative Scott McInnis, a Grand (BA)
Junction Republican as a rules committee associate/legal George
counsel,.[8][13] Washington
University (JD)
In 1998 he became an associate with Brownstein Hyatt and
Farber, a Denver law and lobbying firm.[8][11][13]

Department of the Interior Solicitor

Bernhardt worked for the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) during George W. Bush's
presidency.[14] Early in his career with the DOI, he was deputy chief of staff and counselor[8] to then-
Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton.[7] He also served early on at the DOI as director of
congressional and legislative affairs. Later he became solicitor at the DOI[8] after unanimous
confirmation from the United States Senate. He was also the United States Commissioner to the
International Boundary Commission, U.S. and Canada.[14]

Bernhardt served as Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior from 2006 to
2009.[8][9] President George W. Bush nominated him in November 2005, subject to Senate
confirmation.[15] He was the DOI deputy solicitor at the time.[8] Bernhardt was sworn into office in
November 2006,[9] after being unanimously confirmed by a Senate voice vote including minority
leaders Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer as well as Majority leaders like Jon Kyl, John
McCain and Mitch McConnell.[1][16]

In 2005, Bernhardt led the coordination of the Department’s effort to implement the Energy Policy
Act of 2005.[17]

In 2008, Bernhardt was instrumental in fully implementing the largest Indian water rights
settlement in U.S. history and was cited for years of work coordinating "local, tribal, state and
congressional leaders" to resolution.[18]

Legal work and lobbying

Bernhardt served as DOI Solicitor until 2009.[1] That year he returned to Colorado and rejoined law
firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.[11] He became a shareholder in the firm[10] and chairman[1] of
the firm's natural resources law practice.[11]

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Bernhardt's clients included a wide range of renewable energy and infrastructure corporations like
NRG Energy, Cobalt International Energy, Sempra Energy[19] as well as more traditional energy
companies like Halliburton, Cobalt International Energy, Samson Resources, and the Independent
Petroleum Association of America.[20]

Through Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Bernhardt represented San Joaquin Valley's Westlands
Water District in "sought to force the feds to make good on a commitment to build a multibillion-
dollar system to dispose of the poisoned water"[21]. Later, through the 2017 bill HR 1769, Westlands
agreed to drop the lawsuit in exchange for forgiven debt and long-term access to water from Central
Valley Project facilities. In April 2017, the House Natural Resources Committee approved the
settlement, but rejected an amendment that would have "barred former Westlands officials or
lobbyists — meaning Bernhardt — from working on the drainage issue for five years".[22]

Berhardt also provided legal services to entities such as the proposed Rosemont Copper open pit
mine in Arizona.[10] Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck was involved in representing other mining, oil,
and infrastructure projects such as the Cadiz, Inc. groundwater pumping project in the Mojave Desert
in California.[23] Cadiz later refuted that Bernhardt had lobbied directly for the company, though
environmentalists at the non-profit Center for Biological Diversity suspected Bernhardt's
involvement when the DOI changed its views to be positive towards the project in March 2017.[10]

DOI transition team

Until the end of 2016, Bernhardt remained an attorney and lobbyist for the San Joaquin Valley's
Westlands Water District.[22] In November 2016, he de-listed himself as a lobbyist, to avoid "running
afoul of the new president's ban on lobbyists joining his administration".[23] After withdrawing his
formal registration as a lobbyist, Bernhardt became a consultant to the Westlands Water District.[24]
While remaining a lawyer at Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schreck, after November 2016 Bernhardt
was briefly in charge of the Interior Department transition team for President Donald Trump.[1] In
that role, he was in charge of overseeing staffing in the DOI along with Devin Nunes.[23] In recent
years, he served on the board of directors for the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries,[11]
resigning prior to January 2017.[25] By April 2017, he was on a $20,000-a-month retainer for
Westlands.[23]

Until resigning by early 2017, he was on the board of the Center for Environmental Science Accuracy
and Reliability.[26]

Deputy Secretary of the Interior

On April 28, 2017, Trump nominated Bernhardt to be the United States

Deputy Secretary of the Interior of the Trump
administration.[1][14][10][27] The role made Bernhardt the "top deputy to
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and COO of the federal lands and energy
agency".[7] The appointment was praised by Zinke,[11][1] as well as U.S.
Representative David Valadao of California stating Bernhardt "is a
dedicated public servant w/the knowledge and expertise to effectively
serve as Deputy Secretary”,[22] Representative Scott Tipton of
Colorado,[12] and Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado.[12] Former Interior
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne also supported Bernhardt with his
comments.[10] "He's very dedicated, very serious, doesn't exactly share
my sense of humor — he's all work, all work...he'd be a natural fit. It's
Deputy Secretary Bernhardt
his area of expertise," Former Representative Scott McInnis said.

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Other groups criticized Bernhardt as a "high-powered lobbyist" with conflict-of-interest concerns,

due to his firm's work on regulation issues with the DOI[1] and his history of representing oil
companies and agricultural interests.[10] The appointment was met with strong criticism from
conservationists and fishing interests in California,[22][23] where Bernhardt had worked as a lobbyist
and attorney.[22] Also criticizing the choice,[11] the Western Values Project sued the Interior
Department to obtain documents about Bernhardt's tenure for the department under George Bush.[1]
The head of the Center for Biological Diversity said Bernhardt had "always sided with big business at
the expense of our most imperiled wildlife. If confirmed he'd be a disaster for all endangered
species."[10] In the middle of May 2017, before his confirmation hearing, the Outdoor Recreation
Industry Roundtable sent letters to Senators Maria Cantwell and Lisa Murkowski expressing support
for Bernhardt. Letters of support were also received from Ducks Unlimited and the Boone and
Crocket Club.[28]

He appeared at his confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources on May 18, 2017.[29] During his questioning, he testified:

″We’re going to look at the science whatever it is, but ... policy decisions are made — this president
ran and he won on a particular perspective,that perspective’s not going to change to the extent we
have the discretion under the law to follow it. In some instances we might not, but those that we do
we’re absolutely going to follow the policy perspective of the president. And here’s why: That’s the
way our republic works, and he is the president.”.[29]

Ethics issues were raised by Senators such as Maria Cantwell, with Bernhardt replying he took ethics
very seriously. He said that unless he received authorization to do so, he would not involve himself
substantially in any particular matter involving his former clients.[28]

On July 24, 2017, the Senate confirmed Bernhardt's nomination by a vote of 53–43 including three
Democrats representing New Mexico, Montana, and West Virginia.[30] He was then sworn into office
on August 1, 2017.[3]

During Bernhardt's tenure as Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary, the Department of the Interior
has substantially increased fossil fuel sales on public land and embarked on a program of
deregulation.[31] In 2019, Politico reported that heads of the oil industry lobbyist group Independent
Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) boasted about their ties to Bernhardt.[13]

As part of his 2017 Senate confirmation hearing Bernhardt had submitted a written statement saying,
"I have not engaged in regulated lobbying on behalf of Westlands Water District after November 18,
2016." Westlands Water District is an agribusiness in the San Joaquin Valley. During his time in
office he has received criticism for using his position to enact some of the policies he worked for while
a lobbyist for Westlands Water District. In March 2019, The New York Times disclosed documents
that show he had been working as a lobbyist for the Westlands Water District at least as late as April
2017. If the information obtained by the Times is correct, Bernhardt's activities could violate federal
laws requiring lobbyists to disclose their activities.[32]

In April 2019 it was reported the Inspector General opened an investigation of Bernhardt.[33]

Secretary of the Interior

On January 2, 2019, Bernhardt became Acting Secretary of the Interior, replacing Ryan Zinke.[4] On
February 4, 2019, President Trump nominated Acting Secretary Bernhardt to be Secretary of the
United States Department of the Interior.[5] He was confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 2019, by a
vote of 56 to 41.[6]

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In May 2019, the House Oversight Committee was investigating whether Bernhardt was complying
with record-keeping laws.[34]

In September 2019, the GAO released a report that found acting Secretary Bernhardt had broken
federal law when in January 2019 he issued the directive to use park entrance fees for maintenance in
keeping parks open during the government shutdown. The report found that the Interior Department
moved funds between accounts without authorization from Congress, thus violating federal law.
Interior explained that they "completely disagree with the GAO's erroneous opinion regarding our
appropriate and lawful use of [Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act] funds." [35]

As Secretary of the Interior, he defended the Trump administration's rollback of environmental

regulations.[36]

On February 4, 2020, he was chosen as the designated survivor during President Trump's State of the
Union Address.[37]

In a February 18, 2020 op-ed in the Washington Times, Bernhardt celebrated the National Park
Service expansion of the "African American Civil Rights Network", which was created in January
2018 to "present a comprehensive narrative of the people, places, and events associated with African
American Civil Rights movement in the United States from 1939 through 1968."[38]

In April 2020, Bernhardt signed an order to construct 11,000 miles of firebreak in California, Idaho,
Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.[39]

Personal life
He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Gena[14] and two children.[11] Bernhardt is a hunter and
angler.[11][14] He previously served as Chairman of the Finance, Audit, & Compliance Committee of
the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries.[40]

See also
Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration

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