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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">David Bernhardt</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg/220px-Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg/330px-Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg/440px-Secretary_David_Bernhardt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1470" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Bernhardt in 2019</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">53rd <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">United States Secretary of the Interior</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 2, 2019 – January 20, 2021<br /><small>Acting to April 11, 2019</small></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katharine_MacGregor" title="Katharine MacGregor">Katharine MacGregor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Ryan Zinke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deb_Haaland" title="Deb Haaland">Deb Haaland</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior">United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 1, 2017 – April 11, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Donald Trump</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Connor" title="Michael L. Connor">Michael L. Connor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Katharine MacGregor</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Solicitor of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 5, 2006 – January 20, 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sue_Ellen_Wooldridge" title="Sue Ellen Wooldridge">Sue Ellen Wooldridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Hilary Tompkins</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Longly Bernhardt</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1969-08-17</span>) </span>August 17, 1969<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 55)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Gena Bernhardt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Northern_Colorado" title="University of Northern Colorado">University of Northern Colorado</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington<br />University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Longly Bernhardt</b> (born August 17, 1969) is an American lawyer who served as the 53rd <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">United States Secretary of the Interior</a> from 2019 to 2021 in the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">administration</a> of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>. He previously was a shareholder at the <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> law firm <a href="/wiki/Brownstein_Hyatt_Farber_Schreck" title="Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck">Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he was an oil and energy industry lobbyist and natural resources attorney. He began working for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a> (DOI) in 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-NineNews_2017_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NineNews_2017-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as the department's solicitor from 2006 to 2009 and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior">deputy secretary</a> from 2017 to 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2006_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> nominated Bernhardt to be the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior">deputy secretary of the interior</a> in April 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sworn into office on August 1.<sup id="cite_ref-denverpost1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denverpost1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became acting secretary of the interior on January 2, 2019, following <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Ryan Zinke</a>'s resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernhardt was nominated to officially become Secretary of the Interior in February 2019<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was confirmed on April 11, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Congress_2019_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Congress_2019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bernhardt grew up in <a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle, Colorado</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a county extension agent and his mother was in the real estate business. </p><p>Bernhardt was active in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> politics from the age of sixteen, when he made his case to the <a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle City Council</a> not to levy taxes on <a href="/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">arcade games</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Youth_center" title="Youth center">teen center</a> he was starting in his hometown.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2006_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left high school early, earning his <a href="/wiki/GED" class="mw-redirect" title="GED">GED</a>, then his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Northern_Colorado" title="University of Northern Colorado">University of Northern Colorado</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at the University of Northern Colorado, he applied for and received an internship at the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2006_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated with honors from the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University_Law_School" title="George Washington University Law School">George Washington University Law School</a> in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Bar_Association" title="Colorado Bar Association">Colorado Bar Association</a> later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-GJSentinel_2017_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GJSentinel_2017-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bernhardt began his career as a lawyer in Colorado. In the 1990s, he worked for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Scott_McInnis" title="Scott McInnis">Scott McInnis</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998 he became an associate with <a href="/wiki/Brownstein_Hyatt_and_Farber" class="mw-redirect" title="Brownstein Hyatt and Farber">Brownstein Hyatt and Farber</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a> law and <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a> firm.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="George_W._Bush_administration">George W. Bush administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: George W. Bush administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bernhardt worked for the Department of the Interior during <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in his career with the DOI, he was deputy <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">chief of staff</a> and counselor<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to then-<a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">secretary of the interior</a> <a href="/wiki/Gale_Norton" title="Gale Norton">Gale Norton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NineNews_2017_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NineNews_2017-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served early on at the DOI as director of congressional and legislative affairs. Later he was confirmed and served as the solicitor at the DOI.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the United States commissioner to the <a href="/wiki/International_Boundary_Commission" title="International Boundary Commission">International Boundary Commission</a>, U.S. and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> nominated Bernhardt to serve as Solicitor of the Department of the Interior in November 2005, subject to Senate confirmation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the DOI deputy solicitor at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2005_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernhardt was sworn into office in November 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2006_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He served as Solicitor from 2006 to January, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_work_and_lobbying_work">Legal work and lobbying work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legal work and lobbying work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, he rejoined the Colorado-based law firm <a href="/wiki/Brownstein_Hyatt_Farber_Schreck" title="Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck">Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a shareholder in the firm<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and chairman<sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the firm's natural resources law practice.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernhardt's clients included Westlands Water District, <a href="/wiki/Halliburton" title="Halliburton">Halliburton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobalt_International_Energy" title="Cobalt International Energy">Cobalt International Energy</a>, Samson Resources, and the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Petroleum_Association_of_America" title="Independent Petroleum Association of America">Independent Petroleum Association of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Berhardt represented entities such as the proposed <a href="/wiki/Rosemont_Copper" title="Rosemont Copper">Rosemont Copper</a> <a href="/wiki/Open_pit_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Open pit mine">open pit mine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Bernhardt filed a lawsuit for the Westlands Water District that "sought to force the feds to make good on a commitment to build a multibillion-dollar system to dispose of the poisoned water" resulting from toxic irrigation in the Westlands district.<sup id="cite_ref-KQED_2016_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KQED_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was previously a member of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Department_of_Game_and_Inland_Fisheries" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries">Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and chairman of its Finance, Audit, & Compliance Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned prior to January 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Board_of_Game_and_Inland_Fisheries_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Board_of_Game_and_Inland_Fisheries-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trump_administration">Trump administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Trump administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="DOI_transition_team">DOI transition team</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: DOI transition team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the end of 2016, Bernhardt remained an attorney and lobbyist for the Westlands Water District.<sup id="cite_ref-KQED_2016_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KQED_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2016, he de-listed himself as a lobbyist in order to comply with the new president's ban on lobbyists joining his administration.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_2017_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate_2017-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After withdrawing his formal registration as a lobbyist, Bernhardt became a consultant to the Westlands Water District for a $20,000 per month retainer.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that role, he was in charge of overseeing staffing in the Department of the Interior along with <a href="/wiki/Devin_Nunes" title="Devin Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_2017_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate_2017-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until resigning by early 2017, he was on the board of the Center for Environmental Science Accuracy and Reliability.<sup id="cite_ref-LosAngelesTimes_Bernhardt_2017_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LosAngelesTimes_Bernhardt_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deputy_Secretary_of_the_Interior">Deputy Secretary of the Interior</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Deputy Secretary of the Interior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Bernhardt_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/David_Bernhardt_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-David_Bernhardt_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/David_Bernhardt_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-David_Bernhardt_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/David_Bernhardt_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-David_Bernhardt_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="940" /></a><figcaption>Deputy Secretary Bernhardt</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 28, 2017, Trump nominated Bernhardt to be the deputy secretary of the interior.<sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role made Bernhardt the "top deputy to Interior Secretary <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Ryan Zinke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">COO</a> of the federal lands and energy agency".<sup id="cite_ref-NineNews_2017_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NineNews_2017-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appointment was praised by Zinke,<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republican members of Congress,<sup id="cite_ref-KQED_2016_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KQED_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GJSentinel_2017_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GJSentinel_2017-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and former-interior secretary <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Kempthorne" title="Dirk Kempthorne">Dirk Kempthorne</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as Outdoor Recreation Industry Roundtable, <a href="/wiki/Ducks_Unlimited" title="Ducks Unlimited">Ducks Unlimited</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Boone_and_Crocket_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Boone and Crocket Club">Boone and Crocket Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceMag_2017_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceMag_2017-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nomination was strongly opposed by <a href="/wiki/Conservation_movement" title="Conservation movement">conservationists</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-KQED_2016_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KQED_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_2017_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate_2017-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Fishing industry in the United States">fishing</a> groups,<sup id="cite_ref-KQED_2016_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KQED_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_2017_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate_2017-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and California Democrats,<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_2017_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFGate_2017-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who cited his history of representing and lobbying on behalf of oil companies and agricultural interests<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_2017_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday_2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Conflict-of-interest" class="mw-redirect" title="Conflict-of-interest">conflict-of-interest</a> concerns arising from his firm's work on regulation issues with the DOI.<sup id="cite_ref-TheHill_2017_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheHill_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At his confirmation hearing before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee</a> in mid-May 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_Whieldon_2017_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico_Whieldon_2017-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernhardt testified that he would "apply the law and be honest with the science" at the Interior Department<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceMag_2017_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceMag_2017-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but also said the president's views, rather than the recommendations of climate scientists, would guide the Interior Department's policies whenever possible.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_Whieldon_2017_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico_Whieldon_2017-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethics issues were raised by Senators such as <a href="/wiki/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Maria Cantwell</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceMag_2017_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceMag_2017-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 24, 2017, the Senate confirmed Bernhardt's nomination by a vote of 53–43.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was then sworn into office on August 1, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-denverpost1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denverpost1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Bernhardt's tenure as deputy secretary and acting secretary the Department of the Interior substantially increased fossil fuel sales on public land and embarked on a program of deregulation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <i>Politico</i> reported that heads of the oil industry lobbying group Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) celebrated their ties to Bernhardt, who had IPAA as a client during his legal career.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2020, the Interior Department's inspector general released a report concluding that the agency had withheld sensitive public documents related to Bernhardt prior to his Senate confirmation and that this action did not violate any legal or ethical standards.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Secretary_of_the_Interior">Secretary of the Interior</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Secretary of the Interior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png/220px-Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png/330px-Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png/440px-Bernhardt_Trump_19Feb2020.png 2x" data-file-width="1038" data-file-height="724" /></a><figcaption>Bernhardt as secretary of the interior and President Trump in Bakersfield, California in February 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 2, 2019, Bernhardt became acting secretary of the interior, replacing <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Ryan Zinke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 4, 2019, Trump nominated Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 2019, by a vote of 56 to 41.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, the <a href="/wiki/House_Oversight_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Oversight Committee">House Oversight Committee</a> investigated whether Bernhardt was complying with record-keeping laws.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a> (GAO) released a report finding that Bernhardt, then acting secretary, had twice violated federal law<sup id="cite_ref-Repanshek_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Repanshek-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when in January 2019 he directed the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> to use park entrance fees for maintenance in keeping parks open during the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_United_States_federal_government_shutdown" class="mw-redirect" title="2018–19 United States federal government shutdown">government shutdown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Adragna_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adragna-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Knickmeyer_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knickmeyer-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GAO report concluded that the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">Interior Department</a> moved funds between accounts without authorization from Congress in violation of the <a href="/wiki/Antideficiency_Act" title="Antideficiency Act">Antideficiency Act</a> and federal appropriations law.<sup id="cite_ref-Repanshek_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Repanshek-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Knickmeyer_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knickmeyer-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Interior Department rejected the GAO's conclusion that any laws were violated, and maintained that the directive was an "appropriate and lawful use of Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act funds."<sup id="cite_ref-Adragna_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adragna-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Knickmeyer_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knickmeyer-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bernhardt was chosen as the <a href="/wiki/Designated_survivor" title="Designated survivor">designated survivor</a> during Trump's <a href="/wiki/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2020 State of the Union Address">2020 State of the Union Address</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, two activist groups sued over Bernhardt's ongoing interim appointments of <a href="/wiki/William_Perry_Pendley" title="William Perry Pendley">William Perry Pendley</a> to run the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Land_Management" title="Bureau of Land Management">Bureau of Land Management</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Vela" title="David Vela">David Vela</a> to lead the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>, appointments that bypassed a Senate confirmation process.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 4, 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Outdoors_Act" title="Great American Outdoors Act">Great American Outdoors Act</a> was signed into law by President Donald Trump. Bernhardt announced that August 4 would be designated "Great American Outdoors Day" and that each year on that day entrance to national parks would be free.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bernhardt relocated the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, D.C., to <a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, on August 11, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bernhardt on August 17, 2020, announced plans for an oil and gas leasing program in the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Arctic National Wildlife Refuge">Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</a>, clearing the way for drilling in the remote Alaskan area.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 20, 2020, Bernhardt designated the site of the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_race_riot_of_1908" title="Springfield race riot of 1908">1908 Springfield Race Riot</a> for inclusion in the National Park Service's African American Civil Rights Network. It is the 30th site to achieve such a designation, which includes sites associated with the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a> in the United States, such as the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama and the Pullman National Monument in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 11, 2020, Bernhardt introduced Trump at the <a href="/wiki/Flight_93_National_Memorial" title="Flight 93 National Memorial">Flight 93 Memorial</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-government_career">Post-government career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-government career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the Department of the Interior, Bernhardt rejoined his former law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck as a senior counsel. He also joined the advisory board of Advancing American Freedom, a political advocacy group founded by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernhardt is the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/America_First_Policy_Institute" title="America First Policy Institute">America First Policy Institute</a>'s Center for American Freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He lives in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington, Virginia">Arlington, Virginia</a>, with his wife Gena<sup id="cite_ref-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two children.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernhardt is a hunter and angler.<sup id="cite_ref-DenverPost_2017_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenverPost_2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiteHouse_2017_Bernhardt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_Donald_Trump_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration">Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bernhardt&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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