By <a href="http://www.shb.com/display/search/attorney.asp?atty_id=580" target="_blank"Mark A. Behrens, and<a href="http://www.shb.com/display/search/attorney.asp?atty_id=970" target="_blank"Kimberly D. Sander , attorneys in the Public Policy Group of the law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. in Washington, D.C.