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Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 1253, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012, amendments related to DOD authority for the procurement of alternative fuels (Section 526 repeal); H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012, provisions relating to DOD authority for the procurement of alternative fuels (Section 526 repeal); H.R. 1861, Infrastructure and Jobs Energy Independence Act; H.R. 2401, Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act and H. Amdt. 5; S. 516 Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act; S. 916, Oil and Gas Facilitation Act; H.R. 993, Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act; H.R. 3010, Regulatory Accountability Act; S. 1606 Regulatory Accountability Act; Legislative efforts regarding appointment of public officials; Efforts regarding industry workplace safety.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Forest Service; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Minerals Management Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 3010 (112th), S. 516 (112th), H.R. 1861 (112th), S. 1606 (112th), H.R. 993 (112th), S. 1253 (112th), H.R. 1540 (112th), S. 916 (112th), H.R. 2401 (112th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

H.R. 1938, North American-Made Energy Security Act; H.R. 3097, Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act; S. 937, American Alternative Fuels Act, provision to repeal Section 526 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act; Renewable Fuels Marketing Act of 2010 (H.R. 5778); 75 Fed. Reg. 68094, Partial Grant and Partial Denial of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent, Decision of the Administrator; Legislative efforts concerning renewable fuel standards and products liability issues.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Minerals Management Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 3097 (112th), H.R. 1938 (112th), S. 937 (112th), H.R. 5778 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. ____, Draft discussion bill on cybersecurity (Rep. Lungren); S. 413, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act; S. 473, Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act; H.R. 901, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act; H.R. 908, Full Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Forest Service; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); SENATE; Minerals Management Service

Bills named: S. 473 (112th), H.R. 901 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 908 (112th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Pub. Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protections Act of 2010, Title VII and Title XV, Section 1504; H.R. 2682, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act; H.R. 2779, A bill to exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; 75 Fed. Reg. 51429, Definitions Contained in Title VII of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); President of the U.S.; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Minerals Management Service; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bills named: H.R. 2779 (112th), H.R. 2682 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

House Document 112-55, President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Entitled "Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future"; The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2012, section relating to Department of Energy; S. 1549, American Jobs Act, Title IV, Subtitle D, provisions relating to taxes on the oil and natural gas industry; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning proposals related to energy policy, creation of new U.S. jobs, energy security and energy independence.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Minerals Management Service; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1549 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2584, Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012; S. 365, Budget Control Act.

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); Minerals Management Service; Energy, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2584 (112th), S. 365 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

H.R. 104, Realize America's Maritime Promise (RAMP) Act; H.R. 2839, Piracy Suppression Act; S. 412, Harbor Maintenance Act; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .

Contacted: White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Minerals Management Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); President of the U.S.; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2839 (112th), S. 412 (112th), H.R. 104 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

S. 1226, Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act; S. 1392, EPA Regulatory Relief Act; H.R. 2021, Jobs and Energy Permitting Act; H.R. 2250, EPA Regulatory Relief Act; S. 847, Safe Chemicals Act; 75 Fed. Reg. 2938, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, Proposed Rule; 76 Fed. Reg. 52738, Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews; 75 Fed. Reg. 43021, Executive Order 13547 - Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes; 76 Fed. Reg. 38747, Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country; Final Rule; Efforts regarding hydraulic fracturing and industry best practices; Legislative efforts concerning implementation of the Clean Air Act.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Forest Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; President of the U.S.; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Minerals Management Service; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2250 (112th), S. 1226 (112th), H.R. 2021 (112th), S. 847 (112th), S. 1392 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 1115, Expedited Offshore Permitting Act; H.R. 1229, Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act; H.R. 1230, Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act; H.R.1231, Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act; S. 1331, Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act; H.R. 1372, VA Energy Act; H.R. 1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; H.R. 2354, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012, issues related to funding for the STRONGER, FracFocus and Risk Based Data Management programs; S. 917, Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act; S. 953, Offshore Production and Safety Act; 76 Fed. Reg. 30878, Department of the Interior, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Federal Oil and Gas Valuation, Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; 76 Fed. Reg. 32197, Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability, EIS No. 20110174, Draft EIS, USFS, 00, George Washington National Forest Land and Resource Management Project, Implementation, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Frederick, Highland, Nelson, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties VA and Hampshire, Hardy, Monroe, and Pendleton Counties, WV; 75 Fed. Reg. 63346, Oil and Gas Sulphur Operation in the Outer Continental Shelf - Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf; Legislative efforts regarding reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts relating to the use of categorical exclusions as defined in Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Regulatory efforts concerning oil spill response planning; Regulatory efforts concerning consideration of species under Endangered Species Act; Regulatory efforts regarding approvals of exploration plans and issuance of permits to drill on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); President of the U.S.; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Minerals Management Service; U.S. Forest Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1115 (112th), H.R. 1230 (112th), H.R. 1372 (112th), S. 1331 (112th), S. 953 (112th), H.R. 1581 (112th), H.R. 1231 (112th), H.R. 2354 (112th), H.R. 1229 (112th), S. 917 (112th)