LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS for LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Urged Congress to oppose S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act. Urged Congress to oppose the H.R. 8446, Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024 Urged Congress to oppose the H.R. 7673, the Liberty in Laundry Act Urged EPA to object to the issuance of the Deepwater Port Act license for Texas Gulflink and refer the issue to CEQ. Urged Congress to support H.R. 10314, the National Resilience and Recovery Fund Act. Urged Congress to support H.R. 4936, the Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act. Urged members to cosponsor H.R. 6747, the Clean Energy and Transmission Acceleration Act Urged the Department of Energy to move forward and finalize National Interest Electricity Transmission Corridors and continue awarding and obligating grants and loans to speed the improvement of long distance transmission. Urged the Department of Energy to issue their study on the impacts of liquefied methane gas (LNG) export facilities to local communities, the environment, families energy bills, and the economy writ large. And to use that study, once published, to deny the public interest determination request from multiple pending LNG export facilities.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 8446 (118th), H.R. 10314 (118th), H.R. 6747 (118th), H.R. 7673 (118th), S. 4753 (118th), H.R. 4936 (118th)

Agriculture AGR

Urged Congress to pass a Farm Bill that includes the Inflation Reduction Act climate-smart agriculture money in the baseline.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Government Issues GOV

Urged Congress to Oppose the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 115) Supported oversight action in response to ethical concerns at the United States Supreme Court. Urged Senate to reject use of recess appointments by President-elect Donald Trump.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 115 (118th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Urged the EPA to ban the toxic chemical paraquat. Urged Congress to oppose the H.R.7409, HEATS Act. Urged Congress to oppose the H.R. 1449, The CLEAN Act Urged Congress to oppose the proposal to dismantle parts of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules and regulations from House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Westerman.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1449 (118th), H.R. 7409 (118th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Opposed EPA's Pending Approval of Phosphogypsum in Roadways Encouraged EPA to propose New Source Performance Standards for gas turbines to limit nitrogen oxide pollution. Urged EPA to approve all of Californias Clean Air Act waivers to enforce stronger than federal pollution limits for trucks, cars, fleets, offroad engines, harbor vessels, and locomotives.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Natural Resources NAT

Urged the Biden administration to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument. Urged the Biden administration to designate the Sattitla Highlands National Monument and supported S. 5001, the Sattitla National Monument Establishment Act. Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act. Urged the Biden Administration to designate Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark in Newcastle, Maine, as a national monument under the Antiquities Act. Urged the Biden Administration to designate Chuckwalla National Monument in the Coachella Valley of California, as a national monument under the Antiquities Act. Urged the White House and the Department of the Interior to designate the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, off the central coast of California.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Bills named: S. 5001 (118th), H.R. 8790 (118th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Urged Congress to reject poison pill riders in the FY25 budget. Urged Congress to pass bipartisan spending bills with modest funding increases for environmental programs and no new poison pill policy riders (objectionable policies across a variety of issue areas that are not directly related to program funding or spending). Urged Congress to fully fund President Bidens appropriations requests related to critical election infrastructure.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Urged Congress to Oppose H.R.8281, the SAVE Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 8281 (118th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 5009 provision banning medically necessary health care for families of service members in the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act. Supported H.R.11/S. 1, the Freedom to Vote Act. Supported H.R. 14/S.4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Supported H.R.51/S.51, the Washington, DC Admission Act. Supported H.R. 3422/S. 1616, the Judiciary Act. Supported confirmation of President Bidens judicial nominees. Supported H.R. 926/S. 359 Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act. Supported H.R.9108, the Judicial FOIA Expansion Act. Supported HR. 3973/S. 1908, the Judicial Ethics and Anticorruption Act. Opposed H.R.4563/S.3520, the ACE Act. Urged the Biden administration to ensure agencies fully implement Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting. Supported H.R. 9884 the Investigative Integrity Protection Act. Supported H.R. 9818, the Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act.

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 51 (118th), H.R. 11 (118th), H.R. 9818 (118th), H.R. 3422 (118th), H.R. 9884 (118th), S. 4 (118th), H.R. 3973 (118th), S. 51 (118th), S. 1616 (118th), H.R. 4563 (118th), S. 1 (118th), H.R. 5009 (118th), S. 3520 (118th), H.R. 14 (118th), H.R. 9108 (118th), S. 1908 (118th), S. 359 (118th), H.R. 926 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Urged Congress to Oppose H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which includes the text of H.R. 6408 and thus would allow political appointees to baselessly accuse civil society organizations of supporting terrorism and revoke tax-exempt status without due process, an easily abusable power that chills First Amendment activities. Urged Congress to Oppose H.R. 6408, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations, which would allow political appointees to baselessly accuse civil society organizations of supporting terrorism and revoke tax-exempt status without due process, an abusable power that chills First Amendment activities. Urged Congress to Oppose H.R. 8314, the No Foreign Election Interference Act, an overbroad bill that would create chilling effects on First Amendment activities without effectively preventing foreign interference in elections. Urged the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to finalize guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit by the end of 2024 and to provide a simple address look-up tool so people and businesses can determine if they are eligible for this vital tax credit. Urged Treasury and the White House to finalize the rules on IRA Section 45V Clean Hydrogen tax credits, and Sections 45Y and 48E Technology Neutral Clean Energy Tax credits.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 8314 (118th), H.R. 6408 (118th), H.R. 9495 (118th)