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Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

HR 7575 Water Resources Development Act of 2020; S 1811 Water Resources Development Act of 2020.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Minerals Management Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 7575 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; HR 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020; HR 3055 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020; HR 6395 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021; HR 7612 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021, sec. 116 - Disclosure of departure or alternative compliance procedure approval; S 4049 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Minerals Management Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1865 (116th), H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th), H.R. 7612 (116th), H.R. 133 (116th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 3432 Safer Pipelines Act; HR 4447 Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act; HR 5175 Pipeline Safety Improvement Act; S 2299 PIPES Act; 78 Fed. Reg. 73756 Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical Accidents; 82 Fed. Reg. 1860 Issuance and Reissuance of Nationwide Permits; 83 Fed. Reg. 27524 Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process; 85 Fed. Reg. 57298 Proposal To Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits; Efforts related to ARPA-E; Efforts related to the development of energy infrastructure.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Minerals Management Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 5175 (116th), H.R. 3432 (116th), H.R. 4447 (116th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HR __ Cellulosic Biofuel Mandate Reform Act; 75 Fed. Reg. 68044 Regulation To Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines With Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Programs; 78 Fed. Reg. 29815 Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards; 79 Fed. Reg. 42128 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: RFS Pathways II, and Technical Amendments to the RFS Standards and E15 Misfueling Mitigation Requirements; 81 Fed. Reg. 95551 Change the RFS Point of Obligation, Extension of Comment Period.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Minerals Management Service

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 7516 Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act; Report of House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis; Report of Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis; S 1685 LEADING Act; S 383 USE IT Act; 79 Fed. Reg. 75234 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, Proposed Rule; 80 Fed. Reg. 3379 National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, Proposed Rule; 81 Fed. Reg. 35823 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources; 82 Fed. Reg. 61924 Oil and Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands, Rescission of a 2015 Rule; 85 Fed. Reg. 21849 Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; 85 Fed. Reg. 24094 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter; 85 Fed. Reg. 35612 Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process; Efforts regarding hydraulic fracturing and industry best practices; Efforts related to the UN Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Oil & Gas Methane Partnership; Legislative efforts related to natural gas and carbon capture research and development.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Treasury, Dept of; Minerals Management Service

Bills named: H.R. 7516 (116th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR __ Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; HR 6395 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act, provision related to offshore operations; HR 8256 Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making; S __ Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act; S 2418 COASTAL Act; S 4947 Conservation Funding Protection Act; 82 Fed. Reg. 29212 Taking and Importing Marine Mammals, Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico; 84 Fed. Reg. 21908 Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf - Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revisions; 85 Fed. Reg. 55940 Oil and Gas Site Security, Oil Measurement, and Gas Measurement Regulations; 85 Fed. Reg. 5915 Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; 85 Fed. Reg. 65904 Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts regarding the impact of a federal ban on hydraulic fracturing; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to a ban on federal lands leasing; Efforts related to government royalties for federal oil and gas production; Efforts related to orphaned wells; Efforts related to the establishment of the BOEM-BSEE alternative compliance, departures, and time extensions approvals website; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Regulatory efforts related to the Gulf of Mexico biological opinion.

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Minerals Management Service; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 8256 (116th), H.R. 6395 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 7361 Protecting Europes Energy Security Clarification Act; S 3897 Protecting Europes Energy Security Clarification Act; S 816 Small Scale LNG Access Act; Efforts related to implementation and other policies related to Executive Order 13959, "Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies"; Efforts related to implementation of tariffs and other policies related to the Sec. 301 investigation regarding China; Efforts related to potential Russian sanctions; Efforts related to the addition of Chinese National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) to 1999 NDAA Sec. 1237 list of "Communist Chinese Military companies"; Efforts related to the Department of Commerce Entity List; Efforts related to the Department of Commerce's Sec. 232 investigation regarding steel imports; Efforts related to the export of natural gas, petroleum and petroleum products; Efforts related to the implementation of the USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada Agreement).

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 7361 (116th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

77 Fed. Reg. 12827 Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; 85 Fed. Reg. 2522 Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Minerals Management Service; White House Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 617 Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act; 85 Fed. Reg. 34050 Credit for Carbon Oxide Sequestration; Legislative efforts concerning tax reform proposals relating to energy policy.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; Minerals Management Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); White House Office; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)