3rd Quarter - Report

SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY) for SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,570,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

9 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169), provisions related to clean energy credits; Issues related to the development of offshore wind, including permitting, transmission, lease sales, and marine fisheries management; H.R. 8262/S. 4686 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; H.R. 8256/S. 4664 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; Issues related to energy policy, energy transition, infrastructure and safety; Issues related to transmission planning for renewable energy development; Proposed Energy Independence and Security Act, provisions related to transmission permitting reform; Issues related to Department of Agriculture jurisdiction over sub-surface storage.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARIANNE FUNK —
KRISTA JOHNSON —
SCOTT R SALMON —
PATRICIA TAMEZ —
KRISTIN WHITMAN —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 8256 (117th), S. 4686 (117th), H.R. 8262 (117th), S. 4664 (117th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Issues related to renewable fuels standard and trading; General biodiesel related issues, including biodiesel issues within the renewable fuel standards; Issues related to higher blends infrastructure incentives; Issues related to zero and low carbon fuels, sustainable aviation fuels, renewable natural gas, electric vehicle infrastructure, sanctions, and crude and product flows.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRITTANY KELM New Intern, Sen. Ted Cruz (May-Aug 2014).
KRISTIN WHITMAN —

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

Immigration IMM

Issues related to general immigration policy and visa issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTIN WHITMAN —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Natural Resources NAT

Issues regarding oil and gas leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region; Issues related to decommissioning activities and obligations with respect to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Risk Management, Financial Assurance, and Loss Prevention Regulations; Seismic surveying on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region and National Marine Fisheries; regulations regarding endangered and threatened marine species; Regulatory development of US OCS Leasing Program; Outer Continental Shelf National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit (GMG290000); Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169), Title V, Subtitle B; Proposed Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTA JOHNSON —
CHARLES SHULL —
KEVIN SIMPSON —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169), provisions related to clean energy credit provisions, fuels and blending, and Minimum Book Income Tax; Issues related to production tax credit, direct pay, investment tax credit for transmission, hydrogen, wind, storage, and solar; Issues regarding tax proposals related to potential reconciliation legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT R SALMON —
PATRICIA TAMEZ —
KRISTIN WHITMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Transportation TRA

Issues related to maritime vessel provisions in the Coast Guard Authorization Act (H.R. 6865/S. 4802); Issues related to implementation of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICIA TAMEZ —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6865 (117th), S. 4802 (117th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to import of solar modules and equipment, including Sec. 201 tariffs and solar circumvention petition; Issues related to renewable energy supply chain issues; Issues related to sanction and price caps.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTA JOHNSON —
SCOTT R SALMON —
PATRICIA TAMEZ —
KRISTIN WHITMAN —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2471/S. 4686 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, Title I.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHARLES SHULL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 4686 (117th), H.R. 2471 (117th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (H.R.6865/S.4802), Issues related to crewing and manning, Title V, Subtitle B); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R.7900), Amendment 828.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHARLES SHULL —
KEVIN SIMPSON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6865 (117th), H.R. 7900 (117th), S. 4802 (117th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.