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Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

General discussions regarding use of unmanned aircraft systems in conjunction with energy infrastructure

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General discussion regarding waterway dredging

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Generally promote and protect the interests of natural gas and electric utilities.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 940, Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats Act S 79, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 940 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General discussion of proposals to replace the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement General discussion of proposals to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement General discussion regarding changes to cross-border energy transmission permitting General discussion regarding ratification of signed tax treaties

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Utilities UTI

Discussion draft of legislation pertaining to vegetation management HR 1686, to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities - all aspects HR 940, Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats Act - all aspects

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 940 (115th), H.R. 1686 (115th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules providing end-user protections General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission record-keeping and reporting requirements General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules regarding the treatment of forward contracts with volumetric optionality Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed rule regarding position limits

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Transportation TRA

General discussion of incentives for natural gas vehicles and fueling infrastructure General discussion of use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel General discussion of natural gas storage

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax Reform Blueprint - A Better Way: A Pro-Growth Tax Code for all Americans Discussion draft of the American Business Competitiveness Act re foreign earnings taxation rules General discussion of proposals to amend foreign earnings taxation provisions General discussion of proposals to repatriate foreign earnings General discussion of proposals to develop a dividend exemption system General discussion of proposals to extend expiring and expired tax credits General discussion of renewable energy tax credits General discussion of tax credits for natural gas vehicles, natural gas fueling infrastructure, and natural gas for use as a vehicle fuel General discussion of deductibility of interest expenses General discussion of carryover period for charitable expense deductions General discussion of proposals to permanently extend the look-through rule for controlled foreign corporations General discussion of Congressional response to the final reports of the Organisation for Economic Development and Coordination's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project HR 1686, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities - all aspects S 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 - all aspects HR 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 - all aspects HR 1670, Infrastructure 2.0 Act - provisions related to revenue S 505, Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017 - all aspects

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1393 (115th), H.R. 1670 (115th), H.R. 1686 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY Energy and Water Appropriation - HR 5055 (H.Rept 114-532) - Aspects related to the use of natural gas, Army Corps of Engineers dredging, grid resilience, physical security, energy industry cybersecurity issues including Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS), Cyber Mutual Assistance program, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER), and Transformer Reliance and Advances Components (TRAC). FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - HR 5054 (H.Rept 114-531) - Forest Service budget, wildfire management provisions, and commodity trading issues including exceptions for de minimis transactions, the definition of bona fide hedging, and treatment of physical commodity forward contracts with volumetric optionality FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations - HR 5634 (H.Rept 114-668) - Cyber Mutual Assistance and Grid Hardening Initiative FY 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Appropriations - HR 5926 (H.Rept 114-699) - Funding for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 5054 (115th), H.R. 5055 (115th), H.R. 5634 (115th), H.R. 5926 (115th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

General discussion of legislative proposals to facilitate permitting of natural gas infrastructure General discussion of legislative proposals to change rules addressing emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of

Natural Resources NAT

HR 1183, Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017 - aspects related to energy infrastructure Discussion draft of legislation pertaining to vegetation management Discussions leading to introduction of HR 1873, the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act S 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2017 - energy infrastructure provisions General discussion regarding pipeline permitting and siting issues General discussion regarding changes to cross-border pipeline permitting processes

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1183 (115th), H.R. 1873 (115th)