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Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HR 1736 To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations under such Act; HR 5180 Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act; S 546 RESPONSE Act; 80 Fed. Reg. 26643 Hazardous Materials: Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains; 80 Fed. Reg. 77420 Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2017; 81 Fed. Reg. 34778 Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2017 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2018; Efforts relating to EPA's implementation of the renewable fuels standard; Legislative efforts concerning renewable fuel standards.

Contacted: White House Office; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: H.R. 5180 (114th), H.R. 1736 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 4775 Ozone Standards Implementation Act; S 2882 Ozone Standards Implementation Act; 80 Fed. Reg. 21504 Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf - Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control; 80 Fed. Reg. 56577 Draft Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry; 80 Fed. Reg. 56579 Source Determination for Certain Emission Units in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector; 81 Fed. Reg. 19718 Air quality control, reporting and compliance rule; 81 Fed. Reg. 35763 Information Collection Request, Information Collection Effort for Oil and Gas Facilities; 81 Fed. Reg. 35823 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources; 81 Fed. Reg. 42939 Clean Energy Incentive Program Design Details; 81 Fed. Reg. 6615 Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Efforts regarding hydraulic fracturing and industry best practices; Efforts related to the President's climate action plan; Efforts relating to the EPA study on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 4775 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 4909 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, provisions related to the Greater Sage Grouse; HR 5577 Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act; S 2938 Certainty for States and Tribes Act; S 3088 Coastal Coordination Act; S 3110 American Energy and Conservation Act; 79 Fed. Reg. 42815 Proposed Geological and Geophysical (G&G) Activities on the Mid- and South-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); 80 Fed. Reg. 16577 Oil and Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing: Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 80 Fed. Reg. 608 Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform; 80 Fed. Reg. 9916 Oil and Gas and Suphur Operators on the Outer Continental Shelf--Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, Proposed Rule; 81 Fed. Reg. 12379 Proposed Revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy; 81 Fed. Reg. 14095 Draft Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing - Acoustic Threshold Levels for Onset of Permanent and Temporary Threshold Shifts; 81 Fed. Reg. 14881 Notice of Availability of and Request for Comments on the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program; 81 Fed. Reg. 25888 Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control, Final Rule; 81 Fed. Reg. 37576 Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Expansion for the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary; 81 Fed. Reg. 43337 Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform; 81 Fed. Reg. 50306 Amendments to Civil Penalty Regulation; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to government royalties for federal oil and gas production; Efforts related to marine sound issues; Efforts related to offshore seismic permitting; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas.

Contacted: SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: H.R. 5577 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H Amendment 1469 to HR 5303 Water Resources Development Act of 2016; HR 4583 To promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce; HR 5348 Public Engagement at FERC Act; HR 636 FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016, provisions related to UAS; HR 8 North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act; S 2012 Energy Policy Modernization Act; S 2276 SAFE PIPES Act; S 3012 Public Engagement at FERC Act; S Amendment 5001 to S.Amdt.4979 to S.2848; 78 Fed. Reg. 73756 Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical Accidents; 81 Fed. Reg. 20722 Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines; 81 Fed. Reg. 42063 Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems; 81 Fed. Reg. 52870 Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Efforts regarding industry workplace safety; Efforts related to cumulative impacts of regulatory actions; Efforts related to oil and gas industry workforce issues; Efforts related to pipeline safety; Efforts related to the Dakota Access pipeline; Efforts related to the development of energy infrastructure; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning proposals related to energy policy, creation of new U.S. jobs, energy security and energy independence; Legislative efforts regarding appointment of public officials.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Bills named: S. 2848 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), H.R. 5303 (114th), H.R. 4583 (114th), H.R. 5348 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

S 3379 Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act; HR 5786 Community Protection and Preparedness Act; Efforts relating to the implementation of Chemical Facility Anti Terrorism Standards.

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 5786 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR ___ American Business Competitiveness Tax Reform Draft Legislation; HR ___ GROW AMERICA Act; HR 1 Tax Reform Act, international and cost recovery sections; HR 1665 Alternative Fuel Tax Parity Act; S 1656 Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act; S 1946 Tax Relief Extension Act; Legislative efforts concerning tax reform proposals relating to energy policy.

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1665 (114th), H.R. 1 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2016, sections regarding energy and international taxation; H Con Res 125 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; HR 5538 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 5538 (114th), H.Con.Res. 125 (114th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

HR 4909 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, provisions related to ballast water; HR 5303 Water Resources Development Act of 2016, provisions related to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; S 2848 Water Resources Development Act of 2016, provisions related to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; S 2943 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017, provisions related to ballast water; Efforts related to CBP interpretation of ruling letters H225102 and H235242.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: H.R. 4909 (114th), H.R. 5303 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 156 Crude Oil Export Act; HR 1773 Residue Entries and Streamlining Trade Act; HR 351 The LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act; HR 4909 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, provisions related to LNG exports; HR 644 An act to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, and for other purposes; S 2012 Energy Policy Modernization Act, provisions related to LNG exports; S 989 Residue Entries and Streamlining Trade Act; S 2943 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017, provisions related to LNG exports.

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 156 (114th), H.R. 1773 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th), H.R. 351 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

HR 2357 Accelerating Access to Capital Act, proposed amendment on SEC registration statements.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2357 (114th)