3rd Quarter - Report

VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC for RENEWABLE BIOFUELS

Firm
Client
Income
$80,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Issues generally related to biodiesel, including efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standards program (RFS2), efforts to modify the volumetric requirements for advanced biofuels and biodiesel under the RFS2, small refinery exemptions, tax extenders/tax reform efforts, the biodiesel tax credit, RVO reset, payments to biomass refineries; Sen. Grassley and Sen. Klobuchar proposal to direct Covid-19 relief funding to biofuel producers; Rep. Finkenauer proposal to direct Covid-19 relief to biofuels infrastructure; COVID-19 relief legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Director of Cong. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues generally related to biodiesel, including efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standards program (RFS2), efforts to modify the volumetric requirements for advanced biofuels and biodiesel under the RFS2, small refinery exemptions, tax extenders/tax reform efforts, the biodiesel tax credit; RVO reset; Covid-19 emergency funding legislation; Issues related to administrative review of trade sanctions on imported biodiesel; Sen. Grassley and Sen. Klobuchar proposal to direct Covid-19 relief funding to biofuel producers; Rep. Finkenauer proposal to direct Covid-19 relief to biofuels infrastructure. Annual RVO rule; CLEAN Future Act; HEROES Act; H.R.2 - The Moving Forward Act; House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Report titled, "Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America."

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Director of Cong. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues generally related to biodiesel, including efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standards program (RFS2), efforts to modify the volumetric requirements for advanced biofuels and biodiesel under the RFS2, small refinery exemptions, tax extenders/tax reform efforts, the biodiesel tax credit; RVO reset; climate and GHG reduction policy; Issues related to administrative review of trade sanctions on imported biodiesel; Annual RVO rule; CLEAN Future Act; HEROES Act; H.R.2 - The Moving Forward Act; House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Report titled, "Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America."

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Director of Cong. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues generally related to biodiesel, including efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standards program (RFS2), efforts to modify the volumetric requirements for advanced biofuels and biodiesel under the RFS2, small refinery exemptions, tax extenders/tax reform efforts, the biodiesel tax credit; RVO reset; climate and GHG reduction policy; Issues related to administrative review of trade sanctions on imported biodiesel; Annual RVO rule; CLEAN Future Act; HEROES Act; H.R.2 - The Moving Forward Act; House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Report titled, "Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America."

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Director of Cong. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Issues generally related to biodiesel, including efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standards program (RFS2), efforts to modify the volumetric requirements for advanced biofuels and biodiesel under the RFS2, small refinery exemptions, tax extenders/tax reform efforts, the biodiesel tax credit; RVO reset; Issues related to administrative review of trade sanctions on imported biodiesel; Annual RVO rule; Sen. Grassley and Sen. Klobuchar proposal to direct Covid-19 relief funding to biofuel producers; Rep. Finkenauer proposal to direct Covid-19 relief to biofuels infrastructure; COVID-19 relief legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Director of Cong. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.