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Energy/Nuclear ENG

Generally promote and protect the interests of natural gas and electric services and energy infrastructure companies

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Telecommunications TEC

Federal Communication Commission proposals to open 6 GHz spectrum to unlicensed usage General discussion regarding use of automated calling technologies for public safety announcements

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Appropriations - Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy and Water Appropriations - Natural gas research and development, electric vehicle and related research and development, research regarding and programs supporting renewable natural gas, funding for Army Corps of Engineers dredging activities General discussions regarding funding for research regarding renewable natural gas General discussions regarding energy and energy storage research and development

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Natural Resources NAT

General discussions regarding wildfire protection and response and vegetation management General discussions regarding pipeline permitting and siting issues General discussions regarding changes to cross-border pipeline permitting processes

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement / North American Free Trade Agreement - provisions related to investment protection and dispute settlement General discussions regarding policies and agreements related to energy trade and trade flows General discussions regarding proposals to expand energy trade with European nations General discussions regarding changes to cross-border energy transmission permitting General discussions regarding tariffs on steel products

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Utilities UTI

General discussions regarding issues affecting electric and natural gas utilities HR 1315 - Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1315 (116th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

General discussions regarding treatment of instruments used by non-financial energy end-users in transactions that hedge commodity risk

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; State, Dept of (DOS)

Transportation TRA

General discussions regarding incentives for natural gas vehicles, fueling infrastructure, and natural gas as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding renewable natural gas as a vehicle fuel source General discussions regarding use of renewable natural gas in natural gas pipelines General discussions regarding electric vehicle transportation and related infrastructure General discussions regarding treatment of alternatively fueled vehicles under vehicle efficiency standards General discussions regarding energy storage Surface transportation reauthorization - discussions re energy infrastructure General discussions regarding proposals to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation and rulemaking process for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - business interest and international taxation aspects, including foreign earnings taxation and repatriation, deductibility of interest expenses General discussions regarding excepting income earned in highly-taxed foreign countries from the taxation of global intangible low-taxed income House Ways & Means Committee energy tax package General discussions regarding tax credits for electric vehicles, energy storage, natural gas vehicles, natural gas fueling infrastructure, and natural gas used as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding the tax treatment of renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and other alternative fuels General discussions regarding carryover period for charitable expense deductions General discussions regarding proposals to extend or make permanent the Subpart F look-through rule for controlled foreign corporations

Contacted: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

General discussions regarding proposals regarding permitting of natural gas infrastructure General discussions regarding proposals regarding emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure General discussions regarding liquefied natural gas (LNG) General discussions regarding natural gas storage General discussions regarding energy efficiency and fossil fuel usage in federal buildings General discussions regarding policies supporting renewable natural gas and other forms of biogas General discussions regarding policies to promote research into and development of hydrogen as a fuel source General discussions regarding development, deployment, and use of hydrogen fuel cells

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Homeland Security HOM

General discussions regarding security partnerships between government agencies and private operators of critical infrastructure and enabling necessary dialogues General discussions regarding the safety and security of critical energy infrastructure

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General discussions regarding waterway dredging General discussions regarding capture and use of renewable natural gas to reduce emissions

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration