2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE for AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,450,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 1435 Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act; HR 3337 Fuels Parity Act; S 2090 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of motor vehicles with internal combustion engines; S 2125 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to facilitate efficient State implementation of certain national ambient air quality standards, and for other purposes; draft legislation on fee for foreign polluters; 79 Fed. Reg. 1429 Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units; 80 Fed. Reg. 56593 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources; 87 Fed. Reg. 74702 Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review [EPA Methane Rule]; 88 Fed. Reg. 28450 State of Louisiana Underground Injection Control Program; Class VI Program Revision Application [EPA-HQ-OW-2023-0073; Class VI CO2 sequestration well primacy]; 88 Fed. Reg. 9448-02 Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2021; 88 Fed. Reg. 29184 Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles; 88 Fed. Reg. 25926 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3; efforts related to Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1435 (118th), H.R. 3337 (118th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 1130 Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023; S 1449 RESTART Act; S 1456 SPUR Act (provisions relating to Title III - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); S 2845 Indo-Pacific Strategic Energy Initiative Act; S 576 Railway Safety Act of 2023; efforts related to API's Climate Action Framework; draft legislation on Pipeline Safety Reauthorization; draft legislation regarding Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for proposed Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization; draft legislation regarding counter drones; 86 Fed. Reg. 24669 Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER BONESS —
GEOFFREY NORMAN BRAND —
JOHN CRAMTON —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —
EMILY WONG —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1130 (118th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

HR 4237 To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors; HR 448 Putting Investors First Act of 2023; 87 Fed. Reg. 21334 The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors; 87 Fed. Reg. 68312 Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER BONESS —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
AARON PADILLA —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4237 (118th), H.R. 448 (118th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HR 4468 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to emissions from vehicles, and for other purposes; HR 4469 To clarify that eRINs are not authorized for purposes of satisfying the volume of renewable fuel that needs to be contained in transportation fuel for purposes of the Renewable Fuel Program, and for other purposes; draft legislation allowing for the year-round, nationwide sale of E15.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JORDAN NOELLE CHRISTMAN —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4468 (118th), H.R. 4469 (118th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

HR 2741 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023 (provisions relating to manning and crewing of offshore vessels); S __ Draft Coast Guard Reauthorization (provisions relating to manning and crewing of offshore vessels).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GEOFFREY NORMAN BRAND —
JOHN CRAMTON —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2741 (118th)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 4470 To extend the authorization of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security; efforts related to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator nominee.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JORDAN NOELLE CHRISTMAN —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4470 (118th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 4372 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes (provisions related to oil and gas activities on federal lands and waters); draft legislation to reform and streamline the energy permitting process; RIN 1004-AE80 Revision of Existing Regulations Pertaining to Fossil Fuel Leases and Leasing Process; Notice of Availability of the 2024-2029 Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing; Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 82 Fed. Reg. 29212 Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN CRAMTON —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 4372 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 3678 Pay Less at the Pump Act; HR 3938 Build It in America Act; S 1942 Pay Less at the Pump Act; draft legislation that would allow for the expensing of the intangible drilling costs under the corporate alternative minimum tax; 88 Fed. Reg. 18446 Superfund Chemical Taxes; efforts relating to OECD GloBE Model Rules Pillar 2 pertaining to tax issues; efforts relating to allowance of expensing of Intangible Drilling Costs; rulemaking on the new/expanded Section 45 tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JORDAN NOELLE CHRISTMAN —
AINDRIU COLGAN —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
AARON PADILLA —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3678 (118th), H.R. 3938 (118th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 3081 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2023; S 678 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2023; efforts related to enforcement of USMCA regarding Mexico's energy sector; efforts related to Policy Statement on Export Commencement Deadlines in Authorizations to Export Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER BONESS —
AINDRIU COLGAN —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3081 (118th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Draft legislation on House appropriations (provisions relating to federal leasing and permits for oil and gas activities and pipeline safety funding); HR 3746 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER BONESS —
JOHN CRAMTON —
AMANDA EVERSOLE —
AARON PADILLA —
LANCE ANTHONY WEST —
EMILY WONG —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3746 (118th)

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.