1st Quarter - Report

ARKEMA INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES (FKA ARKEMA INC.) for ARKEMA INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES (FKA ARKEMA INC.)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$170,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform bill implementation.

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); White House Office; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Clean Air Act regulations; Montreal Protocol (including the Kigali Amendment), the Paris Agreement and/or fluorochemicals and hydrofluorocarbons issues and Significant New Alternatives Policy program

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
ALLEN KARPMAN —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

HR 1 - DISCLOSE Act provisions

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to free trade agreements, including the U.S.- E.U. free trade agreement, NAFTA renegotiations (USMCA) and US-Japan agreement. Issues related to antidumping matters, tariffs (including Section 301 tariffs and tariffs on Chinese imports) and export regulations

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
ALLEN KARPMAN —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Railroads RRR

Issues related to rail transportation, rail tank cars, rail-shipper matters, rail competition and competitive switching, positive train control, rail liability issues and rail security.

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Defense DEF

Issues related to advanced materials, composites, thermoplastics, pavement markings and/or materials research and development and specifications; manufacturing; industrial policy and funding; and energy and energy storage issues

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Transportation TRA

Issues related to infrastructure, highways, roads, traffic safety and traffic markings, natural gas piping and pipelines, pipeline gas odorization and related issues, plastic pipes, composites in infrastructure and aerospace applications and standards for composites, corporate average fuel economy standards (monitor), positive train control, rail tank cars, rail-shipper and rail competition and switching matters, freight issues and Surface Transportation Board issues.

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbying Issues: HR______, S._______ - FY20 Defense Appropriations bill (no bill numbers assigned yet).

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Chemical Facility Antiterrorism (CFATS) reauthorization (monitor)

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to Clean Air Act regulations, climate change, stratospheric ozone protection, greenhouse gas reporting, fluorochemicals, hyrdofluorocarbons and/or refrigerants; corporate average fuel economy standards and/or the Montreal Protocol (including the Kigali Amendment) and United Nations supporting language and the Paris Agreement. Issues related to natural gas EPA chemical regulations, including Significant New Alternatives Policy program regulations

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
ALLEN KARPMAN —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) implementation, including new and existing chemicals regulations and new chemicals approvals Implementation of EPA programs and/or issues related to Superfund/remediation Issues related to fluorochemicals, fluoropolymers, hydrofluorocarbons, and/or Montreal Protocol (including the Kigali Amendment) and/or the Paris Agreement Significant New Alternatives Policy program regulations. General chemical manufacturing issues and 3D printing issues

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
ALLEN KARPMAN —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to alternative/renewable energy, energy storage and battery funding, vehicle technology, building technology, building codes, energy efficiency, solar, biobased materials, natural gas and natural gas storage, innovative manufacturing, refrigerants; industrial energy credits and composite materials for utility and energy infrastructure Energy policy legislation

Foreign entity interest: Arkema Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. corporation and is indirectly owned by Arkema S.A., a European company

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON FARRIS —
ALLEN KARPMAN —
DAVID KUNZ —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; White House Office

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.