1st Quarter - Report

VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC for RENEWABLE BIOFUELS

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

Issues related to defense authorization and biofuels.

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 Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues and incentives related to: biodiesel; efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2); pending EPA approval of foreign sources of biodiesel under the RFS2; tax extenders and tax reform efforts, particularly renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit; as well as a production tax credit for biodiesel. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act (FAARM); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R. 2642 Agricultural Act of 2014.

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 Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: S. 954 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

Issues and incentives related to: biodiesel; efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2); pending EPA approval of foreign sources of biodiesel under the RFS2; tax extenders and tax reform efforts, particularly renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit; as well as a production tax credit for biodiesel. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act (FAARM); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R. 2642 Agricultural Act of 2014.

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 Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), S. 954 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues and incentives related to: biodiesel; efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2); tax extenders and tax reform efforts, particularly renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit; as well as a production tax credit for biodiesel. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act (FAARM). S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; S. 795 and H.R. 1696 Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act. H.R. 2642 Agriculture Act of 2014.

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 Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1696 (113th), S. 954 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th), S. 795 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues and incentives related to: biodiesel; efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2); pending EPA approval of foreign sources of biodiesel under the RFS2; tax extenders and tax reform efforts, particularly renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit; as well as a production tax credit for biodiesel. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act (FAARM); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R. 2642 Agricultural Act of 2014.

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 Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th), S. 954 (113th)

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.