1st Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ENERGY & FUELS INSTITUTE for NATIONAL ENERGY & FUELS INSTITUTE

Period 1st Quarter 2014 Filed Apr 21, 2014 Signed by James M. Collura, Vice President for Government Affairs

Official filing
Firm
NATIONAL ENERGY & FUELS INSTITUTE
Client
NATIONAL ENERGY & FUELS INSTITUTE
Income
—
Expenses
$30,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Supported Hours of Service legislation, H.R.3413, H.R.4076 and S.2086.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES MICHAEL COLLURA —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3413 (113th), H.R. 4076 (113th), S. 2086 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Supported the renewal, with revisions, of the Section 25C tax credit for energy efficiency upgrades for exising homes and the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credit as part of draft "tax extenders" legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES MICHAEL COLLURA —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Enaged the House and Senate Agriculture Committees on draft legislation to reauthorize the CFTC. Engaged the CFTC on efforts impliment new commodity futures and swaps markets rules under Title V of the Dodd-Frank Act and proposed rules to enhance consumer protections and to limit commodity speculation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES MICHAEL COLLURA —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Supported full funding for the Commodity Futures Traing Commission (CFTC) in the FY2015 budget request and the draft Senate Financial Services ad House Agriculture appropriations bills. Supported federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the FY2015 Budget Request and the draft House and Senate Labor, HHS and Education Approptiations Bills.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES MICHAEL COLLURA —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

General support for Keystone XL pipeline. Supported inclusion of oilheat efficiency bill (H.R.1985/S.913) as part of the Conference Report to accompany the Agriculture Act (the Farm Bill) of 2014, H.R.2642, Subtitle D, Sections 12401-12410. Draft legislation to institute a nationa Ultra-low Sulfur Heating Oil standard. Adovated for reform of LIHEAP administration.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES MICHAEL COLLURA —
MICHAEL C TRUNZO —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), S. 913 (113th), H.R. 1985 (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.