3rd Quarter - Report

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP for ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$56,915
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

H.R.2693 - Budget Control Act of 2011, all provisions that would reform farm subsidy programs and support nutrition and farm conservation programs; H.R. ____ - Local and Regional Food Bill, all provisions that would strengthen local food infrastructure and healthy food consumption; S.1658, REFRESH Act of 2011, all provisions that would support farm conservation programs; USDA-proposed nutrition standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NONE NONE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 1658 (112th), H.R. 2693 (112th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

S.847 - Safe Chemicals Act of 2011, all sections that would reform federal toxics policy (e.g., safety standard, data submissions, and new chemicals).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON RANO —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 847 (112th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R.2359 - Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011, all provisions (e.g, safety standard, cosmetic establishment registration, and ingredient disclosure); S. ___ - legislation that would strengthen federal consumer protection laws for personal-care products.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON RANO —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2359 (112th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

S.781 Bill to amend Clear Air Act to conform "renewable biomass" definition to one used in Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, all provisions that would lead to increased production of bioenergy from unsustainable sources; S.187 Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; S.520 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act, all provisions that would reduce incentives for conventional ethanol production; S.559 Securing America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; H.R.1516 Renewable Fuel Pipeline Act of 2011, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; H.R.1075 - Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act, all provisions that would reduce incentives for conventional ethanol production; H.R.1188 - Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Today Act of 2011, all provisions that would reduce incentives for conventional ethanol production; H.R.2231 - Ethanol Modernization and Deficit Reduction Act, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; H.R.2307 - Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act, all provisions that would reduce incentives for conventional ethanol production; S.871 - Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act, all provisions that would reduce incentives for conventional ethanol production; S.884 - Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; S.1057 - Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act, all provisions that would reduce incentives for conventional ethanol production; S.1085 Bill to amend Clean Air Act to define next generation biofuel, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; S.1185 - Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, all provisions that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; S. 1564 - Renewable Fuel Parity Act of 2011, all sections that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; H.R. 2009 - Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act, all sections that would lead to increased production of conventional ethanol; H.R. 2584 - 2012 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, proposed amendment to prevent EPA from using federal funds to implement the E15 rule; H.R. 601 - End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2011, all provisions that would repeal oil and gas incentives.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NONE NONE —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2307 (112th), S. 1564 (112th), S. 520 (112th), S. 559 (112th), H.R. 1188 (112th), S. 884 (112th), S. 781 (112th), H.R. 1075 (112th), H.R. 2584 (112th), S. 187 (112th), H.R. 2009 (112th), H.R. 601 (112th), S. 1085 (112th), S. 1057 (112th), S. 871 (112th), S. 1185 (112th), H.R. 1516 (112th), H.R. 2231 (112th)

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.