4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$3,320,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 22, FAST Act; H.R. 415, Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015; H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act; H.R. 2768, Superfund Reinvestment Act; H.R. 2783, Superfund Polluter Pays Act; H.R. 3977, Trash Reduction Act of 2015; S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015; Alternative Fuel Tax Credit

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
STEPHEN ELKINS —
BRYAN ZUMWALT New Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2783 (114th), S. 378 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 415 (114th), H.R. 2768 (114th), H.R. 625 (114th), H.R. 3977 (114th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act; H.R. 3651, Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015; H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015; S. 650, Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act; S. 769, Track, Railroad, and Infrastructure Network Act; S. 808, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015; S. 859, Crude-By-Rail Safety Act; S. 1175, Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2015; S. 1462, Eliminating Dangerous Oil Cars and Ensuring Community Safety Act; S. 1519, PORTS Act; S. 1626, Railroad Reform, Enhancement, and Efficiency Act; S. 1732, Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015; S. 2276, SAFE PIPES Act; Automotive Plastics; CAFE; FY 2016 Appropriations for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; MAP21(Continuing Resolution); Positive Train Control; Rail Competition; Rail Safety; Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act Legislation; Truck Weight Legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
BOOTH JAMESON —
MICHAEL MEENAN —
BRYAN ZUMWALT New Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: S. 1462 (114th), S. 650 (114th), H.R. 3651 (114th), S. 859 (114th), H.R. 3819 (114th), S. 2276 (114th), S. 1519 (114th), S. 1626 (114th), S. 808 (114th), S. 769 (114th), S. 1175 (114th), H.R. 625 (114th), S. 1732 (114th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527; Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 1029, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 1030, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 1321, Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015; H.R. 2576; TSCA Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016; H.R. 2822, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016; H.R. 2995, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016; H.R. 3977, Trash Reduction Act of 2015; S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015; S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015; S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act; S. 700, READ Act; S. 725, Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act; S. 821, BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act; S. 1014, Personal Care Products Safety Act; S. 1447, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2015; FY 2016 Appropriations of Department of Interior; FY 2016 Appropriations of Environmental Protection Agency; FY 2016 Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (Green Building Policies, Phthalates, CHAP and CPSC); FY 2016 Appropriations of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; Good Science; A Bill to Provide for the Implementation of a Sustainable Chemistry Program, and for other Purposes; Alternative Fuel Tax Assessment; Bisphenol A; Chemical Assessment; Chemical Safety Board; Chemistry Caucus (Creation and Recruitment); Chlorinated Paraffins; CPSC; CPSC Phthalates CHAP; Design for the Environment; Energy Recovery; Flame Retardants; Fluorotechnology; Formaldehyde; Green Building Standards; Hexavalent Chromium; Integrated Risk Information System; Microbeads; Microplastics; Nanotechnology; OSHA Letters of Interpretation (Chemical Concentrations, Process Safety, RAGAGEP); OSHA Silica Rule; Permitting Reform; Phthalates; Promoting New Manufacturing Act; Rare Earths; Risk Assessment Improvements; Report on Carcinogens; Science Advisory Board; SNUR; Styrene; T-TIP, MTB and Trade Promotion Authority; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)(Including Confidential Business Information)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SARAH BROZENA —
CALVIN DOOLEY —
AMY LYNN DUVALL —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
CHRISTINA FRANZ —
BOOTH JAMESON —
MICHAEL MEENAN —
JUDAH PRERO —
BRYAN ZUMWALT New Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 700 (114th), H.R. 2995 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 1321 (114th), S. 697 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), H.R. 2822 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), H.R. 3977 (114th), S. 1014 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 821 (114th), S. 725 (114th), S. 1447 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), S. 544 (114th), S. 543 (114th), H.R. 527 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act; H.R. 1327, ORDEAL Act of 2015; H.R. 2687, Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2015; H.R. 3284, Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2015; H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015; H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015; H.R. 4265, Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015; S. 15, Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act; S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015; S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015; S. 640, ORDEAL Act of 2015; S. 720, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015; S. 893, EPIC Act of 2015; S. 939, A bill to require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs within the Department of Energy; S. 1210, Oil and Gas Production and Distribution Reform Act of 2015; S. 1213, Free Market Energy Act of 2015; S. 1219, A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering; S. 1276, Offshore Energy and Jobs Act of 2015; S. 1278, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act; S. 1279, Southern Atlantic Energy Security Act; S. 1422, Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2015; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015; Automotive Plastics; CAFE Standards; Energy Efficiency (Including Transportation, Automotive, Building); Energy Recovery; FY 2016 Appropriations of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Green Building Policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
BOOTH JAMESON —
BRYAN ZUMWALT New Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 4265 (114th), S. 1422 (114th), H.R. 3284 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), S. 939 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), S. 720 (114th), S. 1219 (114th), S. 88 (114th), S. 893 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), H.R. 2687 (114th), S. 1213 (114th), S. 1210 (114th), S. 640 (114th), S. 1279 (114th), H.R. 3819 (114th), S. 15 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S. 1276 (114th), S. 1278 (114th), S. 535 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 54, Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act; H.R. 234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act; H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015; S. 456, Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015; S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; S. 1175, Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2015; Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Re-authorization and Reform; Cyber Security Executive Order; Drone Regulation; Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; Homeland Security Committee Cyber Bill

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
AMY LYNN DUVALL —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
MICHAEL MEENAN —
JUDAH PRERO —
BRYAN ZUMWALT New Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 456 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 54 (114th), H.R. 527 (114th), S. 1175 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 212, To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water, and for other purposes; H.R. 1321, Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015; H.R. 1327, ORDEAL Act of 2015; H.R. 1388, Clean Air, Strong Economies Act; H.R. 1960, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act; H.R. 2557, Promoting New Manufacturing Act; H.R. 4265, Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015; S. 460, Drinking Water Protection Act; S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015; S. 640, ORDEAL Act of 2015; S. 751, CASE Act; S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act; S. 1424, Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015; S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act; S.J.Res.24, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units"; FY 2016 Appropriations for Environmental Protection Agency; Clean Air Act Legislation and Regulations (Including Ozone); Clean Power Plan Legislation Review; EPA General Duty Clause Legislation; Marine Debris; Microbeads and Microplastics; NAAQS; Ozone Legislation; SNAP; Sustainability; Water Infrastructure

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
AMY LYNN DUVALL —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
BOOTH JAMESON —
BRYAN ZUMWALT New Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 1140 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), H.R. 1960 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), S. 460 (114th), H.R. 4265 (114th), H.R. 1321 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S. 1424 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.R. 212 (114th), S. 638 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), S. 751 (114th)

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.