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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues regarding the implementation of the 2017 tax reform law (Pub.L. 115-97), including regulations; Issues related to the production tax credit and the investment tax credit for wind and solar; H.R. 748 - CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), tax related provisions.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Issues related to renewable fuels standard; General biodiesel related issues and biodiesel issues within the renewable fuel standards; Issues related to Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues regarding the Clean Air Act specific to methane.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

H.R. 3742 - Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2019.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 3742 (116th)

Transportation TRA

Issues related to the application of the Jones Act to offshore energy; H.R. 3409/S. 2297 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019; H.R. 5120/H.R. 3432 - SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019; S. 2299 - PIPES Act of 2019; General issues related to transportation and infrastructure development and permitting.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2297 (116th), H.R. 5120 (116th), S. 2299 (116th), H.R. 3409 (116th), H.R. 3432 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues regarding 45Q tax credit expansion as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123); Issues related to Class VI well permitting; Issues regarding the CLEAN Future Act legislative framework; Matters related to the finalization of methane technical fix package under OOOOa, including opposition to proposed policy to remove methane from OOOOa; Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) pricing related issues.

Contacted: White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to Deepwater; General offshore energy, regulatory and safety issues, including risk management, the Geological and Geophysical Permitting Process, biological opinion, air regulations, and bonding and financial assurance; Issues related to the development of offshore wind, including permitting, transmission, lease sales and marine fisheries management; General offshore energy access, including DOI's 5 year leasing program and revenue sharing; Issues related to the development of solar energy; General energy transition related issues; Issues related to the storage of ethane.

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Natural Resources NAT

Issues regarding BOEM Risk Management, Financial Assurance, and Loss Prevention; Issues related to BSEE Best Available and Safest Technology policy; Issues related to Extended Subsea Kickback Policy; Issues regarding to offshore inspections as related to COVID-19; Issues regarding Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease terms; Issues related to proposed suspension of offshore royalty rates.

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General issues related to trade policy and trade agreements; Issues regarding tariffs; Issues regarding the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Issues related to isopropyl alcohol manufacturing and production.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues related to Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 748 - CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), labor provisions; Issues regarding B-1 visas.

Contacted: White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th)