AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION

Transportation TRA

Pipeline Safety Reauthorization - House Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee are all drafting new pipeline safety reauthorization legislation. Easing Gas/Electric Infrastructure Locating Costs Due to Federally Incentivized Broadband Build-Out - Relating to infrastructure development cost allocation.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Inflation Reduction Act Implementation  Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax  Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit  Section 48 Investment Tax Credit implementation Miscellaneous Corporate Tax Matters  Retaining a low corporate tax rate  Preserving corporate SALT deduction  Parity for capital gains and dividends Tariffs  Impacts of tariffs on consumer energy bills H.R.1 Budget Reconciliation - o Corporate tax rate o IRA Tax Credits o CAMT fix o Permitting regulatory relief o 45V Hydrogen production tax credit

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th)

Defense DEF

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - language supporting a defense carveout for Section 433, Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.2486/S.1214 Heating and Cooling Relief Act - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) alteration legislation. FY25 Energy, Water & Related Agencies Appropriations Legislation - Supported research and development for natural gas technologies; opposed use of DOE funds for limiting access to natural gas direct use. FY25 Labor-HHS Appropriations Legislation - Support fully authorized regular LIHEAP funding at $5.1 Billion, and ensuring the administrative process is in place to carry out the program. Appropriations language supporting delay of implementation for Energy Independence and Security Act Section 433

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1214 (119th), H.R. 2486 (119th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Choice Act. H.R. 3699 / S. 1945. - Legislation to Federally preempt States from limiting consumer energy choice (fuel neutral). Public Law No. 117-169 Inflation Reduction Act - Implementation of hydrogen production tax credit, Section 48 ITC, and home rebate programs. H.R. 3668. Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Assigns FERC the lead role in pipeline permitting and improve coordination among federal and state agencies reviewing permitting applications for interstate natural gas pipelines, H.R. 3898 Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act. Legislation that seeks to ease regulatory requirements, streamline reviews, and provide greater certainty under the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting process. Gas Electric Coordination - Considering options to guarantee that natural gas supply remains plentiful safe, reliable and resilient for both natural gas utility customers as well as for power generation. Energy Access - Work relating to continued access to natural gas for direct use. Discussion Draft-Two Product Classes - Work on legislation to establish two separate product classes (condensing and non-condensing) for certain appliances under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act (H.R. 2613) - Improve federal-private sector pipeline RD&D via new DOE and NIST pipeline programs. EISA Section 433 - Efforts to enable continued use of fossil fuels in federal buildings. EPCA reform - Changes to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to help ensure it serves its intended purpose of increasing appliance energy efficiency and does not remove eliminate products.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2613 (119th), H.R. 3898 (119th), H.R. 3699 (119th), H.R. 3668 (119th), S. 1945 (119th)

Homeland Security HOM

Draft Legislation to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 through 2035- Draft legislation to cleanly reauthorize (legislative changes) the current statute for 10 more years. This law, and the DHS programs it underpins, is the basis for public-private cyberthreat information sharing and related legal, regulatory, and public disclosure protections that protect private sector engagement. Draft Cybersecurity Regulatory Harmonization Legislation - Codify processes to streamline multi-agency cybersecurity regulatory, incident reporting, and cyber threat data sharing into a simpler overall regime with limited multi-agency requirements. Draft Pipeline Security Act - Codifies TSA pipeline cybersecurity activities and develops a personnel strategy to ensure TSA has qualified staff. Draft Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act - To harmonize conflicting industry cybersecurity requirements between multiple agencies. (Staff Discussion Draft) Preventing Attacks and Physical Threats to Pipeline Infrastructure - Any impact on natural gas utility infrastructure.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE