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Homeland Security HOM

Whole Bills: S. 2996, Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Minerals Management Service; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: S. 2996 (111th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Whole Bills: H.R. ___, Technology and Security and Antiboycott Act.

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Minerals Management Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Title VII, provisions relating to authority of the SEC to oversee activities and entities associated with the national securities exchanges, Section 1504, Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Reserve System; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Minerals Management Service; Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 4173 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 5905, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Section 1, provisions relating to oil spill liability; H.R. 5893, Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, Titles III and IV and Amends. 772 and 774 relating to the oil industry; S. 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act, Title II, Subtitles A, B and C, and Title IV, provisions relating to the oil industry; H.R. 5297, Small Buisness Jobs and Credit Act, Title II, provisions relating to small business credit initiatives and S. Amend. 4594 and 4595; S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Subtitle C. Whole Bills: H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act; S. 3816, Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: S. 3793 (111th), S. 3307 (111th), S. 3816 (111th), H.R. 5893 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 5905 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 5297 (111th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Whole Bills: S. 3525, America's Open Waters Act; S. 3213, Harbor Maintenance Act; H.R. 4844, To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; Minerals Management Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 4844 (111th), S. 3525 (111th), S. 3213 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 3081, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, provisions relating to the oil and natural gas industry. Whole Bill: H.R. 3619, Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011. Presidential FY 2011 budget proposal, provisions relating to oil and gas revenue provisions, the Superfund Act and associated excise taxes.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Minerals Management Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3619 (111th), H.R. 3081 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act, provisions related to Section 526 of EISA 2007; H.R. 5136, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2011, provisions relating to Section 526 of EISA 2007.Whole Bills: S. 3813, Renewable Electricity Promotion Act, H.R. ___, Domestic Manufacturing and Energy Jobs Act; S. ___, American Power Act.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Minerals Management Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 1462 (111th), H.R. 5136 (111th), S. 3813 (111th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Whole Bills: S. 1666, A bill to require the Administrator of EPA to satisfy certain conditions before issuing to producers of mid-level ethanol blends a waiver from certain requirements under the Clean Air Act, and other for other purposes. S. 3547, Price Gouging Act; H.R. 6243, American Fuel Protection Act; H.R. 6239, Prevention of Frivilous Ethanol Lawsuits Act; S. 3916, A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to study and report on the impact on consumers of permitting an increase in the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline; S. 737, A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, and demonstration to make biofuels more compatible with small nonroad engines, and for other purposes; S. 3736, A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to allow States to opt out of the corn ethanol provisions of the renewable fuel standard; H.R. 6008, Coroporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification (CLEAN) Act. 74 Fed. Reg. 24904, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Renewable Fuel Standard; 75 Fed. Reg. 14670, Regulation of Fuels and Fuels Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Regulatory efforts concerning EPA E-15 waiver request; Legislative efforts concerning renewable fuel standards and renewable fuel standards waiver requirements; Legislative efforts concerning refinery and drilling workplace safety; Legislative efforts concerning low carbon fuel standard.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Minerals Management Service; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 3547 (111th), H.R. 6008 (111th), S. 3916 (111th), H.R. 6239 (111th), S. 1666 (111th), H.R. 6243 (111th), S. 737 (111th), S. 3736 (111th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Whole Bills: S. 3464, Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act; H.R. 5088, America's Commitment to Clean Water Act; S. 3072, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act; S. 3735, A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides. 74 Fed. Reg. 56260, Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases, Final Rule; 75 Fed. Reg. 31895, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industries, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers, Proposed Rule; 75 Fed. Reg. 2938, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, Proposed Rule.

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Minerals Management Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 3464 (111th), H.R. 5088 (111th), S. 3735 (111th), S. 3072 (111th)

Natural Resources NAT

Whole Bills: S. 3516, Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act; H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act; S. 3305, Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act; S. 3306, Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act; S. 3763, Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act; S. 3643, Oil Spill Response Improvement Act; H.R. 2693, Oil Pollution Research and Development Reauthorization Act; S. 3614, Oil Spill Response Act; S. 3597, Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment (SHORE) Act; S. 3600, Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law Act; H.R. 5716, Safer Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Technology Research and Development Act; S. 3643, Oil Spill Response Improvement Act; H.R. 5629, Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act; H.R. 5626, Blowout Prevention Act; H.R. 5503, Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act; S. 3588, A bill to limit the moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities issues by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; S. 3580, Resources for Oil Spill Research and Prevention Act; H.R. 5772, To limit the moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; H.R. 5851, Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act; S. 685, Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2009; S. 3663, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act. S. 3815, Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act, Title III, Section 3001 (a)(B), relating to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Minerals Management Service

Bills named: S. 3580 (111th), S. 3305 (111th), S. 3588 (111th), S. 3815 (111th), H.R. 5772 (111th), H.R. 5851 (111th), S. 3600 (111th), H.R. 2693 (111th), S. 3614 (111th), S. 3306 (111th), H.R. 5629 (111th), S. 3643 (111th), H.R. 5716 (111th), S. 3597 (111th), S. 3663 (111th), H.R. 5503 (111th), H.R. 5626 (111th), H.R. 3534 (111th), S. 3516 (111th), S. 3763 (111th), S. 685 (111th)