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Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

S 2245 Preserve the Waters of the US Act; S Amendment 1662 to S 1813, MAP-21; 76 Fed. Reg. 15704 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units Final Rule; 76 Fed. Reg. 24479 EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act; 76 Fed. Reg. 38747 Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country Final Rule; 76 Fed. Reg. 52738 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews Proposed Rule; 76 Fed. Reg. 80532 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Reconsideration of Final Rule; Efforts regarding hydraulic fracturing and industry best practices; Efforts relating to anticipated New Source Performance Standards for greenhouse gases; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning the implementation of the Clean Air Act; Regulatory efforts concerning anticipated New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for petroleum refineries.

Contacted: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); U.S. Forest Service; Government Accountability Office (GAO); President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Minerals Management Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Pub. Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Title VII and Title XV, Section 1504; Efforts concerning U.S. implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Minerals Management Service; President of the U.S.; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2013, provisions related to energy taxes; HR ___ A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for comprehensive tax reform (Camp discussion draft); HR 3630 Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011; S 2091 Job Creation and International Reform Act; S 2204 Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act; S Amendment 1613 to S. 1813, MAP-21; 76 Fed. Reg. 81128 Guidance Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tanglible Property, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning proposals related to energy policy, creation of new U.S. jobs, energy security and energy independence; Legislative efforts concerning tax reform proposals relating to energy policy; The President's Framework for Business Tax Reform, A Joint Report by the White House and the Department of the Treasury, February 2012, provisions related to energy issues.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Minerals Management Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); President of the U.S.; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 1813 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 3410 Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act; HR 3548 North American Energy Access Act; HR 3710 Deficit Reduction Job Creation and Energy Security Act, Title I, Section 101(a), Section 104, Title II, Section 201, Section 202, Title III, Section 301; HR 4000 Energizing America Through Employment Act; HR 4078 Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act; S Amendment 1657 to S 1813, MAP-21; Efforts regarding industry workplace safety.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); President of the U.S.; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Minerals Management Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 4078 (112th), H.R. 3410 (112th), H.R. 3548 (112th), H.R. 3710 (112th), H.R. 4000 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 3523 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; HR 3674 PRECISE Act; HR 4263 SECURE IT Act; S 2105 Cybersecurity Act; S 2151 SECURE IT Act; 76 Fed. Reg. 34720 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Personnel Surety Program; Efforts relating to the implementation of Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Minerals Management Service; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); President of the U.S.; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 3523 (112th), H.R. 3674 (112th), H.R. 4263 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR ____ Draft bill to streamline regulatory permitting; HR ____ Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; HR 1372 VA Energy Act; HR 3407 Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act; HR 3408 Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act; HR 4301 A bill to contribute to the growth of the American economy and the strength of American national security by streamlining regulatory permitting procedures and increasing domestic production from all energy resources; HR 4322 To clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State; S 1331 Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act; S 2248 Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands; S Amendment 1535 to S 1813, MAP-21; ___ Fed. Reg. ____ Draft pre-proposal Bureau of Land Management rule on hydraulic fracturing on public lands; 75 Fed. Reg. 63346 Oil and Gas Sulphur Operation in the Outer Continental Shelf - Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf; 75 Fed. Reg. 80978 Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers; 76 Fed. Reg. 30878 Department of the Interior, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Federal Oil and Gas Valuation, Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; 76 Fed. Reg. 70156 Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Study (PEIS) for Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 20122017; 77 Fed. Reg. 11151 Notice Seeking Comment on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; 77 Fed. Reg. 19321 Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Geological and Geophysical Exploration on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts concerning anticpated oil shale and commercial oil shale leasing regulations; Efforts regarding the development of a National Ocean Policy; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts relating to the use of categorical exclusions as defined in Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Legislative efforts regarding reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement; Regulatory efforts concerning consideration of species under Endangered Species Act; Regulatory efforts concerning oil spill response planning; Regulatory efforts regarding approvals of exploration plans and issuance of permits to drill on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf; Regulatory efforts regarding BLM Instructional Memorandum 2011-184.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Minerals Management Service; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; President of the U.S.; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 4301 (112th), H.R. 3408 (112th), H.R. 1372 (112th), H.R. 4322 (112th), H.R. 3407 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

HR 104 Realize America's Maritime Promise (RAMP) Act; HR 2838 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act; HR 7 American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, section relating to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Minerals Management Service; President of the U.S.; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 7 (112th), H.R. 2838 (112th), H.R. 104 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2013; S 1254 Department of Defense Authorization Act for FY2012, provisions related to Section 526 of EISA 2007.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; President of the U.S.; White House Office; Minerals Management Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HR ____ Cellulosic Biofuel Mandate Reform Act; HR ____ Gasoline Regulations Act; HR 1412 Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2011; HR 1687 Open Fuel Standard Act; HR 3199 To provide a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes; HR 4345 Domestic Fuels Act; HR 5778 Renewable Fuels Marketing Act of 2010; S 1813 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP21), provisions relating to Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund; S 2041 A bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide environmental protection and government oversight; S 2264 Domestic Fuels Act; S 511 Boutique Fuel Reduction Act; S Amendment 1537 to S 1813, MAP-21; S Amendment 1663 to S 1813, MAP-21; S Amendment 1817 to S 1813, MAP-21; S Amendment 1963 to S ____, Gasoline Regulations Act; 76 Fed. Reg. 38844 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards; Efforts relating to anticipated EPA Tier 3 fuel regulations; Efforts relating to EPA's implementation of the renewable fuels standard; Efforts relating to refined products and exports; Legislative efforts concerning renewable fuel standards; Legislative efforts concerning renewable fuel standards and products liability issues; Legislative efforts related to Canadian oil sands; Legislative efforts related to DOD authority for the procurement of alternative fuels.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); President of the U.S.; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Minerals Management Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 4345 (112th), H.R. 1687 (112th), H.R. 3199 (112th), H.R. 1412 (112th), H.R. 5778 (112th)