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Railroads RRR

Surface Transportation Board reform (S. 933/H.R. 2125 from the previous Congress, but not yet reintroduced); removal of rail antitrust exemptions (S. 146, H.R. 233); rail shipping rates and practices

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 233 (111th), S. 146 (111th), S. 933 (111th), H.R. 2125 (111th)

Utilities UTI

Technology research and development; carbon capture and storage, including the Boucher CCS bill, included in H.R. 2454; transmission siting and operation, including language incorporated into H.R. 2454; electricity markets issues; theft of copper wire used by electric utilities; cyber security, including language incorporated into the Senate energy bill as passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Agriculture AGR

Implementation of the Farm Bill of 2008 (H.R. 2419) and climate changes issues related to the agricultural community, including the offsets provisions inserted in H.R. 2454.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (111th), H.R. 2454 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (provision included in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act); production tax credit for renewable energy; tax-credit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; transferable tax credit for public power use for new nuclear facilities; use of tax-exempt bonds for municipal purposes, including applicability of provisions in the 1986 Tax Act; municipal bond rating agency issues; clean coal tax-credit bonds; build America bonds.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Retirement RET

Pension issues related to defined benefit plans.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Energy, Dept of

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Renewable Energy Production Incentive program at DOE -- Energy and Water Development Appropriations for FY 2010 Energy R&D -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 Federal Power Marketing Administrations -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 Operation & Maintenance at Federal Hydropower Facilities -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of

Telecommunications TEC

Municipal provision of broadband services, including legislation from the previous Congress (H.R. 3281 and S. 1853) on this subject; pole attachments; cable programming issues; broadband mapping; broadband grants related to the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 3281 (111th), S. 1853 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Wholesale electricity markets, including the allocation of emissions allowances to merchant coal generators under H.R. 2454 and the implications in these markets; "Smart Grid" issues; transmission issues generally, and provisions in H.R. 2454 and the Senate energy bill (as passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) specifically; natural gas markets oversight; loan guarantee program at DOE, and the Clean Energy Development Administration proposal in H.R. 2454 and the Senate energy bill.

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Climate change issues generally, and H.R. 2454, in particular; carbon capture and storage (CCS), including Boucher CCS bill that was included in H.R. 2454; Clean Air Act and Superfund issues, including fly-ash; water issues related to CCS and other water utility functions, including the Clean Water Restoration Act.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)