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Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013, (end-users requirements for derivatives); H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 4413, the Consumer Protection and End-User Relief Act, (derivative end-user protections);S. 888, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act; S. 1802, the Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013, (special entity issues for municipal utilities); Reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act, (derivative end-user protections).

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: H.R. 677 (113th), H.R. 634 (113th), S. 888 (113th), H.R. 4413 (113th), S. 1802 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 3547, FY 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Low Income Home Energy Assistance); FY 2015 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding);S. 1284, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program);

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1284 (113th), H.R. 3547 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, to establish minimum federal requirements for the disposal of coal combustion residuals;

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: H.R. 2218 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 867, the Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013;H.R. 2417, the Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage (SHIELD) Act regarding protection of the bulk-power system and defense critical electric infrastructure against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities; H.R. 3696, the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (NCCIP) Act of 2013; H.R. 4298, the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act; S. 394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013; S. 1353, the Cybersecurity Act of 2013; S. 1638, the Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013; S. 2158, the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act; Discussion draft of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (Feinstein-Chambliss)

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2417 (113th), S. 2158 (113th), S. 394 (113th), S. 1353 (113th), H.R. 4298 (113th), H.R. 3696 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), H.R. 867 (113th), S. 1638 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Clean Water Act, Section 316(b) - cooling water intake structure rule-making; Effluent Limitation Guidelines rule-making.S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including S.AMDT. 860 (Feinstein re: amending Section 214 to expand Corps authority to enter into cost recovery agreements); Advocacy related to Waters of the U.S. draft guidance and rule-making (proposed rule released 3/25/2014);

Contacted: White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 601 (113th)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

S.1240 Latest Title: A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] (introduced 6/27/2013)

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 1240 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Discussion drafts, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (cost-recovery, energy tax credits, taxation of derivatives, dividend tax rates, deduction for interest paid on corporate debt, corporate tax rate S. 2003, the Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2014;S. 2260, the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, (energy tax extenders);

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: S. 2003 (113th), S. 2260 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; Natural gas supply and related issues;Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity;

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3860 (113th), H.R. 271 (113th)