4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$2,860,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Transportation TRA

H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act; H.R. 3651, Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015; H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015; H.R. 4441, Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016; H.R. 5394, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016; H.R. 5786, Community Protection and Preparedness Act of 2016; S. 650, Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act; S. 769, Track, Railroad, and Infrastructure Network Act; S. 808, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015; S. 859, Crude-By-Rail Safety Act; S. 1175, Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2015; S. 1462, Eliminating Dangerous Oil Cars and Ensuring Community Safety Act; S. 1519, PORTS Act; S. 1626, Railroad Reform, Enhancement, and Efficiency Act; S. 1732, Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015; S. 2276, SAFE PIPES Act; S. 2658, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016; S. 2844, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016; S. 3379, Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act; Automotive Plastics (including research); CAFE; FY 2016 Appropriations for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; FY 2017 Appropriations for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; MAP21(Continuing Resolution); Positive Train Control; Rail Competition; Rail Safety; Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act Legislation; Transportation Security Legislation; Truck Weight Legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
BOOTH JAMESON —
MICHAEL MEENAN —
BRYAN ZUMWALT Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Cmte; Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte; Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (SEPW); Senator David Vitter; Congressman Brian Bilbray; Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals, House Natural Resources Cmte

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 859 (114th), S. 650 (114th), S. 1519 (114th), H.R. 3819 (114th), S. 808 (114th), S. 3379 (114th), S. 2658 (114th), H.R. 5786 (114th), S. 1732 (114th), S. 1626 (114th), S. 1175 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th), S. 2276 (114th), H.R. 625 (114th), H.R. 3651 (114th), S. 769 (114th), S. 1462 (114th), S. 2844 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 22, FAST Act; H.R. 415, Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015; H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act; H.R. 2768, Superfund Reinvestment Act; H.R. 2783, Superfund Polluter Pays Act; H.R. 3977, Trash Reduction Act of 2015; S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015; Alternative Fuel Tax Credit; Fuel Cell Property Tax Credit; Investment Tax Credit; Sec 385; Tax Reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
BRYAN ZUMWALT —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Bills named: H.R. 625 (114th), H.R. 3977 (114th), H.R. 2768 (114th), H.R. 415 (114th), H.R. 2783 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 378 (114th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527; Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 1029, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 1030, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 1321, Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015; H.R. 2576; TSCA Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016; H.R. 2822, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016; H.R. 2995, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016; H.R. 3977, Trash Reduction Act of 2015; H.R. 4923, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016; H.R. 5538, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017; S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015; S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015; S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act; S. 700, READ Act; S. 725, Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act; S. 821, BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act; S. 1014, Personal Care Products Safety Act; S. 1447, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2015; S. 2794, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016; S. 3068, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017; FY 2016 Appropriations of Department of Interior; FY 2016 Appropriations of Environmental Protection Agency; FY 2016 Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (Green Building Policies, Phthalates, CHAP and CPSC); FY 2016 Appropriations of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; FY 2017 Appropriations of Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; FY 2017 Appropriations of Department of Interior; FY 2017 Appropriations of Financial Services and General Government; FY 2017 Appropriations of Department of Labor, Health and Human Services; A Bill to Provide for the Implementation of a Sustainable Chemistry Program, and for other Purposes; Alternative Fuel Tax Assessment; Bisphenol A; Building and Construction water infrastructure; Chemical Assessment; Chemical Safety Board; Chemistry Caucus (Creation and Recruitment); Chlorinated Paraffins; CPSC; CPSC Phthalates CHAP; Design for the Environment; Energy Recovery; Flame Retardants; Fluorotechnology; Formaldehyde; Good Science; Green Building Standards; Hexavalent Chromium; Integrated Risk Information System; Labeling, including GMOs; Microbeads; Microplastics; Nanotechnology; OSHA Letters of Interpretation (Chemical Concentrations, Process Safety, RAGAGEP); OSHA Crystalline Silica Rule; Permitting Reform; Phthalates; Promoting New Manufacturing Act; Rare Earths; Risk Assessment Improvements; Report on Carcinogens and International Agency for Research on Cancer; Science Advisory Board; SNUR; Styrene; T-TIP, MTB and Trade Promotion Authority; Titanium Dioxide; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)(Including Confidential Business Information) and Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act Implementation (LCSA)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SARAH BROZENA —
CALVIN DOOLEY —
AMY LYNN DUVALL —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
CHRISTINA FRANZ —
BOOTH JAMESON —
MICHAEL MEENAN —
BRYAN ZUMWALT —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Bills named: H.R. 2995 (114th), H.R. 527 (114th), S. 1014 (114th), H.R. 2822 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 3977 (114th), S. 544 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), S. 543 (114th), S. 2794 (114th), H.R. 1321 (114th), S. 1447 (114th), S. 821 (114th), S. 725 (114th), S. 3068 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), S. 700 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), S. 697 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), H.R. 4923 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act; H.R. 1327, ORDEAL Act of 2015; H.R. 2687, Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2015; H.R. 3284, Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2015; H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015; H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015; H.R. 4265, Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015; S. 15, Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act; S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015; S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015; S. 640, ORDEAL Act of 2015; S. 720, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015; S. 893, EPIC Act of 2015; S. 939, A bill to require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs within the Department of Energy; S. 1210, Oil and Gas Production and Distribution Reform Act of 2015; S. 1213, Free Market Energy Act of 2015; S. 1219, A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering; S. 1276, Offshore Energy and Jobs Act of 2015; S. 1278, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act; S. 1279, Southern Atlantic Energy Security Act; S. 1422, Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2015; S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015; Alternative Fuel Policy; Automotive Plastics; CAFE Standards; Energy Efficiency (Including Transportation, Automotive, Building); Energy Recovery; FY 2016 Appropriations of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Green Building Policy; Natural Gas Policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
BOOTH JAMESON —
BRYAN ZUMWALT —

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 1210 (114th), S. 1219 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), H.R. 2687 (114th), S. 640 (114th), S. 88 (114th), S. 1278 (114th), H.R. 4265 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S. 1279 (114th), S. 535 (114th), S. 1213 (114th), S. 720 (114th), S. 1276 (114th), H.R. 3284 (114th), H.R. 3819 (114th), S. 15 (114th), S. 893 (114th), S. 939 (114th), S. 1422 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 54, Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act; H.R. 234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 1043, RESPONSE Act of 2015; H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act; H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015; H.R. 4865, Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities Act; S. 456, Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015; S. 546, RESPONSE Act of 2016 S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; S. 1175, Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2015; S. 3379, Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act; Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Re-authorization and Reform; Cyber Security Executive Order; Drones Regulation; Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; Homeland Security Committee Cyber Bill

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
AMY LYNN DUVALL —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
MICHAEL MEENAN —
BRYAN ZUMWALT —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 456 (114th), S. 754 (114th), S. 1175 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 527 (114th), H.R. 54 (114th), H.R. 4865 (114th), H.R. 1043 (114th), S. 546 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th), S. 3379 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 212, To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water, and for other purposes; H.R. 1321, Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015; H.R. 1327, ORDEAL Act of 2015; H.R. 1388, Clean Air, Strong Economies Act; H.R. 1960, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act; H.R. 2557, Promoting New Manufacturing Act; H.R. 4265, Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015; H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016; H.R. 5303, Water Resource Development Act of 2016; H.R. 5538, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017; S. 460, Drinking Water Protection Act; S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015; S. 640, ORDEAL Act of 2015; S. 751, CASE Act; S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act; S. 1424, Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015; S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act; S. 2848, Water Resource Development Act of 2016; S. 2882, The Ozone Standards Implementation Act; S. 3068, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017; S.J.Res.24, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units"; FY 2016 Appropriations for Environmental Protection Agency; FY 2017 Appropriations of Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; FY 2017 Appropriations of Department of Interior; FY 2017 Appropriations of Financial Services and General Government; FY 2017 Appropriations of Department of Labor, Health and Human Services; Clean Air Act Legislation and Regulations, including Ozone; Clean Power Plan Legislation Review; EPA General Duty Clause Legislation; Marine Debris; Microbeads and Microplastics; NAAQS; Ozone Legislation; Plastic Piping and Infrastructure; Risk Management Program; SNAP; Sustainability; Water Infrastructure; Water Resource Development Act Draft Legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CALVIN DOOLEY —
AMY LYNN DUVALL —
ROBERT B FLAGG —
BOOTH JAMESON —
BRYAN ZUMWALT —

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1327 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), H.R. 5303 (114th), S. 751 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), S. 1140 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), H.R. 4775 (114th), S. 2882 (114th), H.R. 4265 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), S. 2848 (114th), S. 460 (114th), S. 1424 (114th), H.R. 212 (114th), S. 640 (114th), S. 3068 (114th), H.R. 1960 (114th), H.R. 1321 (114th)

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