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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 6156 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act; 77 Fed. Reg. 46786 Reporting Requirements for Responsible Investment in Burma; Efforts related to the export of natural gas.

Contacted: SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Minerals Management Service; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 6156 (112th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Pub. Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; U.S. Implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; 77 Fed. Reg. 12827 Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Minerals Management Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2013, sections regarding revenue raisers and tax changes; HR _____ A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for comprehensive tax reform (Camp discussion draft); HR 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning proposals related to energy policy, creation of new U.S. jobs, energy security and energy independence.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Minerals Management Service; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 8 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

HR 2838 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act.

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Minerals Management Service; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2838 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2013; HR 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

Contacted: White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 8 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Efforts regarding industry workplace safety; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning proposals related to energy policy, creation of new U.S. jobs, energy security and energy independence.

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Minerals Management Service; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, provision related to DOD authority for the procurement of alternative fuels; HR 3097 Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act; HR 3098 Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act; HR 4345 Domestic Fuels Protection Act; HR 6047 Phantom Fuel Reform Act; HR 6444 Stop RIN Fraud Act of 2012; S 1253 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012, amendments related to DOD authority for the procurement of alternative fuels (Section 526 repeal); S 2264 Domestic Fuels Act of 2012; S 3428 Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act; 75 Fed. Reg. 68094 Partial Grant and Partial Denial of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent, Decision of the Administrator; 76 Fed. Reg. 38844 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards; 77 Fed. Reg. 59458 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Biomass-Based Diesel Renewable Fuel Volume; Efforts relating to anticipated EPA Tier 3 fuel regulations; Efforts relating to EPA's implementation of the renewable fuels standard; Legislative efforts concerning renewable fuel standards; Legislative efforts concerning low carbon fuels; Legislative efforts related to Canadian oil sands; Legislative efforts related to DOD authority for the procurement of alternative fuels.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; Minerals Management Service; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Forest Service; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1540 (112th), H.R. 3098 (112th), H.R. 6444 (112th), H.R. 3097 (112th), H.R. 6047 (112th), H.R. 4345 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

S 2151 SECURE IT Act; S 3414 Cybersecurity Act of 2012; Efforts relating to the implementation of Chemical Facility Anti Terrorism Standards.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Small Business Administration (SBA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 6564 EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2012; S 847 Safe Chemicals 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; 77 Fed. Reg. 38890 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, Proposed Rule; 77 Fed. Reg. 50505 Science Advisory Board Staff Office Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel; Efforts regarding hydraulic fracturing and industry best practices; Efforts relating to the EPA study on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Minerals Management Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 6564 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 6603 Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012; S 3525 Sportsmen's Act of 2012; 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. 32197 Environmental Impact Statements, Notice of Availability, EIS No. 20110174, Draft EIS, USFS, 00, George Washington National Forest Land and Resource Management Project, Implementation, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Frederick, Highland, Nelson, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties VA and Hampshire, Hardy, Monroe, and Pendleton Counties, WV; 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); 77 Fed. Reg. 27691 Oil and Gas Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and Indian Lands, Proposed Rule; 77 Fed. Reg. 67663 Notice of Availability of the Proposed Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; 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 the decommissioning of platforms in the Gulf of Mexico; Efforts regarding the development of a National Ocean Policy; Efforts regarding the development of oil shale resources; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to marine sound issues; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Regulatory efforts concerning consideration of species under Endangered Species Act; Regulatory efforts concerning oil spill response planning; Regulatory efforts regarding BLM Imstructional Memorandum 2011-184.

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Forest Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Minerals Management Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 6603 (112th)