1st Quarter - Report

VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC for GREEN EARTH FUELS

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues and incentives related to: biodiesel; efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2); pending EPA approval of foreign sources of biodiesel under the RFS2; tax extenders and tax reform efforts, particularly renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit; as well as a production tax credit for biodiesel. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act (FAARM); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R. 2642 Agricultural Act of 2014.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1947 (113th), S. 954 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues and incentives related to: biodiesel; efforts to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2); pending EPA approval of foreign sources of biodiesel under the RFS2; tax extenders and tax reform efforts, particularly renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit; as well as a production tax credit for biodiesel. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act (FAARM); S. 954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; H.R. 2642 Agricultural Act of 2014.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman
VALERIE WEST Deputy Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1947 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th), S. 954 (113th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.