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Retirement RET

Pension issues related to defined benefit plans.

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

Agriculture AGR

Issues related to the agricultural community and climate change provisions included in H.R. 2454; over-the-counter derivatives markets legislation.

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

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

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

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Legislation to regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets, including the Frank and Peterson bills.

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

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, inclduing language incorporate in S. 1462 and H.R. 2165 and H.R. 2195.

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

Bills named: S. 1462 (111th), H.R. 2165 (111th), H.R. 2454 (111th), H.R. 2195 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds; production tax credit for renewable energy; grant in lieu of tax credit for renewable energy (provision included in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act); 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 American Bonds.

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

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; national broadband strategy; smart grid and the relationship to telecom.

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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

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

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

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; electric transmission issues generally and provisions in H.R. 2454 and S. 1462 specifically; natural gas markets oversight; loan guarantee program at DOE; and the Clean Energy Development Administration proposal in H.R. 2454 and S. 1462.

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

Bills named: S. 1462 (111th), 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); Clean Air Act and Superfund issues, including coal ash; water issues related to CCS and other utility functions, including the Clean Water Restoration Act.

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

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