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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | P.O. BOX 1551 |
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City | RALEIGH |
State | NC |
Zip Code | 27602 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 8338-12
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6. House ID# 320310000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Richard G. Beach, Associate General Counsel |
Date | 01/17/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 2465 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
HR 5325 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 482 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 - To prohibit EPA greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act.
S 609 Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy (CARE) Act of 2011 to provide for the establishment of a committee to assess the effects of certain federal regulatory mandates related to energy and the environment.
S 629 Hydropower Improvement Act - A bill to improve hydropower, and for other purposes.
HR 10 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011 as it relates to EPA regulations.
HR 910 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 - To prohibit EPA greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act.
HR 1705 Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2011 - To require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency.
HR 2401 Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN Act) of 2011.
HR 3409 Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 400 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure that rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in proportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit, and for other purposes.
S 1813 America Fast Forward Financing Innovation Act of 2011 - A bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
S 2176 Nuclear Waste Fund Relief and Rebate Act - A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require the President to certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.
S 3469 Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012 - 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.
HR 2054 Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act of 2011.
HR 2354 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 1751 Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act - A bill to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels.
S 3512 The Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012.
HR 1391 Recycling Coal Combustion Residuals Accessibility Act - To prohibit EPA from regulating fossil fuel combustion waste under Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
HR 2273 Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act - To amend Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels.
HR 4348 MAP-21 - An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 21 Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act.
S 413 Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 - A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and other laws to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States.
S 1342 Grid Cyber Security Act - An original bill to amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the United States against cybersecurity and other threats and vulnerabilities.
S 2105 Cybersecurity Act of 2012.
S 2151 SECURE IT - A bill to improve information security, and for other purposes.
HR 3523 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes.
HR 4263 Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 699 Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 607 Broadband Spectrum for First Responders Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 49 Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act.
S 734 Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2011 (electric vehicles).
S 948 Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011.
S 1813 America Fast Forward Financing Innovation Act of 2011 - A bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
HR 1367 Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2011 (electric vehicles).
HR 1685 Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011 (electric vehicles).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Sewell |
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Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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