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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 777 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 805 |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 400430086-12
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6. House ID# 407210000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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: Tom Buis, CEO |
Date | 07/29/2013 |
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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues.; S 1627 Consumer Fuels and Vehicle Choice Act of
2009; HR 2454 American clean energy and Security Act of 2009; S 828/HR 864 Renewable Pipeline Act of 2009; general efforts to
get government support for an ethanol pipeline; having ethanol produced from corn starch qualify as an advanced biofuel under RFS2;
general efforts to increase the number of blender pumps; general efforts to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles;
Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture loan programs that could be used for the development of cellulosic
ethanol and ethanol pipelines; country-of-origin labeling for vehicle fuel; E- 15 labeling for pumps; efforts to get EPA approval
for the use of blends of 15% ethanol; DOE loan guarantees; the issue of a low carbon fuel standard; support of EPA allowing the
use of E-15 in all vehicles; S 943 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the EPA to waive the
lifecycle GHG emission reduction requirement for renewable fuels production; S 1148 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to
modify a provision related to the renewable fuels program; energy legislation in general; increasing the amount of ethanol in fuel
from 10 to 15%; HR 1476 To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles
manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol;
S 1627 A bill to improve choices for consumers for vehicles and fuel; Senator Thune's Renewable Fuel Expansion and
Infrastructure Act; HR 5633 Consumer Vehicle Choice Act of 2010; S 3576 Safeguarding America's Future with Energy &
Sustainable Technologies; Senator Harkin and Senator Lugar's amendment on flex fuel vehicles to Sen. Reid's energy bill; USDA
loan guarantees
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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 |
Tom |
Buis |
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Katy |
Thomas |
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Tim Johnson |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Anne |
Steckel |
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Lane Evans, David Phelps, Richard Durbin |
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
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate changes issues; general issues related to the Volumetric Ethanol
Excise Tax Credit (VEETC); HR 4940 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain tax incentives for alcohol used
as fuel and to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend additional duties on ethanol; Senate efforts to
extend the VEETC and ethanol tariff; general tax legislation - specifically legislation that would provide a tax credit for the
installation of blender pumps; HR 4306 to amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use
of ethanol and biodiesel; extension of the Alternative Fuel Mixture Tax Credit; HR 4213 the Tax Extenders Act of 2009; Senate
tax extenders bills; extension of the VEETC; HR 2359 To ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax
credits provided on ethanol; HR 3187 To reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the tariff on imported
ethanol; S 622 A bill to ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol; HR
4853 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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 |
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Buis |
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Katy |
Thomas |
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Tim Johnson |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Anne |
Steckel |
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Lane Evans, David Phelps, Richard Durbin |
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 FUE
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate changes issues; S 1627 Consumer Fuels and Vehicle Choice Act of
2009; S 828/HR 864 Renewable Pipeline Act of 2009; general efforts to get government support for an ethanol pipeline; Having
ethanol produced from corn starch qualify as an advanced biofuel under RFS2; general efforts to increase the number of blender
pumps; general efforts to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles;
Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture loan programs that could be used for the development of cellulosic
ethanol and ethanol pipelines; country-of-origin labeling for vehicle fuel; E-15 labeling for fuel pumps; efforts to get EPA
approval for the use of blends of 15% ethanol; the issue of a low carbon fuel standard; Advocated in support of the EPA allowing
the use of E-15 in all vehicles; increasing the amount of ethanol allowed in fuel from 10 to 15%; HR 1476 To require
automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States
by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol; S 1627 A bill to improve choices for
consumers for vehicles and fuel; S 1666 A bill to require the Administrator of the EPA to satisfy certain conditions before
issuing to producers of mid-level ethanol blends a waiver from certain requirements under the Clean Air Act; HR 4512 To
require the Secretary of Energy to implement country-of-origin disclosure requirements with respect to motor vehicle fuels;
Senator Thune's Renewable Fuel Expansion and Infrastructure Act; HR 5633 Consumer Vehicle Choice Act of 2010; HR 5632
Consumer Fuels Choice Act of 2010; Senator Harkin and Senator Lugar's amendment on flex fuel vehicles to Senator Reid's
energy bill.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Energy - Dept of
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 |
Tom |
Buis |
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Katy |
Thomas |
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Tim Johnson |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Anne |
Steckel |
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Lane Evans, David Phelps, Richard Durbin |
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 TAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate changes issues; HR 4940 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to extend cetiain tax incentives for alcohol used as fuel and to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to
extend additional duties on ethanol; Senate efforts to extend the VEETC and ethanol tariff; extension of the ethanol tariff; HR 2359
To ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol; HR 2956 To remove the
additional tariff on ethanol; HR 3187 To reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the tariff on imported
ethanol; S 622 A bill to ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol; HR
4853 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 20 I 0
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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 |
Tom |
Buis |
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Katy |
Thomas |
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Tim Johnson |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Anne |
Steckel |
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Lane Evans, David Phelps, Richard Durbin |
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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate changes issues; food safety in general and specifically the issue of
trace amounts of antibiotics in dried distillers grains; HR 2997 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture appropriations; USDA loan guarantees; HR
3795 A bill to enact the over-the-counter derivatives Act of 2009; USDA permit for ethanol plants to use corn amylase; Agriculture
committee draft legislation on over-the-counter derivatives; Biomass Crop Assistance Program provision in draft omnibus spending
bill that never passed the Senate.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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 |
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Buis |
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Katy |
Thomas |
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Tim Johnson |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Anne |
Steckel |
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Lane Evans, David Phelps, Richard Durbin |
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
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate changes issues; HR 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act
of 2009; S 1733 Senate version of climate change bill; climate change in general; HR 2996 Fiscal 2010 Interior and Environment
appropriations; the issue of international indirect land use change; HR 4306 To amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol; S 943 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of EPA to waive
the lifecycle GHG emission reduction requirement for renewable fuels production; S 1148 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to
modify a provision related to the renewable fuels program;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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 |
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Buis |
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Katy |
Thomas |
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Tim Johnson |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Anne |
Steckel |
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Lane Evans, David Phelps, Richard Durbin |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following 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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