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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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| Address1 | 1120 G STREET, NW, #900 |
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| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 28242-12
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6. House ID# 324480000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2022 |
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 |
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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. | ||||||||
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Erik Milito |
Date | 4/20/2022 11:43:51 AM |
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
CEQ-2021-0002--National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions--Potential efforts to streamline the permitting of offshore energy projects and their related infrastructure, both in this docket and in general
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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England |
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Erik |
Milito |
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Proposed Five Year Plan For 2022-2027--Creation of new plan for offshore oil and gas leasing
Implementation Regulations for Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act regarding Carbon Capture and Sequestration--Leasing and permitting related to carbon capture, utilization, and storage.
General resource access (including infrastructure, leasing, permitting, energy interconnection, interagency coordination, and allocation of agency resources) and royalty rates in priority areas for offshore oil, gas, critical minerals, carbon capture utilization/sequestration and wind and related economic, environmental, and national security impacts.
H.R. 5376--The Build Back Better Act (Reconciliation-based Infrastructure Package) and related drafts and derivations--Issues in House or Senate packages related to offshore energy including renewable energy, hydrogen, and carbon capture utilization and storage tax credits (including direct payment of such credits) and incentives for related infrastructure and manufacturing facilities, tax or fee increases on oil and gas operations production and revenue, funding for ports related to offshore wind, tax credits for domestic vessel construction, a clean energy standard or Clean Electricity Payment Program, a carbon tax, a fee on methane or Methane Emissions Reduction Program, prohibitions or requirements of leasing for oil and gas, changes to oil and gas royalty policy, changes to oil and gas accounting and legal requirements related to accounting, authorization of new leasing of offshore wind, reform regarding the National Environmental Policy Act, and corporate minimum tax
S 2130, Potential House Companion--The Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) Act of 2021--Provisions regarding revenue sharing for offshore wind, and hypothetical changes on uses of shared revenue
BOEM No. 2021-0072--Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 257--Efforts to re-instate lease sale decision in wake of court decision.
HR 2635, S 3808--Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act--Language supporting leasing for offshore wind
HR 7292--The Securing American Energy and Investing in Resiliency Act--Provisions related to lease sales and lease sale 257
HR 7306--The Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act--Provisions related to offshore oil and gas leasing
HR 7285--The Unleashing American Energy Act--Provisions related to offshore oil and gas leasing
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), White House Office, Energy - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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England |
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Erik |
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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 7061, S 3802--Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act--Provisions related to taxing oil and gas industry profits
HR 4534, S 2378--Fair Affordable Innovative and Reslient (FAIR) Transition and Competition Act of 2021--Provisions related to a border adjustment tax
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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England |
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Erik |
Milito |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY2023 Appropriations--Appropriations Budget for Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement at the Department of Interior regarding offshore wind and carbon capture and sequestration, appropriations for the Department of Energy's carbon capture, utilization, and storage research, development, and demonstration program. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement inspection fees within budget.
HR 2471--FY2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act--Theoretical provisions related to war in Ukraine, including potential additions related to domestic energy leasing and permitting, offshore wind leasing, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement funding related to offshore wind and offshore carbon capture, utilization, and storage.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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England |
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Erik |
Milito |
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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 MAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 4521, S 1260--America COMPETES Act of 2022, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021--Inclusion of language on offshore wind leasing. Inclusion of language supportive of critical minerals development by US companies.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), White House Office
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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Erik |
Milito |
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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
HR 6853--American Energy Independence from Russia Act of 2022--Provisions related to offshore oil and gas leasing
Title XVII Innovation Loan Program and Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program--Availability and suitability of DOE loan program office loans for offshore wind, blue hydrogen, offshore carbon capture sequestration, and offshore wind-related vessels
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Erik |
Milito |
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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 MAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
50 CFR Part 217 RIN 0648-BB3--Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico--Streamlining and improvement of Incidental Take Regulations to facilitate oil and gas operations
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Erik |
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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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Potential legislation dealing with US energy and resource security--Role of domestic energy and resources in countering Russian and China, and conversely role of Russia, Venezuela, and Chinese energy and resources in global markets
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Erik |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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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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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |