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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 | 2021 |
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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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 | 10/20/2021 10:55:36 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
Potential market based solutions on climate change--Reducing greenhouse gases and incentivizing renewable energy through a carbon tax, clean energy standard, or similar mechanism. Efforts to meet Paris Accord targets.
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
FY 2022 Interior, Environment, And Related Agencies Appropriations--Funding for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management renewable energy programs, provisions on Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement including Section 115 in House bill regarding Alternative Compliance, Section related to fees collected by BSEE Section 107, potential language related to offshore carbon capture utilization and storage
General resource access (including leasing, permitting, energy interconnection, interagency coordination, and allocation of agency resources) and royalty rates in priority areas for offshore oil, gas, critical minerals and wind and related economic, environmental, and national security impacts.
The Build Back Better Act (Reconciliation-based Infrastructure Package)--Issues in House or Senate packages related to offshore energy. This includes: renewable energy tax credits (including direct payment of such credits) and incentives for related infrastructure and manufacturing facilities, taxes 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, the addition of new fees on oil and gas operations and production, 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 or requirements for new leasing of offshore wind, funding for the Port Infrastructure Development Program, and corporate minimum tax
HR 998, likely Senate companion--The Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act--Provisions related to offshore wind training
HR 3764--Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act--Title II related to energy leasing, Title VII regarding increased consultation with NOAA, Graves Amendment # 15, addition of language related to offshore wind leasing via Tonko Amendment #1
EO 14008--Executive Order on Tackling The Climate Crisis At Home And Abroad--Ongoing review of the federal oil and gas leasing program and related court stay. Impact on timely leasing, permitting, and approvals of offshore oil and gas-related actions, including previously planned March lease sale 257 and creation of 2022-2027 Five Year Plan
Memoranda on theWithdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition, 2020--Presidential withdrawals of acreage for energy leasing and potential avenues for reversal, including potential legislation or agency action.
HR 2635, Potential Senate Companion--Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act--Language supporting leasing for offshore wind
S 2377--The Energy Infrastructure Act--Amendments related to offshore wind, including King Amendment #4 and #5, and language related to offshore carbon capture and sequestration
Hypothetical comprehensive legislation on offshore energy--Proposals including preserving access to the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas, the Atlantic for wind, and additional items related to wind including revenue share
HR 1689--Offshore Wind for the Territories Act--Provisions related to increased offshore wind energy leasing
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 4502 & Senate Companion--FY 2022 Transportation Housing and Urban Development Appropriations--Funding for ports related to offshore wind and related formulas, Provisions related to electric transmission, Section 40307 regarding offshore carbon capture and sequestration
H.R. 3684--Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement)--Funding for ports related to offshore wind and related formulas, Provisions related to electric transmission, Section 40307 regarding offshore carbon capture and sequestration, provision regarding offshore wind leasing
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 MAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 2792, HR 4350--Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act--Potential for changes related to state level distribution of funding for port infrastructure related to Maritime Administration reauthorization
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 1298/S 2118--Clean Energy For America Act--Provisions related to taxes on oil and gas. Provisions related to support for renewable energy, including direct payment of such credits.
Hypothetical legislation related to tax credits for construction or retrofit of Jones Act compliant vessels for offshore wind
S 2766, potential House companion--Offshore Wind American Manufacturing Act--Provisions related to vessels and manufacturing, including domestic content and labor provisions
HR 3180--The Renewable Energy Investment Act--Provisions related to direct payment of renewable energy credits
HR 848--The Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now Act--Provisions related to direct payment of renewable energy credits
S. Con. Res. 14--The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022--General impact on later reconciliation package and offshore energy, particular focus on finance Committee Allocation and impact on oil and gas taxes
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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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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Coordinating federal recovery efforts related to Hurricane Ida.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
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?
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