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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1800 M STREET, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 330N |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Des Moines |
State | IA |
Zip Code | 50309 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 25237-12
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6. House ID# 311750000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2015 |
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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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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: JONATHAN M. WEISGALL |
Date | 4/20/2015 2:35:04 PM |
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
FY 2016 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (potential appropriations issues related to Waters of the U.S., 316(b) Cooling Water Intake Structures rule, CCR regulation, and GHG NSPS);
FY 2016 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (potential appropriations issues related to DOE industry coordination on cyber and physical security, DOE/industry partnership on storm response and restoration, and grid resilience);
H. Con. Res. 27, FY 2016 Budget Resolution (budget issues generally);
S. Con. Res. 11, FY 2016 Budget Resolution (budget issues generally);
S. Con. Res. 11 - Barrasso Amendment #347, to keep water pollution regulations focused on water quality, support for setting parameters on final "Waters of the U.S." rule;
Discussion drafts relating to a bill to appropriately determine the budgetary effects of energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts.
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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Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1327, the "Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act";
H.R. 1388, the "Clean Air, Strong Economies Act" regarding EPA ozone NAAQS;
S. 640, the "Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act";
S.751, the Clean Air, Strong Economies Act;
Discussion draft of the Ratepayer Protection Act, regarding EPA proposed GHG emissions rule;
Advocacy relating to "Waters of the U.S." issue and related to proposed rule;
Discussion on air issues, including proposed Clean Power Plan; BART/Regional Haze Program; MATs; and ozone NAAQS.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 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 |
Jonathan |
Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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 CDT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discussion draft of reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act relating to derivative end-user protections.
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 |
Jonathan |
Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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
H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act;
H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, to facilitate permitting of natural gas pipeline infrastructure;
H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act;
H.R. 287, To enhance the energy security of United States allies, and for other purposes;
H.R. 348, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act;
H.R. 351, the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act;
H.R. 493, the Clarification of Legal Enforcement Against Non-criminal Energy Producers Act of 2015;
H.R. 585, the "Endangered Species Act Settlement Reform Act";
H.R. 653, the "FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act";
H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act;
H.R. 898, the Energy Production Fairness Act;
H.R. 906, To modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters;
H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act;
H.R. 1273, the Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act;
H.R. 1558, the "Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015";
H.R. 1665, the Alternative Fuel Tax Parity Act;
H.R. 1667, the "21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act";
H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015;
S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, climate, renewables, and energy efficiency-related amendments;
S. 33, the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act;
S. 110, the Environmental Protection Agency Accountability Act;
S. 112, the Common Sense in Species Protection Act;
S. 133, A bill to approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, to improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production in the Klamath River Basin in the public interest and the interest of the United States, and for other purposes;
S. 189, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015;
S. 234, the Regulatory Fairness Act;
S. 280, the Federal Permitting Improvement Act;
S. 292, the "21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act";
S. 293, the "Endangered Species Act Settlement Reform Act";
S. 337, the "FOIA Improvement Act";
S. 344, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the excise tax on liquified petroleum gas and liquified natural gas;
S. 378, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act;
S. 411, the Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act;
S. 490, the Federal Lands Freedom Act of 2015;
S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, relating to water heaters;
S. 544, the Secret Science Reform Act;
S. 585, the American Natural Gas Security and Consumer Protection Act;
S. 601, the "Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in our Nation Act of 2015";
S. 691, the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act;
S. 720, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act;
S. 822, the Geothermal Production Expansion Act;
S. 848, the "Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015";
S. 854, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2015;
General discussion hydro licensing reform;
General discussion transmission permitting and siting issues; public lands; energy storage; distributed generation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
Jonathan |
Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 972, the Managed Carbon Price Act;
H.R. 1027, the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act;
S. 66, A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions;
S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act;
S. 2768 (113th Congress), the Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014, to facilitate fuel loading reductions to assist in the prevention of forest fires;
Discussion draft of the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program;
General discussion regarding right-of-way vegetation management issues on federal land;
General discussion on coal ash, solid and toxic wastes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 |
Jonathan |
Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (end-users derivatives provision);
H.R. 37, the Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act (delay of Volcker Rule imposing limits on banks' risky investments).
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jonathan |
Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 26, the "Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015";
H.R. 53, the Cyber Security Education and Federal Workforce Enhancement Act;
H.R. 60, the Cyber Defense National Guard Act;
H.R. 85, the Terrorism Prevention and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act;
H.R. 104, the Cyber Privacy Fortification Act;
H.R. 234, the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act";
H.R. 451, the Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act;
H.R. 580, the Data Accountability and Trust Act ;
H.R. 653, the "FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015";
H.R. 1073, the "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act";
H.R. 1560, the "Protecting Cyber Networks Act";
H.R. 1731, the "National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015";
H.R. 1770, the "Data Breach and Breach Notification Act";
S. 177, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act;
S. 337, the "FOIA Improvement Act of 2015";
S. 456, the "Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015";
S. 754, the "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015".
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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Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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
Discussion draft to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation;
Discussion draft of the American Business Competitiveness Act relating to interest expense, depreciation;
Discussion draft of repatriation proposals;
Discussion draft to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for certain property under construction;
S. 386, the "Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015";
S. 413, the "Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act";
General discussion on tax extenders; comprehensive tax reform, bonus depreciation (i.e., renewables incentives).
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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Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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
S. 808, the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act;
S. 853, the Rail Shipper Fairness Act;
General discussion on electric transportation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, 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 |
Jonathan |
Weisgall |
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Kyle |
Davis |
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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 UTI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1629, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015, to promote energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts;
H.R. 1630, the Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act of 2015, to fix utility energy service contract term lengths;
S. 720, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, to promote energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts;
S. 723, the Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act of 2015, to fix utility energy service contract term lengths;
S. 858, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015, to promote energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts;
Issues related to Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) modernization.
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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Jonathan |
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Kyle |
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Jay |
Carriere |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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