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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 | 1920 L STREET, NW, #800 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 71278-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2011 |
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
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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: Tiernan S. Sittenfeld, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs |
Date | 01/20/2012 |
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
Opposition to the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline under consideration at the State Department, which would increase both our nation's reliance on polluting fossil fuels and threaten wildlife and wetlands.
Support for H.R. 2599, the PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2011, which would facilitate residential clean energy investments.
Opposition to Arctic Ocean offshore drilling, which is under consideration by the Obama Administration.
Support for cutting oil subsidies and opposition to discretionary spending cuts that would harm the environment. Views communicated to budget and deficit Super Committee members.
Support for H.R. 1188, H.R. 1075, and S. 520, which would repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax.
Support for S. 1126, the Renewable Energy Access through Leasing Act, which would increase energy efficiency in housing.
Opposition to H.R. 2354, the Energy & Water Appropriations Bill, which would increase funding for polluting energy sources while cutting critical investments in clean, renewable energy and also includes an anti-environmental rider blocking the Administration's proposed Clean Water Act guidance.
Support for S. 734, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2011, which authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of advanced, energy-saving vehicles and related technologies for FY2012-FY2016.
Opposition to H.R. 3630, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, which included unrelated anti-environmental policy riders mandating an approval timeline for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and gutting the EPAs proposed standards to reduce mercury and other air toxics from industrial boilers and incinerators.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), State - Dept of (DOS), White House Office, 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 |
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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
Opposition to H.R. 2273 and S. 1751, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, which would endanger the health of and safety of thousands of communities and fail to stimulate coal ash recycling.
Support for S. 847, the Safe Chemicals Act, to update the Toxic Substances Control Act to better protect people from toxic chemicals.
Opposition to H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011, and other legislation that sought to amend the Constitution with an annual requirement for a balanced budget, which would decimate already underfunded environmental programs.
Opposition to attaching unrelated anti-environmental policy riders H.R. 2112, the Appropriations bill for the Agriculture, Commerce, Justice and Science, and Transportation/HUD Departments.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 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 |
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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
Opposition to S. 1610 and H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act, which would weaken and delay clean air standards for cement plants.
Opposition to H.R. 2250 and S. 1392, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act, which would weaken and delay clean air standards for industrial boilers and incinerators.
Opposition to H.R. 2401, the TRAIN Act, which was introduced as a study bill analyzing cumulative costs of several EPA clean air safeguards but was amendmended to become the biggest assault on the Clean Air Act in its forty year history.
Opposition to S.J. Res. 27, a Congressional Review Act resolution, which would void the life-saving Cross- State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that reduces smog and soot pollution from power plants.
Opposition to H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011, which would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.
Support for EPA-Army Corps of Engineers guidance and rule-making to clarify the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act, which would help protect wetlands and marginal streams that flow into sources of drinking water for millions of Americans.
Opposition to H.R. 1633 and S. 1528, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, which would block the EPA from updating standards to protect the public from toxic soot.
Support for the EPA to issue strong rules under the Clean Air Act regulating air pollution from cement kilns, industrial boilers, and utilities to in order to protect public health and the environment.
Support for the EPA to move forward with strong rules under the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Opposition to the harmful ballast water provisions in H.R. 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011, which would eliminate the tools used by both federal and state officials to control the introduction of aquatic invasive species from vessels ballast water.
Opposition to S. 1833, the Fair Compliance Act of 2011 which would block the EPAs ability to clean-up life-threatening pollution from power plants.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Support for House and Senate legislation to codify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
Support for H.R. 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act, which designates specified lands within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Opposition to H.R. 1581, the Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act, which would open up millions of acres of pristine protected lands to irreversible damage from development.
Call on USDA to publish a strong final Forest Planning Rule to protect fish, wildlife, and water supplies in our National Forests.
Call on DOI to withdraw approximately one million acres around the Grand Canyon from harmful mining, which the BLM proposed as one alternative in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Opposition to using the "minibus" appropriations bill (H.R. 2354), the legislative vehicle for the Energy-Water, Financial Services, and State-Foreign Operations appropriations bills, to push anti-environmental policy riders.
Opposition to H.R. 1505, the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, which would provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with unfettered access and control over the public lands owned by all Americans and exempt DHS from dozens of laws intended to protect public health and the environment.
Support for S. 1400, the RESTORE Act, which would ensure that the Clean Water Act fines paid by those responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster are used to help restore the Gulf environment, communities, and economy.
Opposition to all anti-environmental riders being included in H.R. 2112, the legislative vehicle for the Agriculture, Commerce, Justice and Science, and Transportation/HUD appropriations bills.
Opposition to H.R. 1408, the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Job Protection Act, which would grant unprecedented special rights to the Sealaska Corporation, a multi-million dollar Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), to log a significant portion of the last remaining large tree old-growth stands in the Tongass National Forest.
Opposition to H.R. 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011, which allows a land exchange to occur without proper environmental review for the large-scale mining operations planned for the area, which is considered a sacred site by Native American tribes and is renowned for its natural beauty.
Support for Alternative C of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because it recommends Wilderness designation for the Arctic Refuges incomparable Coastal Plain Wilderness Study Area.
Opposition to H.R. 3210, the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness (RELIEF) Act would be devastating to the 2008 Lacey Act amendments that helped promote global forest conservation and limit illegal logging.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Support for a transportation reauthorization legislation that reduces our nations dependence on oil, reduces pollution, and increases investments in low-carbon transportation choices, like transit, rail, biking and walking.
Support for S. 326, to establish national purposes and goals for Federal surface transportation activities and programs and create a national surface transportation plan (including laying our environmental objectives such as reducing carbon pollution).
Support for S. 1193, the Federal-Aid Highway Preservation and Renewal Program Act of 2011, which improves the transparency and accountability of federal highway and bridge repair programs.
Support for H.R. 1780 and S. 1056, the Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011, which would require federally funded streets and highways be designed for safe use by all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, not just cars.
Support for two proposals by the Obama administration to ensure cars and trucks go farther on a gallon of gas and reduce global warming pollution. These include a joint proposal from NHTSA and the EPA for the next round of clean car and light duty truck standards for model years 2017-2025 and the first-ever efficiency and global warming emissions standards for trucks.
Opposition to amendments offered on the Senate floor (Sen. Pauls Senate Amendment 821 and Sen. McCains Amendment 739) to severely undermine or gut funding for the Transportation Enhancements program.
Support for and advocacy to strengthen S. 1618, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP21).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose H.R. 10 and S. 299 the REINS (Regulations in Need of Scrutiny) Acts, which rewrites provisions regarding congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect (currently, major rules take effect unless Congress passes and the President signs a joint resolution disapproving them).
Support for S. 750 and H.R. 1404, the Fair Elections Now Act, to allow candidates to rely on small contributions from individuals rather than corporate and other special interest donors and their lobbyists.
Support for H.R. 2517 and S. 1360, the Shareholder Protection Act, which would promote responsible corporate governance and ensure that political spending decisions are made transparently.
Opposition to S. 1606 and H.R. 3010 the Regulatory Accountability Act, which would severely weaken laws that protect our health, safety and the environment.
Opposition to H.R. 527 and S. 1938, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011, which severely undermines the regulatory process by threatening enforcement of existing statutes that protect the environment, public health and other key governmental functions.
Opposition to S. 602, the CURB Act, which several undermines the regulatory process by threatening enforcement of existing statutes that protect the environment, public health and other key governmental functions.
Opposition to S. 1720, the Jobs Through Growth Act that would wreak havoc on the environment and is an extreme assault on our governments ability to protect the public from a wide range of threats.
Opposition to S. 1786, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 which represents a sweeping and extreme assault on our governments ability to protect the public from a wide range of threats, from pollution to workplace safety.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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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