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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 | 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW |
Address2 | Suite 800 |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 316013-1004484
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6. House ID# 392500009
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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. | ||||||||
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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: Norman F. Lent, III, Executive Vice President |
Date | 01/20/2011 |
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
Implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA/Stimulus), P.L. 111-5 (provisions related to tax incentives for wind, solar and other technologies, DOE carbon capture and storage loan programs, tax incentives for carbon capture and storage, transmission, and related issues);
Comprehensive climate change/greenhouse gas/cap and trade/renewable energy/energy efficiency legislation, including: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Waxman-Markey), H.R. 2454 and related legislation including H.R. 1862 and H.R. 2998; American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (Bingaman-Murkowski), S. 1462; S. 433, S. 531, S. 539, S. 548, S. 598, S. 661, S. 774, S. 807, S. 949, S. 967, S. 1013, and related legislation; Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (Kerry-Boxer), S. 1733, Kerry-Graham-Lieberman climate legislation framework, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal Act (Cantwell-Collins), S. 2877, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010 (Carper-Alexander), S. 2995, The American Power Act (Kerry-Lieberman draft legislation), Graham draft "clean energy standard" legislation, S. 20, Clean Energy Standard Act, and related legislation (provisions related to cap and trade programs, allowance allocation and timetable, long-term electricity and steam contracts, renewable portfolio standards, transmission planning, siting authority and cost allocation, regulation of derivative trading, carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency and industrial efficiency, combined heat and power, and incentives for clean energy technology);
S. 3813, Renewable Energy Promotion Act;
S. 3590, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010, S. 3591, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act of 2010, S. 3859, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act of 2010;
S. 672, Natural Gas and Electricity Review and Enforcement Act;
S. 3464, Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010;
DOE loan guarantees and grants for carbon captures and storage projects;
EPA rulemakings regulating greenhouse gasses under the Clean Air Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Norman F. |
Lent |
III |
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Stephen C. |
Sayle |
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Majority Counsel, House Energy & Commerce |
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Eric S. |
Kessler |
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Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell |
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Jessica M |
Lenard |
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Legislative Assistant, Hon. Richard J. 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
Implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA/Stimulus), P.L. 111-5 (provisions related to tax incentives for wind, solar and other technologies, DOE carbon capture and storage loan programs, tax incentives for carbon capture and storage, transmission, and related issues including amendments to IRC sections 45Q and 48A);
Wind production tax credit partnership structure and related issues;
Taxation of energy project development partnerships, including carried interest and related issues;
S. 1134, S. 1502, and related legislation regarding incentives and regulatory certainty for carbon capture and storage projects;
American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act/American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 (Tax Extenders), H.R. 4213 (P.L. 111-205) (provisions related to bonus depreciation and carried interest);
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, P.L. 111-147 (provisions related to energy industry);
H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-312) and related legislation (including S. 3793, S. 3513, S. 3663, and H.R. 5893), power sector-related provisions, including carbon capture and storage (IRC Sections 45Q and 48A) and estate and gift taxes;
Tax incentives for carbon capture and storage, including S. 3591, CCS Deployment Act of 2010.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Norman F. |
Lent |
III |
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Stephen C. |
Sayle |
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Majority Counsel, House Energy & Commerce |
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Eric S. |
Kessler |
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Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell |
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Employee Free Choice Act, H.R. 1409 and S. 560 and related legislation, provisions related to union certification and arbitration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Norman F. |
Lent |
III |
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Stephen C. |
Sayle |
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Majority Counsel, House Energy & Commerce |
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
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 4173 (P.L. 111-203), Restoring American Financial Stability Act, S. 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act (Conference Report), H.R. 4173, Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009, H.R. 977, and Prevent Excessive Speculation Act, S. 447, Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets Act of 2009 (Treasury Department OTC derivatives reform proposal), possible Lincoln-Chambliss derivatives proposal,
and related legislation including H.R. 3300, S. 221 and S. 272 (provisions related to regulation of energy derivative trading including end-user exemption and FERC/CFTC authority);
Implementation of Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank, P.L. 111-203) (derivatives end-user regulation).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Norman F. |
Lent |
III |
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Stephen C. |
Sayle |
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Majority Counsel, House Energy & Commerce |
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Eric S. |
Kessler |
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Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell |
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
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (Bingaman-Murkowski), S. 1462, S. 433, S. 531, S. 539, S. 548, S. 598, S. 661, S. 774, S. 807, S. 949, S. 967, S. 1013, and related legislation including S. 778, S. 921, S. 1391, S. 1438, S. 1494, H.R. 266, H.R. 1311, H.R. 1174, H.R. 1910, H.R. 2200, H.R. 2868, H.R. 3293, H.R. 4061, H.R. 4057, provisions related to cybersecurity cost recovery;
S. 773, Cybersecurity Act of 2009, H.R. 2195/S. 946, Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009, S. 3480/H.R. 5548, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act (Liberman-Collins-Carper), S. 3638, National Cyber Infrastructure Protection Act of 2010 (Bond-Hatch), provisions related to cybersecurity;
H.R. 2165, Bulk Power System Protection Act; S. 3858, National Cyber Infrastructure Protection Act of 2010 (Bond-Hatch); and related legislation, including S. 778, S. 921, S. 1391, S. 1438, S. 1494, H.R. 266, H.R. 1131, H.R. 1174, H.R. 1910, H.R. 2200, H.R. 2868, H.R. 3293, H.R. 4061, and H.R. 4507, provisions related to cybersecurity;
S. 2996, Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act;
H.R. 5026, The GRID Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Norman F. |
Lent |
III |
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Stephen C. |
Sayle |
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Majority Counsel, House Energy & Commerce |
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Eric S. |
Kessler |
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Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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