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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
AMERICAN COALITION FOR ETHANOL

2. Address

Address1
5000 S. BROADBAND LANE #224
 Address2
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City
SIOUX FALLS
 State
SD
 Zip Code
57108
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​BRIAN JENNINGS
​6053343381
​bjennings@ethanol.org
5. Senate ID#
​311234-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​AMERICAN COALITION FOR ETHANOL
6. House ID#
​386750000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2019
 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
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​90,000.00
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.
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

Signature
Digitally Signed By: BRIAN JENNINGS
 Date
1/28/2020 11:43:50 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 FUE

16. Specific lobbying issues

Submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed supplemental rulemaking to the 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Joined a coalition of biofuel and farm advocates in sending a letter to the White House calling on President Trump to fix a flawed proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which fails in its mission to reinvigorate farm economies and reopen biofuel plants across Americas heartland. The letter notes that the EPAs draft plan undermines the administrations commitment to restore integrity to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and accurately account for biofuel demand destroyed by small refinery exemptions (SREs).

Testified at the public hearing in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) proposed supplemental rulemaking to its proposed 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Joined a coalition of renewable fuel and agricultural trade organizations in filing a petition with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the process by which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted certain unknown small refineries from their respective Renewable Fuel Standard obligations for 2018.

Met with House and Senate members to discuss the role ethanol could play in potential climate legislation, as a high octane/low carbon fuel.

Opposed H.R. 3427, a bill to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Supported H.R. 3410 and S. 1840, bills to establish certain requirements for small refinery exemptions under the RFS.

Opposed H.R. 104, the LEVEL Act, a bill to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard II, keeping RFS I volumes intact.

Opposed. H.R. 1024, the Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2019, a bill to require the PEA to revise labeling requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E15. The law would also require additional labeling for blender pumps, warning consumers of residual gasoline left in gasoline pump hoses from previous dispensing.


17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, 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
Brian
Jennings
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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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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

First Name
Last Name
Suffix
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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)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

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:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
City
State Country
%

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)