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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 | 777 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 805 |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 400430086-12
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6. House ID# 407210000
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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
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: Tom Buis, CEO |
Date | 07/21/2011 |
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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; USDA loans; food safety in general and specifically the issue of trace amounts of antibiotics in dried distillers grains; ethanol and grain trade issues; Food Safety Modernization Law implementation; Dodd Frank implementation; HR 2112 Agriculture Appropriations Act; H AMDT 475 to HR 2112; USDA's Rural Energy for America Program - blender/flex pump portion
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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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Buis |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Chris |
Bliley |
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Jim Nussle |
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John |
Fuher |
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Kent Conrad |
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
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; DOE loans; HR 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 - including specifically amendments 145 and 156; S 187 Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011; S 530 A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production; HR 748 To prohibit the Administrator of EPA from authorizing the use of gasoline containing greater than 10 percent ethanol in certain vehicles; HR 523 American Fuel Protection Act of 2011;
HR 424 Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act; E15 labeling for pumps; efforts to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles; efforts to increase the number of flex or blender pumps; low carbon fuel standard; S 1085 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to define next generation biofuel, and to allow the States the option of not participating in the corn ethanol portions of the RFS due to conflicts with agriculture, economic, energy, and environmental goals; S AMDT 411 to S 782 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to construct ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities; S AMDT 441 to S 782 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to construct ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities; S 884 Domestic Energy Promotion Act; S 1321 Practical Energy Plan; S 1321 Practical Energy Plan Act of 2011;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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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Buis |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Chris |
Bliley |
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Jim Nussle |
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John |
Fuher |
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Kent Conrad |
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
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; S 187 Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011; HR 230 21st Century Energy Independence Act; HR 910 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011; Having ethanol produced from corn starch and sorghum qualify as an advanced biofuel under the RFS; climate change in general; indirect land use change; low carbon fuel standard; S 559 Securing America's Future with Energy and sustainable Technologies Act; S 1085 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act
to define next generation biofuel, and to allow States the option of not participating in the corn ethanol portions of the RFS due to conflicts with agricultural, economic, energy and environmental goals;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Tom |
Buis |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Chris |
Bliley |
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Jim Nussle |
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John |
Fuher |
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Kent Conrad |
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 FUE
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; DOE loans; USDA loans; HR 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriation Act of 2011 - specifically amendments 145 and 156; S 187 Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011; S 530 A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production; S 520 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act; HR 1188 Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Act of 2011; HR 1075 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act; HR 748 To prohibit the Administrator of EPA
from authorizing the use of gasoline containing greater than 10 percent ethanol in certain vehicles, and for other purposes; HR 523 American Fuel Protection Act of 2011; HR 426 Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2011; HR 424 Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act; HR 404 Renewable Fuels for America's Future Act of 2011; HR 230 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2011; HR 910 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011; E15 labeling for pumps; general efforts to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles and flex (blender) pumps; having ethanol produced from corn starch and sorghum qualify as an advanced biofuel under the RFS; general efforts to get government loan guarantees for an ethanol pipeline; low carbon fuel standard; S 559 Securing America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act; S AMDT 411 to S 782 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to construct ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities; S AMDT 441 to S 782 To repeal the VEETC; EPA's proposed Tier 3 engine and fuel specifications; Renewable Fuel Standards; E15 Misfueling mitigation and labeling rule; underground storage tank guidance for E15; E15 implementation; RFS implementation; S 493 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act; HR 1687 Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011; HR 2073 Country-of-Origin Labeling for Fuels Act; S 152 Dual Fuel Vehicle Act of 2011; HR 1516 Renewable Fuel Pipeline Act of 2011; H AMDT 389 to HR 2017, H AMDT 462 to HR 2112, and H AMDT 556 to HR 2219 - Amendments to appropriations bills to prohibit funds to be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet or for any agency's fleet inventory except in accordance with Presidential memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011; general issues related to E15 and the E15 ethanol waiver filed with EPA
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Tom |
Buis |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Chris |
Bliley |
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Jim Nussle |
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John |
Fuher |
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Kent Conrad |
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 TAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; general issues related to the ethanol tariff; HR 404 Renewable Fuels for America's Future Act of 2011; general efforts to overhaul and extend ethanol incentives - VEETC and ethanol tariff; HR 2307 Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act; S 530 A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production; S 871 Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act; S 1057 Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Tom |
Buis |
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Ted |
Monoson |
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John Boehner |
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Chris |
Bliley |
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Jim Nussle |
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John |
Fuher |
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Kent Conrad |
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
General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; HR 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriation Act - specifically amendments 145 and 156; S 530 A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production; S 520 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act; HR 1188 Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Today Act of 2011; HR 1075 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act; HR 426 Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2011; HR 404 Renewable Fuels for America's Future
Act of 2011; General efforts to overhaul and extend ethanol incentives - VEETC and ethanol tariff; HR 2231 Ethanol Modernization and Deficit Reduction Act; HR 2307 Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act; S 530 A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production; S 871 Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act; S 1057 Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act; S 1185 Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act; S AMDT 436 to S 782 To repeal the VEETC; S AMDT 476 to S 782 To repeal VEETC; S 884 A bill to Reform the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit; HR 2307 Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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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John Boehner |
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Kent Conrad |
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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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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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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