H.R.2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act  
S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act Support lower rates on taxation of dividends.
Tax reform proposals.
Tax extenders.
Promote the development of the natural gas vehicle market by supporting various incentives.  
Support incentives to produce biogas.
Support incentives for high efficiency natural gas furnaces, boilers and water heaters (25C tax credits).
Support incentives for energy efficiency buildings (179D).
H.R. 636, Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015;
H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act;
H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015;
H.R. 4016, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions;
S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015;
S. 2045, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage;
S. 2075, American Worker Healthcare Tax Relief Act of 2015. S. 3040, Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY2017;
H.R. 5538 (H. Rept. 114-632),  FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent Electric guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management);
H.R. 5055 (H. Rept. 114-532), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, Cyber Mutual Assistance program, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER) program, and Transformer Reliance and Advanced Components (TRAC) program);
The Pension and Budget Integrity Act
H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act
H.R. 5394 (H. Rept. 114-606), FY 2017 Transportation Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Coal and Rail Interdependencies, Community Development Block Grants,  and Transportation Electrification);
H.R. 5485 (H. Rep. 114-624), FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally,  Access to Adequate, Suitable Spectrum, Clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Convergence of Energy and Telecom, Electric Utility Pole Attachment and FEC Enforcement of the Prior Approval Requirement);
H.R. 5055 (H. Rept. 114-532), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, Cyber Mutual Assistance program, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER) program, and Transformer Reliance and Advanced Components (TRAC) program);
S. 2804 (S. Rept. 114-236), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, Cyber Mutual Assistance program, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER) program, and Transformer Reliance and Advanced Components (TRAC) program);
S. 2844 (S. Rept. 114-243), FY 2017 Transportation Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Coal and Rail Interdependencies, Community Development Block Grants,  and Transportation Electrification);
S. 2956 (S. Rept. 114-259), FY 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation legislation, (budget issues generally, De Minimis Exception  Level  Under the Swap Dealer Definition, Bona Fide Hedging Exemption, Financial Entity Definition and Physical Forward Contacts with Volumetric Optionality);
S. 3000 (S. Rept. 114-263), FY 2017 Defense Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Enhanced Dod Collaboration on Major Storm Recovery Efforts and Enhanced Grid Resiliency);
S. 3001 (S. Rept. 114-281), FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, GridEx III; Cyber Mutual Assistance and Grid Hardening Investment);
S. 3040, Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY2017;
S.3067 (S. Rept. 114-280), FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally,  Access to Adequate, Suitable Spectrum, Clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Convergence of Energy and Telecom, Electric Utility Pole Attachment and FEC Enforcement of the Prior Approval Requirement);
S. 3068 (S. Rept. 114-281),  FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent Electric guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management). H.R. 167, Wildlife Disaster Funding Act, facilitate funding to wildfire management related issues (vegetation management connection);
H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program;
H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015, to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act;
S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act;
S. 1803 Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program;
S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016. H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015
H.R. 2663, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015, to encourage development of renewable geothermal, solar and wind energy on public land
H.R. 2984, the Fair RATES Act
H.R. 4427, to amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act
S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015
S. 2089, the American Energy Innovation Act
S. 1407, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015, to encourage development of renewable geothermal, solar and wind energy on public land H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; 
S. 1846, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015;
S. 2817, the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act. H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act, facilitate vegetation management on rights-of-way across federal land to the benefit of electric reliability and forest fire risk reduction. H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016
S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act (requires withdrawal of WOTUS rule and sets parameters for development of a new rule)
H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Reauthorization of 2016;
S. 2848, Senate Water Resources Development Act of 2016. H.R. 4441, FAA Reauthorization
S. 2658, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016
S. 2684, UAVs for Energy Infrastructure Act
Promote & protect the interests of natural gas utilities regarding pipeline safety legislation and any regulatory regime affecting natural gas utilities.  Promote the development of the natural gas vehicle market by supporting various incentives.  
Protect the Utility Service Vehicle exemption in SAFETEA-LU
Support incentives for expansion of natural-gas as transportation fuel and fueling stations.
Support incentives for natural gas vehicles.
Advocate for research and development of natural gas vehicle technologies. 
Oppose the sale of natural gas by the Kilogram. 
AGA advocated the issues related to the safe and environmentally sound transportation of natural gas, including, the design, installation, inspection, testing, construction, extension, operations, replacement and maintenance of pipeline facilities.  These issues arose in: S2276:  SAFE PIPES Act  - Securing America's Future Energy: Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act.
AGR - Agriculture TAX - Taxation/Internal Revenue Code BUD - Budget/Appropriations ENV - Environment/Superfund ENG - Energy/Nuclear HOM - Homeland Security UTI - Utilities CAW - Clean Air and Water (quality) TRA - Transportation
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