Promote the development of the natural gas vehicle market by supporting incentives.  This issue arose in HR 1380 and S 1863, The New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NATGAS) Act. Support extending current rates on taxation of dividends.  This issue arose in HR 8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012, and S 3412, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act. Advocated to maintain funding for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP.) This issue arose in: S. 3295, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, HR 4026, Energy Assistance for American Families Act; FY 2013 Labor, HHS Appropriations, H. Con. Res 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution, and H.J. RES. 117 (PL 112-175), the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013. Support continued regulation of coal ash disposal by the states as non-hazardous waste and allow for beneficial use of coal ash. This issue arose in: HR 2273 and S 1751, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, regulates coal ash under existing municipal solid waste landfill regulations; HR 4348, "MAP-21," the surface transportation reauthorization bill; and S. 3512, the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012. See attached page. Support a diverse electricity generation portfolio that includes coal, natural gas, renewables and other energy resources. These issues arose in: HR 910, Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011; S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012;  
Oppose legislation to restrict or discourage oil and natural gas production. This issue arose in: HR 1084 & S 587 Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act. Also engaged on H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, (electric vehicle tax credits) and reliability issues in H.R. 4273, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2012; Federal energy policy issues related to BLM oil and gas lease permit programs Support policies that include more robust cybersecurity information sharing between government and industry. These issues arose in:  H.R. 174, "Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act"; H.R. 668, "SHIELD Act"; H.R. 1136, "Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act"; H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; S. 21, "Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act"; S. 413, "Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act"; ; S. 2105, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. See attached page. Support a balanced approach to environmental regulation to allow more time to implement and evaluate the cost and reliability impacts of air regulations. Also concerned that greenhouse gas regulation compliance costs could impact customers and economy. These issues arose in: HR 910 and S 482, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 to prohibit EPA greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act; HR 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 to provide additional time for EPA to issue industrial boiler MACT standards; HR 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2011, to require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency; S 228 and HR 750, the Defending Americas Affordable Energy and Jobs Act to preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases; S 231, the EPA Stationary Source Regulations Suspension Act to suspend for 2 years EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act; S. 609, the Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy (CARE) Act of 2011 to provide for the establishment of a committee to assess the effects of certain federal regulatory mandates related to energy and the environment; S 1392, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 to delay Boiler MACT; S 1833, the Fair Compliance Act of 2011, to provide additional time for compliance with, and coordinating of, the compliance schedules for [the EPA Utility MACT and CSAPR rules]; SJ Res 37, a joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units [Utility MACT]; H.R. 6172, to prohibit EPA from finalizing any GHG performance standards for EGUs until CCS is found to be technologically and economically feasible;
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