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. 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. H.R. 2510, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation;
Discussion draft of repatriation proposals;
Discussion draft to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for certain property under construction;
House tax extenders legislation. H.R. 2028, FY 2016 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Waters of the U.S. policy rider, (potential appropriations issues related to DOE-industry coordination on cyber and physical security, DOE/industry partnership on storm response and restoration, and grid resilience);
H.R. 2577, FY 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to unmanned aircraft systems, coal and rail interdependencies, HUD CDBG eligibility and transportation electrification);
H.R. 2685, FY 2016 Defense Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to renewable energy efforts and Troops to Energy Jobs); 
H.R. 2822, FY 2016 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Waters of the U.S., 316(b) Cooling Water Intake Structures rule, CCR regulation, clean air regulation, and GHG NSPS);
H.R. 3020, FY 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding);
House Subcommittee Draft, DHS Appropriations (potential appropriations issues related to 
Cybersecurity threat information sharing legislation and Safety Act Clarification);
H. Con. Res. 27, FY 2016 Budget Resolution, (budget issues generally, CBO Scoring of ESPCs and UESCs);
S. 1558, FY 2016 Defense Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to renewable energy efforts and Troops to Energy Jobs);
S. 1619, DHS Appropriations (potential appropriations issues related to Cybersecurity threat information sharing legislation and Safety Act Clarification);
S. 1645, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, (Waters of the U.S. policy rider, regulations relating to air and climate);
S. 1695, FY 2016 Labor- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (LIHEAP);
Senate Subcommittee Draft, FY 2016 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Waters of the U.S. policy rider, potential appropriations issues related to DOE-industry coordination on cyber and physical security, DOE/industry partnership on storm response and restoration, and grid resilience);
Senate Subcommittee Draft, FY 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to unmanned aircraft systems, coal and rail interdependencies, HUD CDBG eligibility and transportation electrification); 
S. Con. Res. 11, FY 2016 Budget Resolution, (budget issues generally, CBO Scoring of ESPCs and UESCs, Barrasso Amendment #347, to keep water pollution regulations focused on water quality, support for setting parameters on final "Waters of the U.S." rule). 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;
Senate Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program. 111(d) Clean Air Act Rule
H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, to facilitate permitting of natural gas pipeline infrastructure;
H.R. 1558, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015;
S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, relating to water heaters;
S. 601, Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in our Nation Act of 2015;
S. 848, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015;
S. 1219, A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering (Murkowski);
General discussion transmission permitting and siting issues. H.R. 26, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015;
H.R. 26, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015;
H.R. 234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act;
H.R. 653, FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015;
H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; 
H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act;
Discussion draft of National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015;
Discussion draft of Data Breach and Breach Notification Act;
S. 337, FOIA Improvement Act of 2015;
S. 456, Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015;
S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. H.R. 1327, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act;
H.R. 1388, Clean Air, Strong Economies Act regarding EPA ozone NAAQS;
Discussion draft of Ratepayer Protection Act, regarding EPA proposed GHG emissions rule;
Advocacy relating to "Waters of the U.S." Issue and related to proposed rule;
S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act.
H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 (requires withdrawal of WOTUS rule and sets procedural steps for promulgation of a new rule);
H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act (regarding EPA proposed GHG emissions rule);
S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act;
S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act (requires withdrawal of WOTUS rule and sets parameters for development of a new rule);
S. 1324, to require EPA to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired EGUs;
S. 1500, Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2015 (addresses NPDES permitting issue related to herbicides and pesticides).
Discussions regarding the Environmental Protection Agencys Clean Power Plan regulating greenhouse gas emissions of existing electric generating units.
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