Promote and protect the interests of natural gas utilities in any legislation considered by the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee regarding energy and climate legislation affecting natural gas utilities, including efficiency mandates.  These issues arose in S 332: Climate Protection Act of 2013.S 696: The Safe Chemicals Act; S 761/S 1392: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S 1199: All of the Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S 1202: Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or SAFE Act; S 1205: Local Energy Suply and Resilency Act; S 1218: Race to the Top; HR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; HR 1659: Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; HR 2351: To repeal the fossil fuel compensation percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act.  

Oppose legislation to restrict or discourage natural gas production.  

HR 271, the "Resolving Environmental and Grid Relativity Conflicts Act of 2013"; HR 259, The Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act (tax incentive for electric vehicles and fueling infrastructure); HR 400, the Clean Energy Technology manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; HR 407, the Clean Vehicles Inventive Act of 2013(tax incentives for electric vehicles); HR 540, the Energy Efficient Government technology Act, (energy efficiency); HR 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, HR 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; HR 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); HR 1569, the New Fair Deal Busting America's Rigid Outdated & Needless Subsidies Act of 2013, (tax incentives for electric vehicles and fueling infrastructure); HR 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; HR 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; HR 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, to improve the permitting process for natural gas pipelines; HR 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); HR 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); HR 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; SR 2689, the "Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act" (energy efficiency); S52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, S 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S 1020, the All of the Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S 1106, the SAVE Act; S 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S 1199, the All of the Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S 1218, the "Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S 1261, the "Energy Efficient Government Technology Act" (energy efficiently); S 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S 1284, the "Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014" (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); S 1308, the "Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act" (energy efficiency); TBD, the "North American Energy Infrastructure Act" (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission sitting, permitting, management disuses generally and associated return on equity.  Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings. HR 621, the Ensuring Affordable Energy Act to prohibit funding for EPA to be used to implement or enforce a cap and trade program for greenhouse gases; HR 959, the prohibit EPA from awarding any grants or other financial assistance under Sec. 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States;HR 2081, the No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 provisions to prohibit regulation of emissions of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act; HR 2127, to prohibit EPA from finalizing NSPS for CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled EGUs until CCS is found to be technologically and economically feasible; HR 2886, the Social Cost of Carbon Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013; HR 2916, the Domestic Energy Production Protection Act of 2013 to require congressional review of certain EPA rules; HR 2948, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2013 to require analyses of cumulative and incremental impacts of certain EPA rules and actions; HR 3042, the Taking Hold of Regulations to Increase Vital Employment in Energy Act to prohibit the use of the social cost of carbon in any regulatory impact analysis until authorized by federal law; HR 3080, the Water Resources reform and Development Act (expansion of Corps authority to enter into cost recovery agreements; HR 3138, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act of 2013 to exempt certain coal refuse-fueled EGUs from certain emissions limits; HR 3140, the Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013 to prohibit carbon dioxide regulations under the Clean Air Act until EPA certifies a sufficient number of other countries have put into effect similar regulations; H. Con. Res. 57, expressing congressional opposition to EPA's proposed new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants; HJ Res. 64, disapproving an EPA rule relating to Standards of Performance for GHG Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units; S 7, the Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act regarding clean energy and effects of climate change; S 17, the Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 provisions regarding Clean Air Act and climate change issues; S 107, to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions; S 163, to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, Russia implement similarly reductions; S 317, to require the EPA Inspector General to include certain assessments in reports; S 318, the Environmental Protection Agency Accountability Act of 2013 to rescind funds made available to EIPA if it fails to meet certain deadlines; S 319, the require EPA to provide adequate data, modeling, and support in the development of a State implementation plan under the Clean Air Act; S 332, the Climate Protection Act of 201; S 558, the Accountability in Grants Act of 2013, to prohibit EPA grants or other financial assistance under Sec. 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity outside the United States; S 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including S. Admdt. 860 (Feinstein re: amending Section 214 to expand Corps authority to enter into cost recovery agreements) and S. Amdt. 868 (Barrasso re: Waters of the U.S. guidance issue); S 1202, the Safeguarding America's Future and Environment (SAFE) Act to establish an integrated Federal climate adaptation plan; S 1324, the National Energy Tax Repeal Act to prohibit regulations relating to power sector carbon pollution standards unless explicitly authorized by Congress; S 1363, the Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013 to prohibit EPA promulgation of certain energy-related rules; S 1514, the require EPA to include in GHG rules offsets for costs imposed on other federal agencies; Discussion Draft of "carbon pollution fee" legislation circulated by Rep. Waxman, Sen. Whitehouse, Rep. Blumenauer, and Sen. Schatz; Clean Water Act, Section 316(b) - cooling water intake structure rule-making; Waters of the U.S. draft guidance and rule-making; Effluent Limitation Guidelines rule-making. CFTC Program Reform.  Dodd-Frank end-users recordkeeping reform. S 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, (employment verification and disaster recovery). HR 472, the Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2013 (Utility Energy Service Contracts); HR 1944, the Private Property Rights Protection Act, to preserve traditional eminent domain authority for public utilities. Advocated for approrporations for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); advocated to maintain full funding for LIHEAP in both the CR and final appropriations bill.  This issue arose in HR 933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013.Advocated for appropriations for research and development to improve natural gas technologies and natural gas vehicles.  

H.R. 1, the Senate vehicle for Disaster Relief Appropriations, (HUD CDBG Super storm Sand Assistance); HR 152, the "Disaster Relief Appropriations Act 2013, (HUD CDBG Super Storm Sandy Assistance); HR 2216, FY 2014 Military Construction/Veterans Appropriations, (potentially appropriations issues related to smart meters, energy efficiency/renewable energy, micro grids and grid security); HR 2217, FY 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations, (potentially appropriations issues related to Threat Scenario Project, Spare Transformer Equipment Program and Electric Sector PS-Prep); HR 2397, FY 2014 Defense Appropriations, (potentially appropriations issues related to electric transportation, micro grids and grid security, smart meters, energy efficiency/renewable energy and Troops to Energy Jobs program); HR 2609, FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations, (potentially appropriations issues related to fossil energy nuclear energy, electric transportation, smart gird, energy innovation HUBs, transmission and renewable energy); HR 2610, F 2014 Transportation, Housing & Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (potentially appropriations issues related to NHTSA Corporate Average Fuel Economic standards); HR 2786, FY 2014 Financial Services Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to public safety broadband network and electric utility pole attachments); HR 2787, FY 2014 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to public safety broadband network, NIST smart grid interoperability, cyber security standards and NSF STEM funding); H. Con. Res. 25, FY 2014 Budget Resolution, (budget issues generally); HJ Res. 59, FY 2014 Continuing Resolution, (budget issues generally); FY 2014 Interior/Environment Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to 316(b) regulation governing power plant cooling water systems, CCR regulation and Regional Haze regulation); S. 1243, FY 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potentially appropriations issues related to NHTSA Corporation Average Fuel Economic standards); S. 1245, FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations, (potentially appropriations issues related to fossil energy, nuclear energy, electric transportation, smart gird, energy innovation HUBs, transmission and renewable energy); S. 1284, FY 2014 Labor,  Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding); S. 1329, FY 2014 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to public safety broadband network and electric utility pole attachments); S. 1429, FY 2014 Defense Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to electric transportation, micro grids and grid security, smart meters, energy efficiency/renewable energy and Troops to Energy Jobs program); S. Con Res. 8, FY 2014 Budget Resolution, (budget issues generally). HR 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013, to introduce transparency and broaden participation in settlements; HR 2122, the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013, a bill to revise/expand requirements for rulemakings under the Administrative Procedures Act; HR 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, to establish minimum federal requirements for the disposal of coal combustion residuals; HR 2279, the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013,(general advocacy in support of bill to remove certain deadlines from RCRA and CERCLA); S 1009, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act, for modernization of the Toxic Substances Control Act (PCB issues); General advocacy on the Endangered Species Act issues. HR 497, the America Works Act, (workforce credentialing); HR 691, the Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2013, (human resource issues); HR 759, the Equal Standards in Hiring Americans Act (human resources issues); HR 949, the Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013, (Buy America rules); HR 1772, the Legal Workforce Act, (employment verification); HR 1796, the Troop Talent Act of 2013, (workforce development); S 453, the America Works Act,(workforce credentialing); S 700, the Troop Talent Act of 2013, (workforce development); S 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, (employment verification and disaster recovery); S 1537 to ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operation commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding, and for other purposes. ; HR 3095, to ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding, and for other purposes. Support pro-industry Cybersecurity bills that have a public-private partnership (no top-down regulatory process); public-private information sharing; liability protections for information sharing; federal R&D support; and appropriate criminal penalties for bad actors. HR 624: Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act (CISPA) of 2013, HR 756: Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013;HR 867: The Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013; HR 967: Advancing America's Network and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013; HR 2952: Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement of 2013; HR (no bill # yet): National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (McCaul/Meehan); HR 1353: Cybersecurity Act of 2013; HR 2417, the Security High voltage infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage (SHIELD) Act regarding protection of the build-power system and defense critical electric infrastructure against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities; HR 2962, the "Saving More American Resources Today (SMART) Grid Study Act of 2013: regarding a National Research Council study on the resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system; S 394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013; Senate Intelligence Committee discussion draft on cyber security; Senate Commerce Committee staff working draft on cyber security; Cyber Security Executive Order; Discussion Draft of the national Cyber security and Critical Infrastructure Protection (NCCIP) Act of 2013; Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program. HR 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013, (end-users requirements for derivatives); HR 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act; HR 1003, to improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders; HR 1038, the Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013; S 888, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act;Reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 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.  This issue arose in S 488: Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013, HR 1027: Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013, S 570: Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, S 656: Natural Gas Energy & Alternative Rewards (NGEAR) Act.Draft legislation on medium/heavy duty CAFE; draft legislation on equalizing vehicle weight limitations; draft legislation on Natural Gas Fueling Corridors. 

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 legislation to eliminate a variety of energy tax credits, including those that benefit fuel cell, electric drive and alternative fuel (including natural gas).  This issue arose in HR 259: Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity Act.  To eliminate all energy tax credits, while maintaining general business deductions available to multiple industries.  

HR 259, the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act, (tax incentives for electric vehicles and fueling infrastructure); HR 407, the Clean Vehicles Incentive Act of 2013, (tax incentives of electric vehicles); HR 1027, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013, (R&D for electric vehicles); HR 1569, the New Fair Deal Busting America's Rigid Outdated & Needless Subsidies Act of 2103, (tax incentives for electric vehicles and fueling infrastructure); S 488, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013, (R&D for electric vehicles); S 638, the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2013; S 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; HR 2075, the Electric Transportation Advancement Act of 2013; HR 2793, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2013; HR 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (home energy assistance; Rural Transportation Study); S 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, (home energy assistance; Rural Transportation Study); S 1264, the Clean Vehicle Corridors Act. Support lower rates on taxation of dividends.  Tax reform.  CFTC Procedural Reform.  Dodd-Frank end-user recordkeeping reform.   Promote the development of the natural gas vehicle market by support various incentives.  This issue arose in HR 1364: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013.  HR 2202/S 1103: LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act; Support incentives to produce biogas.This issue arose in HR 860: Biogas Investment Credit Act of 2013. Support incentives for high efficiency natural gas furnaces, boilers, and water heaters (25C tax credits). 

Discussion draft, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for comprehensive income tax reform (taxation of derivatives); HR 1486, the "No Carbon Tax Act of 2013"; H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy; S. 795, the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act; S. 1225, the "Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2013.
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