Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008

H.R. 6336 and S. 3158, Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act. Legislation and policies affecting wind energy. H.R. 2337, Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007. H.R. 5452, Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008. H.R. 5451, Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

monitor legislation and policies regarding wind energy and clean renewable energy; HR 3221, New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act.; HR 2337, Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007; HR 5452, Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008; HR 5451Coastal Zone Management Reauthorization Act of 2008; HR 6336 Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Energy regulation; H.R. 6; H.R. 5452

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

H.R. 3221, New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act. Legislation and policies affecting wind energy. H.R. 2337, Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007. H.R. 5452, Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Wildlife Adaptation Fund, forest carbon, cost containment, offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaption, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program; H.R. 3221, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, energy mitigation work on Jonah Field, climate change adaptation; H. Con Res 25 and S. Con. Res 30, expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; S.1346, To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes; S.391, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas; S.962, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes; S.2730, To facilitate the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the technologies, and for other purposes; S.2568, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met; H.R.5216, To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes; S.2558, To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition; H.R.5236, To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes; H.R.2774, To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes; H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to authorize state climate change adaptation plans; and H.R. 5452, the Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to marine spatial planning to site renewable energy projects. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resource and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director of Fluid Minerals, Bureau of Land Management; Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy; Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce