To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments.

HR 1 / PL 111-5: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Section 45 tax credit, timber tax/TREE Act, housing credits) HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 622 / S 870: Removing third party sale requirement of the Section 45 tax credit (entire bill) HR 1245 / HR 3760 / S 1230: Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1862: Cap and Dividend Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1903: Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1993 / HR 2606 / HR 2655: First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2543 / S 316: Timber Revitilization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2619: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 2626 / S1090: Renewable Energy Parity and Investment Remedy Act (entire bill) HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3548: Worker, Home Ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (homebuyer tax credit) HR 3590: Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (employer and cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 3761 / HR 3773 / S 1678: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act (employer and cellulosic biofuel tax credit) HR 3985: Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit (entire bill) HR 4066: Making permanent the alternative fuels tax credit (entire bill) HR 4213: American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (timber, alternative fuels, cellulosic fuels and Section 45 tax provisions) HR 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act (entire bill) HR 4853 / Senate Amendment 4753: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (timber REIT and renewable energy tax provisions) HR 4849: Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (cellulosic fuel tax provision) HR 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (employer tax provisions, cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 5297: Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 (tall crude oil provision) HR 5372: Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments (biomass provisions) HR 5623 / PL 111-98: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 (entire bill) S 1030: Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the reduction in the credit rate for certain facilities producing electricity from renewable resources S 1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (employer tax provisions) S 2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (entire bill) S 3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010 (timber tax provisions) Issues: Timber Tax/TREE Act, Alternative Fuels Tax Credit, Carbon Tax, Housing Tax Credits, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax), Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction Tax Credit, Federal Investment in Real Property Tax Act Reform

Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Grants for wind and solar energy property in lieu of tax credits (H.R. 5372), issues related to IRC section 48C and the Treasury Grant Program (H.R. 4853).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 1 / PL 111-5: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Section 45 tax credit, timber tax/TREE Act, housing credits) HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 622 / S 870: Removing third party sale requirement of the Section 45 tax credit (entire bill) HR 1245 / HR 3760 / S 1230: Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1862: Cap and Dividend Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1903: Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1993 / HR 2606 / HR 2655: First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2543 / S 316: Timber Revitilization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2619: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 2626 / S1090: Renewable Energy Parity and Investment Remedy Act (entire bill) HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3548: Worker, Home Ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (homebuyer tax credit) HR 3590: Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (employer and cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 3761 / HR 3773 / S 1678: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act (employer and cellulosic biofuel tax credit) HR 3985: Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit (entire bill) HR 4066: Making permanent the alternative fuels tax credit (entire bill) HR 4213: American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (timber, alternative fuels, cellulosic fuels and Section 45 tax provisions) HR 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act (entire bill) HR 4849: Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (cellulosic fuel tax provision) HR 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (employer tax provisions, cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 5297: Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 (tall crude oil provision) HR 5372: Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments (biomass provisions) HR 5623 / PL 111-98: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 (entire bill) S 1030: Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the reduction in the credit rate for certain facilities producing electricity from renewable resources S 1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (employer tax provisions) S 2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (entire bill) S 3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010 (timber tax provisions) Issues: Timber Tax/TREE Act, Alternative Fuels Tax Credit, Carbon Tax, Housing Tax Credits, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax), Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit.

S.722, "Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009." A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to permanently extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.1074, "Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009." A bill to provide shareholders with enhanced authority over the nomination, election, and compensation of public company executives. H.R.4213, "Tax Extenders Act of 2009." To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R.2989, "401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009." To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans, to amend such Act to provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans, and to amend such Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transitional relief under certain pension funding rules added by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R.4849, "Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010." To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, extend the Build America Bonds program, provide other infrastructure job creation tax incentives, and for other purposes. H.R.977, "Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009." To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes. H.R.4149, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power. S.722, "Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009." A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to permanently extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.2854, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles, and for other purposes. (Tax credits for EV's). S.3442, "Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010." A bill to promote the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, and for other purposes. H.R.5372, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments. S.2899, "Renewable Energy Incentive Act." A bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the development of solar energy. S.1639, "Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009." A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions, and for other purposes. H.R.4599, "Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010." To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an elective payment for specified energy property. H.R.4851, "Continuing Extension Act of 2010." Renewable Energy Tax Incentives in general.

H.R. 5372 Section 45 Renewable Energy Credits

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Grants for wind and solar energy property in lieu of tax credits (H.R. 5372) and issues related to IRC section 48C.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

S.722, "Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009." A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to permanently extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.1074, "Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009." A bill to provide shareholders with enhanced authority over the nomination, election, and compensation of public company executives. H.R.4213, "Tax Extenders Act of 2009." To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R.2989, "401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009." To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans, to amend such Act to provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans, and to amend such Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transitional relief under certain pension funding rules added by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R.4849, "Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010." To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, extend the Build America Bonds program, provide other infrastructure job creation tax incentives, and for other purposes. H.R.977, "Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009." To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes. H.R.4149, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power. S.722, "Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009." A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to permanently extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.2854, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles, and for other purposes. (Tax credits for EV's). S.3442, "Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010." A bill to promote the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, and for other purposes. H.R.5372, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments. S.2899, "Renewable Energy Incentive Act." A bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the development of solar energy. S.1639, "Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009." A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions, and for other purposes. H.R.4599, "Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010." To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an elective payment for specified energy property. H.R.4851, "Continuing Extension Act of 2010." Renewable Energy Tax Incentives in general.

Grants for wind and solar energy property in lieu of tax credits (H.R. 5372) and issues related to IRC section 48C.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of