Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010

Offshore Energy Production2010-2015 OCS 5 Year Plan Marine Spatial Planning Deepwater Moratorium Hydraulic FracturingH.R 2766 and S. 1215 Clear Act H.R. 3534 and S. 2877 Interior and EPA Appropriations Federal Energy PermittingS.995 and H.R 2362 Comprehensive Energy LegislationSenate Energy and Natural Resources S.807 House Natural Resources Committee Draft Oil Spill Reponse Act S.3614 Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) (Discussion draft of legislative proposal in Senate; was never introduced.) Non-Conventional Fuels: HR 5136 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 relating to nonconventional petroleum sources S. 3280 & S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 relating to nonconventional petroleum sources S.3306 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010 H.R. 5214 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010 S. 3309 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010 S. 3337 - Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act S. 3346 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. 3343 - A bill to direct the secretary of the Interior to establish an annual fee on federal offshore areas that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas and to establish a fund to reduce pollution and the dependence of the United States on oil. S. 3358 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington. S. 3375 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase the cap on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill, and for other purposes. S. 3391 - A bill to provide for accelerated revenue sharing of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to promote coastal resiliency among Gulf producing states. H.R. 5355 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility. H.R. 5356 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase the cap on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill, and for other purposes. H. R. 5358 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. S. 3443 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to eliminate the 30-day time limit for exploration plans. S. 3433 - A bill to prohibit the leasing of the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Central Gulf of Mexico Regions of the outer Continental Shelf and to increase fuel economy standards. H.R. 5436 - A bill to prohibit the Minerals Management Service from issuing permits or Environmental or safety waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon. H.R. 5426 - To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes. H.R. 5435 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain renewable fuel, and energy, tax incentives and to deny the deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, or primary products thereof. H.R. 5459 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. 3462 - A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes. H.R. 5481 - A bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. S. 3472 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full costs of oil spills, and for other purposes. S. 3473 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Became Public Law No: 111-191) S. 3464 - A bill to establish an energy and climate policy framework to reach measurable gains in reducing dependence on foreign oil, saving Americans money, improving energy security and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes. H.R. 5499 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. H.R. 5505 - A bill to authorize the secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives. H.R. 5506 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that treatment of the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination documents and lease sales required under federal law for offshore drilling activity on the outer continental shelf as a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes. H.R. 5513 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold or discharged under a lease under that Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 5519 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling and to require the secretary of the Interior to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling operations. S. 3489 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the secretary of the Interior. H.R. 5525 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the secretary of the Interior. S. 3492 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the drilling of emergency relief wells, and for other purposes. S. 3497 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes. S. 3514 - Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010. S. 3515 - Department of the Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010 S. 3516 - Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010 H.R. 5572 - A bill to reform the Minerals Management Service and offshore drilling for oil and gas, to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for discharge of oil from an offshore facility, and for other purposes. H.R. 5607 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a program to support the development, demonstration and commercialization of innovative technologies to prevent, stop or capture large-scale accidental discharges of oil or other hydrocarbons from offshore oil and gas drilling operations, including deepwater and ultra-deepwater operations, and for other purposes. S. 3541 - A bill to prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, and for other purposes. S. 3410 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to renegotiate the terms of the lease known as "Mississippi Canyon 252" with respect to claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill that exceed existing applicable economic liability limitations. S. 3542 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, to establish a commission to investigate and report on corrective measures to prevent similar incidents, to improve the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and federal oil spill research, and for other purposes. H.R. 5613 - A bill to require that vessels used to engage in drilling for oil or gas in ocean waters that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States must be documented under chapter 121 of Title 46, United States Code. H.R. 5598 - Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010 H.R. 5520 - A bill to require immediate payment by BP to the United States of an amount for use to compensate all affected persons for removal costs and damages arising from the explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available to the secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, and for other purposes. Senate ENR Mark-up - Management of Energy and Mineral Resources on the OCS Senate EPW Mark-up - Gulf Coast Oil Spill; Watershed and Waterway Restoration Bills Senate Commerce Hearing - Gulf Coast Oil Spill House E&C Subcommittee on Energy & Environment Hearing - Gulf Coast Oil Spill House NR Hearing Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act House Small Business Hearing BP Claims Fund and Small Business House T&I Mark-up Oil Spill, Accountability; Surface Transportation; Other Pending Bills Investment by Marathon Oil Corporation in developing energy resources in Equatorial Guinea

Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

S. 3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010, provisions related to taxes on the oil and gas industry, renewable electricity standard, removal of cap for oil spill liability, disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals; S.3815 Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 provisions related to taxes on the oil and gas industry; H.R. 3534 Consolidate Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act of 2009, provisions related to royalty reform, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act planning process and language, Land and Water Conservation Fund, MMS, repealing incentives for natural gas production and disclosure chemicals for hydraulic fracturing; H.R. 5626 Blowout Prevention Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5629 Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010, provisions related to liability cap and the Jones Act issues; S. 3813 Renewable Electricity Promotion Act, provisions related to natural gas as clean, abundant, low-carbon fuel; H.R. 2766 & S. 1215 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 (FRAC Act); provisions related to education on hydraulic fracturing; H.R. 5214 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5215 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5222 Suspend Activities in OCS until investigation is complete, all provisions; H.R. 5241 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010; establish investigation commission, all provisions; H.R. 5242 No New Drilling Act of 2010, OCS access, all provisions; H.R. 5248 No New Drilling Act of 2010, OCS access, all provisions; H.R. 5287, East Coast and Gulf Coast Ocean Protection Act; OCS access, all provisions; H.R. 5313 Offshore Safety and Response Improvement Act; OCS Oil & Gas operations, all provisions; H.R. 5355 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5356 Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5358 Florida Coastal Protection Act; prohibit leasing off of coast of FL and other places, all provisions; H.R. 5426 To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 5435 Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010, amend IRS Code to extend certain renewable fuels and energy tax incentives & deny deduction for income due to domestic oil production; H.R. 5436 Prohibit MMS from issuing permits, all provisions; H.R. 5459 Outer continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010; increase the limits on liability, all provisions; H.R.5481 To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, all provisions ; H.R. 5499 To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, all provisions; H.R. 5503 Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act, all provisions; H.R.5505 Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of 2010, monetary prizes for nuclear energy used fuel alternatives, all provisions; H.R. 5506 Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act; establishes all oil and gas activity as "major federal action" for NEPA, all provisions; H.R. 5513 Spilled Oil Royalty Collection Act; require royalty on discharged oil, all provisions; H.R. 5519 Gulf Coast Jobs Preservation Act; terminate moratorium & require Secretary to ensure safety, all provisions; H.R. 5520 Oil Spill Responsibility Act of 2010; require immediate payment to compensate all affected persons, all provisions; H.R. 5525 OCS Moratorium, terminate moratorium, all provisions; H.R. 5572 Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010; reform MMS, Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5585 Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act; waiver from Jones Act to foreign flagged vessels assisting in responding to oil spill, all provisions; H.R. 5598 Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5607 SOS Act; establishment of a program to develop technologies for oil spill containment and clean up, all provisions; H.R. 5608 Better Oil Spill Response Act of 2010; improve oil spill response plans, all provisions; H.R. 5613 American Coastal Waters and Shorelines Plan; require drilling vessels to be documented under chap. 121 of Title 46 of USC, all provisions; H.R. 5626 Blowout Prevention Act of 2010; requiring the use of safe well control technologies for the drilling of high risk wells, all provisions; H.R. 5629 Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010, full recovery of damages, improve safety, ensure adequate response plans, all provisions; H.R. 5631 Gulf Coast Conservation Corps Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5634 Offshore Drilling Safety Improvement Act; mandates best available technology for BOP's, all provisions; H.R. 5644 End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010, all provisions & S. 3405 Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, all provisions; H.R. 5654 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, all provisions; H.R. 5657 OCS Access; amend OCS Lands prohibit leasing in ecological areas, all provisions; H.R. 5661 Oil Pollution Taxpayer and Environment Protection Act, provisions related to royalty for discharged oil; H.R. 5666 Emergency Relief Well Act; amend OCS Lands Act to require relief wells, all provisions; H.R. 5677 SAFEGUARDS Act of 2010; amend OCS Lands Act & Fed Water Pollution to enhance fed gov't response, all provisions; H.R. 5684 Maritime Infrastructure Security and Counterterrorism Act, all provisions; H.R. 5686 Stand by your Oil Pollution Act; amend OPA to extend liability to other owners, all provisions; H.R. 5697 OCS Access; amend OPA to extend liability to other owners, all provisions; H.R. 5698 To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 5699 Gulf Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5709 Oil Spill Preparation and Protection Act; amend OCS Lands Act to require worst case scenario clean-up plan, all provisions; S. 3305 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act of 2010; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3306 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3308, OCS Moratorium; suspend activities in OCS until investigation complete, all provisions; S. 3309 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3337 Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act, all provisions; S. 3343 Beyond Petroleum Act; establish annual fee on producers for fund to reduce pollution, all provisions; S. 3344 BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3345 Big Oil Polluter Pays Act; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3346 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3358 West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010; permanently prohibit offshore drilling in CA, OR and WA, all provisions; S. 3375 Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3391 Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act; accelerated OCS revenue sharing, all provisions; S. 3405 Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, all provisions; S. 3410 Acceptance of Liability and Expedited Claims at Mississippi Canyon 252 Act, all provisions; S. 3443 OCS Permitting; eliminate 30 day time limit for exploration plans, all provisions; S. 3433 Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act of 2010; prohibit leasing of most OCS and increase fuel standards, all provisions; S. 3461 Acceptance of Offer on Liability and Expedited Claims at Mississippi Canyon 252 Act, all provisions; S. 3462 A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes, all provisions; S. 3464 Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3466 Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3472 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010, provisions related to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; S. 3473 A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, all provisions; S. 3478 Renumeration for Ecological and Societal Tolls Occasioned by Reckless Errors Act, provisions related to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; S. 3489 To terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior, all provisions; S. 3492 Emergency Relief Well Act; requiring drilling relief wells, all provisions; S. 3497 Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010; provisions related to require containment plan for all leases; S. 3509 Safer Oil and Gas Production Research and Development Act of 2010; amend Energy Policy Act 2005 to promote R&D of technologies BMP's for safe extraction, all provisions; S. 3512 Water Assistance from Int'l Vessels for Emergency Response Act related to waiver from the Jones Act to foreign flagged vessels assisting in responding to oil spill; S. 3514 Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010; prohibits entry into any federal lease w/o paying into Oil Spill Recovery Fund, all provisions; S. 3515 Department of Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010; authorize DOI programs relating to detection of, response, mitigation and cleanup of spills, all provisions; S. 3516 Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010; reform management of energy and mineral resources, all provisions; S. 3525 Open America's Water Act; repeal Jones Act restrictions on coast wide trade all provisions; S. 3541, Deepwater Drilling Royalty Prohibition Act; prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, all provisions; S. 3545 Gulf of Mexico Economic Recovery and Job Impact Analysis Act of 2010; require study of effect of moratorium all provisions; S. 20 Sen. Grahams Clean Energy Standard Act of 2010, all provisions; S.-- Sen. Stabenows low carbon fuel standard (not yet introduced); General issues related to offshore oil and gas including, oil spill response, response to Gulf of Mexico moratorium, science program funding, securing permits for 2010 and 2011, air permit for Alaska Outer Continental Shelf; General issues related to offshore oil and gas; General issues related to offshore oil and gas exploration including safety and oil spill recovery; General issues related to well integrity and general energy concerns including offshore moratorium; General issues related to permits for offshore operations in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico; General issues related to lifting the suspension of operations; General issues related to education on the importance of oil sands to energy independent; General issues related to National Environmental Policy Act and environmental assessments; General issues related to safety and oil spill recovery; General issues related to Alaska Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas development; General issues related to jobs and strong economy; General issues related to Alaska 2011 program; General issues related to climate change and gas incentives; General issues related to biofuels blend wall; General issues related to Department of the Interior notice to lessees; Participation in energy hearings.

S. 3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010, provisions related to taxes on the oil and gas industry, renewable electricity standard, removal of cap for oil spill liability, disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals; S.3815 Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 provisions related to taxes on the oil and gas industry; H.R. 3534 Consolidate Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act of 2009, provisions related to royalty reform, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act planning process and language, Land and Water Conservation Fund, MMS, repealing incentives for natural gas production and disclosure chemicals for hydraulic fracturing; H.R. 5626 Blowout Prevention Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5629 Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010, provisions related to liability cap and the Jones Act issues; S. 3813 Renewable Electricity Promotion Act, provisions related to natural gas as clean, abundant, low-carbon fuel; H.R. 2766 & S. 1215 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 (FRAC Act); provisions related to education on hydraulic fracturing; H.R. 5214 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5215 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5222 Suspend Activities in OCS until investigation is complete, all provisions; H.R. 5241 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010; establish investigation commission, all provisions; H.R. 5242 No New Drilling Act of 2010, OCS access, all provisions; H.R. 5248 No New Drilling Act of 2010, OCS access, all provisions; H.R. 5287, East Coast and Gulf Coast Ocean Protection Act; OCS access, all provisions; H.R. 5313 Offshore Safety and Response Improvement Act; OCS Oil & Gas operations, all provisions; H.R. 5355 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5356 Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5358 Florida Coastal Protection Act; prohibit leasing off of coast of FL and other places, all provisions; H.R. 5426 To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 5435 Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010, amend IRS Code to extend certain renewable fuels and energy tax incentives & deny deduction for income due to domestic oil production; H.R. 5436 Prohibit MMS from issuing permits, all provisions; H.R. 5459 Outer continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010; increase the limits on liability, all provisions; H.R.5481 To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, all provisions ; H.R. 5499 To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, all provisions; H.R. 5503 Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act, all provisions; H.R.5505 Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of 2010, monetary prizes for nuclear energy used fuel alternatives, all provisions; H.R. 5506 Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act; establishes all oil and gas activity as "major federal action" for NEPA, all provisions; H.R. 5513 Spilled Oil Royalty Collection Act; require royalty on discharged oil, all provisions; H.R. 5519 Gulf Coast Jobs Preservation Act; terminate moratorium & require Secretary to ensure safety, all provisions; H.R. 5520 Oil Spill Responsibility Act of 2010; require immediate payment to compensate all affected persons, all provisions; H.R. 5525 OCS Moratorium, terminate moratorium, all provisions; H.R. 5572 Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010; reform MMS, Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; H.R. 5585 Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act; waiver from Jones Act to foreign flagged vessels assisting in responding to oil spill, all provisions; H.R. 5598 Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5607 SOS Act; establishment of a program to develop technologies for oil spill containment and clean up, all provisions; H.R. 5608 Better Oil Spill Response Act of 2010; improve oil spill response plans, all provisions; H.R. 5613 American Coastal Waters and Shorelines Plan; require drilling vessels to be documented under chap. 121 of Title 46 of USC, all provisions; H.R. 5626 Blowout Prevention Act of 2010; requiring the use of safe well control technologies for the drilling of high risk wells, all provisions; H.R. 5629 Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010, full recovery of damages, improve safety, ensure adequate response plans, all provisions; H.R. 5631 Gulf Coast Conservation Corps Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5634 Offshore Drilling Safety Improvement Act; mandates best available technology for BOP's, all provisions; H.R. 5644 End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010, all provisions & S. 3405 Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, all provisions; H.R. 5654 Gulf Coast Restoration Act, all provisions; H.R. 5657 OCS Access; amend OCS Lands prohibit leasing in ecological areas, all provisions; H.R. 5661 Oil Pollution Taxpayer and Environment Protection Act, provisions related to royalty for discharged oil; H.R. 5666 Emergency Relief Well Act; amend OCS Lands Act to require relief wells, all provisions; H.R. 5677 SAFEGUARDS Act of 2010; amend OCS Lands Act & Fed Water Pollution to enhance fed gov't response, all provisions; H.R. 5684 Maritime Infrastructure Security and Counterterrorism Act, all provisions; H.R. 5686 Stand by your Oil Pollution Act; amend OPA to extend liability to other owners, all provisions; H.R. 5697 OCS Access; amend OPA to extend liability to other owners, all provisions; H.R. 5698 To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 5699 Gulf Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2010, all provisions; H.R. 5709 Oil Spill Preparation and Protection Act; amend OCS Lands Act to require worst case scenario clean-up plan, all provisions; S. 3305 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act of 2010; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3306 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3308, OCS Moratorium; suspend activities in OCS until investigation complete, all provisions; S. 3309 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3337 Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act, all provisions; S. 3343 Beyond Petroleum Act; establish annual fee on producers for fund to reduce pollution, all provisions; S. 3344 BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3345 Big Oil Polluter Pays Act; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3346 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3358 West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010; permanently prohibit offshore drilling in CA, OR and WA, all provisions; S. 3375 Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act; Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, all provisions; S. 3391 Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act; accelerated OCS revenue sharing, all provisions; S. 3405 Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, all provisions; S. 3410 Acceptance of Liability and Expedited Claims at Mississippi Canyon 252 Act, all provisions; S. 3443 OCS Permitting; eliminate 30 day time limit for exploration plans, all provisions; S. 3433 Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act of 2010; prohibit leasing of most OCS and increase fuel standards, all provisions; S. 3461 Acceptance of Offer on Liability and Expedited Claims at Mississippi Canyon 252 Act, all provisions; S. 3462 A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes, all provisions; S. 3464 Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3466 Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 3472 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010, provisions related to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; S. 3473 A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, all provisions; S. 3478 Renumeration for Ecological and Societal Tolls Occasioned by Reckless Errors Act, provisions related to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; S. 3489 To terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior, all provisions; S. 3492 Emergency Relief Well Act; requiring drilling relief wells, all provisions; S. 3497 Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010; provisions related to require containment plan for all leases; S. 3509 Safer Oil and Gas Production Research and Development Act of 2010; amend Energy Policy Act 2005 to promote R&D of technologies BMP's for safe extraction, all provisions; S. 3512 Water Assistance from Int'l Vessels for Emergency Response Act related to waiver from the Jones Act to foreign flagged vessels assisting in responding to oil spill; S. 3514 Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010; prohibits entry into any federal lease w/o paying into Oil Spill Recovery Fund, all provisions; S. 3515 Department of Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010; authorize DOI programs relating to detection of, response, mitigation and cleanup of spills, all provisions; S. 3516 Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010; reform management of energy and mineral resources, all provisions; S. 3525 Open America's Water Act; repeal Jones Act restrictions on coast wide trade all provisions; S. 3541, Deepwater Drilling Royalty Prohibition Act; prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, all provisions; S. 3545 Gulf of Mexico Economic Recovery and Job Impact Analysis Act of 2010; require study of effect of moratorium all provisions; S. 20 Sen. Grahams Clean Energy Standard Act of 2010, all provisions; S.-- Sen. Stabenows low carbon fuel standard (not yet introduced); General issues related to offshore oil and gas including, oil spill response, response to Gulf of Mexico moratorium, science program funding, securing permits for 2010 and 2011, air permit for Alaska Outer Continental Shelf; General issues related to offshore oil and gas; General issues related to offshore oil and gas exploration including safety and oil spill recovery; General issues related to well integrity and general energy concerns including offshore moratorium; General issues related to permits for offshore operations in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico; General issues related to lifting the suspension of operations; General issues related to education on the importance of oil sands to energy independent; General issues related to National Environmental Policy Act and environmental assessments; General issues related to safety and oil spill recovery; General issues related to Alaska Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas development; General issues related to jobs and strong economy; General issues related to Alaska 2011 program; General issues related to climate change and gas incentives; General issues related to biofuels blend wall; General issues related to Department of the Interior notice to lessees; Participation in energy hearings.

H.R. 4213 Tax extenders bill would extend $30 billion worth of expired and expiring tax cuts with potential revenue offsets that would impact oil and gas industry; H.R. 5297 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act, a bill that includes provisions related to incentivizing jobs with revenue offsets potentially impacting oil and gas industry; H.R. 5995 and H.R. 5905 potentially impacting the ability to deduct oil spill related expenses; Administration Budget proposal impacting oil and gas industry; H.R. 5644, H.R. 5435, S. 3663, S. 3793, S. 3580, S. 3542, S. 3405 bills all containing repeal of Section 199, repeal of the Intangible Drilling Cost rules and repeal of Last In First Out.

Client expense: $1,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

Offshore Energy Production2010-2015 OCS 5 Year Plan Investment by Marathon Oil Corporation in developing energy resources in Equatorial Guinea (cont'd) Marine Spatial Planning Deepwater Moratorium Hydraulic FracturingH.R 2766 and S. 1215 Carbon Limits H.R. 3534 and S. 2877 (CLEAR Act) Interior and EPA Appropriations Federal Energy PermittingS.995 and H.R 2362 Comprehensive Energy LegislationSenate Energy and Natural Resources S.807 House Natural Resources Committee Draft Oil Spill Reponse Act S.3614 Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS): Discussion draft of legislative proposal in Senate; was never introduced. S.1462 - Bingaman, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, provisions relating to non-conventional fuels. Regulation of CO2 Under C.A.A.: -S.JRes.26 Resolution of Disapproval of EPA Endangerment Finding -Rockefeller, Stationary Source Regulations Delay Act draft legislation HR 5136 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 relating to nonconventional petroleum sources S.3280 & S.3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 relating to nonconventional petroleum sources S.1700 (Section 1504) Dodd Frank Act - A bill to require certain issuers to disclose payments to foreign governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals, to express the sense of Congress that the President should disclose any payment relating to the commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals on Federal land, and for other purposes S.3306 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010 H.R. 5214 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010 H.R. 5459 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S.3306 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010 H.R. 5214 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010 S. 3309 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010 S. 3337 - Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act S. 3346 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. 3343 - A bill to direct the secretary of the Interior to establish an annual fee on federal offshore areas that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas and to establish a fund to reduce pollution and the dependence of the United States on oil. S. 3358 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington. S. 3375 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase the cap on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill, and for other purposes. S. 3391 - A bill to provide for accelerated revenue sharing of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to promote coastal resiliency among Gulf producing states. H.R. 5355 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility. H.R. 5356 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase the cap on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill, and for other purposes. H. R. 5358 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. S. 3443 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to eliminate the 30-day time limit for exploration plans. S. 3433 - A bill to prohibit the leasing of the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Central Gulf of Mexico Regions of the outer Continental Shelf and to increase fuel economy standards. H.R. 5436 - A bill to prohibit the Minerals Management Service from issuing permits or Environmental or safety waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon. H.R. 5426 - To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes. H.R. 5435 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain renewable fuel, and energy, tax incentives and to deny the deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, or primary products thereof. S. 3462 - A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes. H.R. 5481 - A bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. S. 3472 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full costs of oil spills, and for other purposes. S. 3473 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Became Public Law No: 111-191) S. 3464 - A bill to establish an energy and climate policy framework to reach measurable gains in reducing dependence on foreign oil, saving Americans money, improving energy security and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes. H.R. 5499 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. H.R. 5505 - A bill to authorize the secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives. H.R. 5506 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that treatment of the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination documents and lease sales required under federal law for offshore drilling activity on the outer continental shelf as a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes. H.R. 5513 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold or discharged under a lease under that Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 5519 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling and to require the secretary of the Interior to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling operations. S. 3489 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the secretary of the Interior. H.R. 5525 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the secretary of the Interior. S. 3492 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the drilling of emergency relief wells, and for other purposes. S. 3497 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes. S. 3514 - Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010. S. 3515 - Department of the Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010 S. 3516 - Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010 H.R. 5572 - A bill to reform the Minerals Management Service and offshore drilling for oil and gas, to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for discharge of oil from an offshore facility, and for other purposes. H.R. 5607 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a program to support the development, demonstration and commercialization of innovative technologies to prevent, stop or capture large-scale accidental discharges of oil or other hydrocarbons from offshore oil and gas drilling operations, including deepwater and ultra-deepwater operations, and for other purposes. S. 3541 - A bill to prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, and for other purposes. S. 3410 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to renegotiate the terms of the lease known as "Mississippi Canyon 252" with respect to claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill that exceed existing applicable economic liability limitations. S. 3542 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, to establish a commission to investigate and report on corrective measures to prevent similar incidents, to improve the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and federal oil spill research, and for other purposes. H.R. 5613 - A bill to require that vessels used to engage in drilling for oil or gas in ocean waters that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States must be documented under chapter 121 of Title 46, United States Code. H.R. 5598 - Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010 H.R. 5520 - A bill to require immediate payment by BP to the United States of an amount for use to compensate all affected persons for removal costs and damages arising from the explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available to the secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, and for other purposes. Senate ENR Mark-up - Management of Energy and Mineral Resources on the OCS Senate EPW Mark-up - Gulf Coast Oil Spill; Watershed and Waterway Restoration Bills Senate Commerce Hearing - Gulf Coast Oil Spill House E&C Subcommittee on Energy & Environment Hearing - Gulf Coast Oil Spill House NR Hearing Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act House Small Business Hearing BP Claims Fund and Small Business House T&I Mark-up Oil Spill, Accountability; Surface Transportation; Other Pending Bills

General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; S 1627 Consumer Fuels and Vehicle Choice Act of 2009; HR 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; S 1733 Senate version of climate change bill; S 828/HR 864 Renewable Pipeline Act of 2009; general efforts to get government support for an ethanol pipeline; having ethanol produced from corn starch qualify as an advanced biofuel under RFS2; general efforts to increase the number of blender pumps; general efforts to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles; Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture loan programs that could be used for the development of cellulosic ethanol and ethanol pipelines; Country-of-origin labeling for vehicle fuel; the issue of a low carbon fuel standard; advocated in support of EPA allowing use of E-15 in all vehicles; S 943 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of EPA to waive the lifecycle GHG emission reduction requirement for renewable fuels production; energy legislation in general; S 1148 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify a provision related to the renewable fuels program; increasing the amount of ethanol allowed in fuel from 10% to 15%; HR 1476 To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80% of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the US by each manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel; S 1627 A bill to improve choices for consumers for vehicles and fuel, and for other purposes; S 1666 A bill to require the Administrator of the EPA to satisfy certain conditions before issuing to producers of mid-level ethanol blends a waiver from certain requirements of the Clean Air Act; HR 4512 To require the Secretary of Energy to implement country-of-origin disclosure requirements with respect to motor fuels; Senator Thune's Renewable Fuel Expansion and Infrastructure Act; HR 5633 Consumer Vehicle Choice Act of 2010; HR 5632 Consumer Fuels Choice Act of 2010; S 3576 Safeguarding America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies; Senators Harkin and Lugar's amendment on flex fuel vehicles to Senator Reid's energy bill; HR 4872 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010; HR 5142 Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now - Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010; HR 5343 Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010; HR 5435 Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010; S 3231 GREEN Jobs Act of 2010; S 3464 Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010

General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; S 1627 The Consumer Fuels and Vehicle Choice Act of 2009; HR 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; general efforts to get government support for an ethanol pipeline; general efforts to increase the number of blender pumps; general efforts to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles; country-of-origin labeling for vehicle fuel; HR 4306 To Amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Increase the Use of Ethanol and Biodiesel; the issue of a low carbon fuel standard; advocated in support of the EPA allowing the use of E-15 in all vehicles; S 943 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of EPA to waive the lifecycle GHG emission reduction requirement for renewable fuels production; S 1148 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify a provision related to the renewable fuels program; increasing the amount of ethanol allowed in fuel from 10% to 15%; HR 1476 To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85% ethanol, 85% methanol, or biodiesel; S 1627 A bill to improve choices for consumers for vehicles and fuel; A bill to require the Administrator of the EPA to satisfy certain conditions before issuing to producers of mid-level ethanol blends a waiver from certain requirements under the Clean Air Act; HR 4512 To require the Secretary of Energy to implement country-of-origin disclosure requirements with respect to motor vehicle fuels; Senator Thune's Renewable Fuel Expansion and Infrastructure Act; HR 5633 Consumer Vehicle Choice Act of 2010; HR 5632 Consumer Fuels Choice Act of 2010; S 3576 Safeguarding America's Future with Energy & Sustainable Technologies; Senators Harkin and Lugar's amendment on flex fuel vehicles to Senator Reid's energy bill; S 828/HR 864 Renewable Pipeline Act of 2009; HR 5142 Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now - Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010; HR 5343 Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010; HR 5435 Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010; S 3231 GREEN Jobs Act of 2010; S 3464 Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010

HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009; provisions related to funding and taxes HR 1482: Consumer Reasonable Energy Price Protection Act of 2009; provisions related to funding levels and taxes HR 1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act; provisions related to Title II, Subtitle B and revenue offsets HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; provisions related to Title III HR 4213: American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010; provisions related to energy taxes, revenue and funding, energy development, and Title IV HR 4529: Roadmap for Americas Future Act of 2010; provisions related to taxes, revenue, and funding HR 4940: Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act; provisions related to taxes and tariffs HR 5214: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010; provisions related to taxes HR 5297: Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010; all provisions of the bill HR 5435: Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010; provisions related to taxes HR 5893: Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010; provisions related to energy taxes S 3405: Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act; provisions related to taxes S 3793: Job Creation and Tax Cut Act of 2010; provisions related to Title IV and revenue offsets S 3816: Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act; provisions related to Titles I and II S 3839: A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes; provisions related to revenue and funding Presidents Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Proposals; revenue provisions related to oil and gas and other business related tax provisions

Client expense: $4,070,000 · Firm income: Not reported

General ethanol, energy, agriculture, environmental, and climate change issues; HR 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; S 1733 Senate version of climate change bill; S 828/HR 864 Renewable Pipeline Act of 2009; HR 4306 To Amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol and biodiesel; the issue of a low carbon fuel standard; S 943 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the EPA to waive the lifecycle GHG emission reduction requirement for renewable fuels production; S 1148 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify a provision related to the renewable fuels program; energy legislation in general; increasing the amount of ethanol allowed in fuel from 10% to 15%; Senator Thune's Renewable fuel Expansion and Infrastructure Act; HR 4872 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010; HR 5142 Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now - Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010; HR 5343 Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010; HR 5435 Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010; S 3231 GREEN Jobs Act of 2010; S 3338 Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010; S 3464 Practical energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010; issues related to E15; administration of DOE Biomass Program Grant: Award No. DE-EE0003057

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

General ethanol, energy, agriculture, envornmental, and climate changes issues; S 1733 Senate version of climate change bill; climate change in general; HR 2996 Fiscal 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations; the issue of international indirect land use change; S 943 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the EPA to waive the lifecycle GHG emission reduction requirement for renewable fuels production; HR 5435 Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010; S 3464 Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009; provisions regarding funding and taxes HR 1482: Consumer Reasonable Energy Price Protection Act of 2009; provisions regarding funding levels, windfall profit taxes HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; provisions related to Title III HR 4213: American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010; provisions regarding energy taxes, revenue and funding, energy development and Title IV HR 4529: Roadmap for Americas Future Act of 2010; provisions regarding taxes, revenue and funding HR 4940: Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act; provisions regarding taxes and tariffs HR 5104: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for the deduction for domestic oil related production activities of companies which are not major integrated oil companies; provisions regarding tax deductions HR 5214: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010; provisions regarding taxes HR 5435: Big Oil Accountability Act of 2010; provisions regarding taxes HR 5486: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes (aka: Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act of 2010); provisions regarding revenue and funding S 3405: Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act; provisions regarding taxes General discussions regarding tax issues Presidents Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Proposals; revenue raising provisions related to oil and gas taxpayers and other business related tax provisions

Client expense: $2,520,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2766 - Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 S 1215 - Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 S 807 - Senate Energy and Natural Resources, House Natural Resources Committee Draft Offshore Energy Production - 2010-2015 OCS 5 year plan 2010 Interior and EPA Appropriations S 995 - Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009 H.R. 2362 - Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009 Marine Spatial Planning H.R. 5136 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 relating to nonconventional petroleum sources S. 3280 & S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 relating to nonconventional petroleum sources S.3306 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010 H.R. 5214 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010 S. 3309 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010 H.R. 5459 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. 1462 - Bingaman, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, provisions relating to nonconventional fuels S. 3305 - Oil Spill Trust Fund S. 3337 - Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act S. 3346 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. 3343 - A bill to direct the secretary of the Interior to establish an annual fee on federal offshore areas that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas and to establish a fund to reduce pollution and the dependence of the United States on oil. S. 3358 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington. S. 3375 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase the cap on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill, and for other purposes. S. 3391 - A bill to provide for accelerated revenue sharing of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to promote coastal resiliency among Gulf producing states. H.R. 5355 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility. H.R. 5356 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase the cap on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill, and for other purposes. H. R. 5358 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. S. 3443 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to eliminate the 30-day time limit for exploration plans. S. 3433 - A bill to prohibit the leasing of the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Central Gulf of Mexico Regions of the outer Continental Shelf and to increase fuel economy standards. H.R. 5436 - A bill to prohibit the Minerals Management Service from issuing permits or Environmental or safety waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon. H.R. 5426 - To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes. H.R. 5435 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain renewable fuel, and energy, tax incentives and to deny the deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, or primary products thereof. H.R. 5459 - A bill to increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. 3462 - A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes. H.R. 5481 - A bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. S. 3472 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full costs of oil spills, and for other purposes. S. 3473 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Became Public Law No: 111-191) S. 3464 - A bill to establish an energy and climate policy framework to reach measurable gains in reducing dependence on foreign oil, saving Americans money, improving energy security and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes. H.R. 5499 - A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. H.R. 5505 - A bill to authorize the secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives. H.R. 5506 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that treatment of the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination documents and lease sales required under federal law for offshore drilling activity on the outer continental shelf as a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes. H.R. 5513 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold or discharged under a lease under that Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 5519 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling and to require the secretary of the Interior to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling operations. S. 3489 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the secretary of the Interior. H.R. 5525 - A bill to terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the secretary of the Interior. S. 3492 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the drilling of emergency relief wells, and for other purposes. S. 3497 - A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes. S. 3514 - Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010. S. 3515 - Department of the Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010 S. 3516 - Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010 H.R. 5572 - A bill to reform the Minerals Management Service and offshore drilling for oil and gas, to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for discharge of oil from an offshore facility, and for other purposes. H.R. 5607 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a program to support the development, demonstration and commercialization of innovative technologies to prevent, stop or capture large-scale accidental discharges of oil or other hydrocarbons from offshore oil and gas drilling operations, including deepwater and ultra-deepwater operations, and for other purposes. S. 3541 - A bill to prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, and for other purposes. S. 3410 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to renegotiate the terms of the lease known as "Mississippi Canyon 252" with respect to claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill that exceed existing applicable economic liability limitations. S. 3542 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, to establish a commission to investigate and report on corrective measures to prevent similar incidents, to improve the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and federal oil spill research, and for other purposes. H.R. 5613 - A bill to require that vessels used to engage in drilling for oil or gas in ocean waters that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States must be documented under chapter 121 of Title 46, United States Code. H.R. 5598 - Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010 H.R. 5520 - A bill to require immediate payment by BP to the United States of an amount for use to compensate all affected persons for removal costs and damages arising from the explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available to the secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, and for other purposes. Senate ENR Mark-up - Management of Energy and Mineral Resources on the OCS Senate EPW Mark-up - Gulf Coast Oil Spill; Watershed and Waterway Restoration Bills Senate Commerce Hearing - Gulf Coast Oil Spill House E&C Subcommittee on Energy & Environment Hearing - Gulf Coast Oil Spill House NR Hearing Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act House Small Business Hearing BP Claims Fund and Small Business House T&I Mark-up Oil Spill, Accountability; Surface Transportation; Other Pending Bills