Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021

Draft legislation regarding infrastructure; Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; Draft legislation on permitting reforms for natural gas gathering lines; HR __ House Natural Resources Budget Reconciliation (provisions relating to federal lands); HR 2415 Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; HR 4372 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; HR 4781 POWER Act of 2021; HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021; S 1076 REGROW Act of 2021; S 2177 Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act; S 799 SCALE Act; 79 Fed. Reg. 27066 Implementing changes to the regulations for designating critical habitat; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing; Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 85 Fed. Reg. 5915 Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; 85 Fed. Reg. 65904 Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention; Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3360; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to anticipated regulations for gathering lines.

Client expense: $1,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

HR 1319 American Rescue Plan Act S 1076 REGROW Act Issues related to orphan wells HR 1325 More Energy More Jobs Act HR 859 Protecting American Energy Jobs Act HR 684 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act S 171 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act HR 544 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021 HR 218 Saving Americas Energy Future Act S 645 Stopping Methane Emissions Reduction Act S 624 Fair Returns for Public Lands Act S 607 End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act S 76 POWER Act of 2021 SJ Res 14 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review HR 3116 COAST Anti-Drilling Act S 1851 COAST Anti-Drilling Act S.Con.Res.14 - A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031 H.Res.601 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3684) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; and providing for the adoption of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 14) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; and for other purposes

Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Draft legislation regarding infrastructure; Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; Draft legislation on permitting reforms for natural gas gathering lines; HR __ House Natural Resources Budget Reconciliation (provisions relating to federal lands); HR 2415 Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; HR 4372 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; HR 4781 POWER Act of 2021; HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021; S 1076 REGROW Act of 2021; S 2177 Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act; S 799 SCALE Act; 79 Fed. Reg. 27066 Implementing changes to the regulations for designating critical habitat; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing; Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 85 Fed. Reg. 5915 Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; 85 Fed. Reg. 65904 Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention; Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3360; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to anticipated regulations for gathering lines.

Client expense: $1,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1319 American Rescue Plan Act S 1076 REGROW Act Issues related to orphan wells HR 1325 More Energy More Jobs Act HR 859 Protecting American Energy Jobs Act HR 684 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act S 171 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act HR 544 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021 HR 218 Saving Americas Energy Future Act S 645 Stopping Methane Emissions Reduction Act S 624 Fair Returns for Public Lands Act S 607 End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act S 76 POWER Act of 2021 SJ Res 14 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review HR 3116 COAST Anti-Drilling Act S 1851 COAST Anti-Drilling Act S.Con.Res.14 - A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031 H.Res.601 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3684) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; and providing for the adoption of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 14) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; and for other purposes

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; HR __ Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act; HR 803 Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act; S 1076 REGROW Act of 2021; S 799 SCALE Act; 80 Fed. Reg. 16577 Oil and Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing; Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 80 Fed. Reg. 40767 Onshore Oil and Gas Operations, Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases, Site Security; 81 Fed. Reg. 43337 Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform; 85 Fed. Reg. 55940 Oil and Gas Site Security, Oil Measurement, and Gas Measurement Regulations; 85 Fed. Reg. 5915 Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3360; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands.

Client expense: $1,050,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; HR __ Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act; HR 803 Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act; S 1076 REGROW Act of 2021; S 799 SCALE Act; 80 Fed. Reg. 16577 Oil and Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing; Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 80 Fed. Reg. 40767 Onshore Oil and Gas Operations, Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases, Site Security; 81 Fed. Reg. 43337 Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform; 85 Fed. Reg. 55940 Oil and Gas Site Security, Oil Measurement, and Gas Measurement Regulations; 85 Fed. Reg. 5915 Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3360; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands.

Client expense: $1,050,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1319 American Rescue Plan Act S 1076 REGROW Act Issues related to orphan wells HR 1325 More Energy More Jobs Act HR 859 Protecting American Energy Jobs Act HR 684 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act S 171 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act HR 544 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021 HR 218 Saving Americas Energy Future Act S 645 Stopping Methane Emissions Reduction Act S 624 Fair Returns for Public Lands Act S 607 End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act S 76 POWER Act of 2021 SJ Res 14 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review HR 3116 COAST Anti-Drilling Act S 1851 COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE

HR __ Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act; S __ Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act; S 69 Conservation Funding Protection Act; S 76 POWER Act; 77 Fed. Reg. 56365 Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing: Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 82 Fed. Reg. 34464 Oil and Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands, Rescission of a 2015 Rule; 85 Fed. Reg. 55940 Oil and Gas Site Security, Oil Measurement, and Gas Measurement Regulations; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to a ban on federal lands leasing; Efforts related to anticipated regulations for gathering lines; Efforts related to government royalties for federal oil and gas production; Efforts related to oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Efforts related to orphaned wells; Efforts relating to the use of categorical exclusions as defined in Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Regulatory efforts regarding BLM Instructional Memorandum 2011-184.

Client expense: $1,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported

General resource access (including leasing, permitting, interagency coordination, and allocation of agency resources)and royalty rates in priority areas for offshore oil, gas and wind and related economic, environmental, and national security benefits. Hypothetical comprehensive legislation on offshore energy--Proposals including preserving access to the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas, the Atlantic for wind, and additional items related to wind including revenue share Memoranda on theWithdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition, 2020--Presidential withdrawals of acreage for energy leasing and potential avenues for reversal, including potential legislation or agency action. S. 69, H.R. 552--Conservation Funding Protection Act--Provisions mandating lease sales and permitting decisions in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico. H.R. 1325--More Energy More Jobs Act--Discussed potential re-introduction of bill on offshore energy leasing. Nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Department of Interior--Her positions on various natural resources and energy issues Draft version of The Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) --Language incorporating the COASTAL Act and OFFSHORE Acts from the 116th Congress regarding revenue sharing from energy in federal waters, and potential amendments related to offshore energy leasing H.R. 8632 (in 116th)--Oceans Based Climate Solutions Act--Discussed bills potential reintroduction and various provisions impacting fossil fuel leasing and production or offshore wind, including possible amendments. 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program--Importance of resource access H.R. 218--Saving America's Energy Future Act--Provisions on resource access and energy leasing BOEM 2020-057--South Fork Wind Farm and South Fork Export Cable Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement--Timely approval BOEM 2021-0012--Final Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts--Timely approval and community impacts DOI Order No. 3395--Temporary Suspension of Delegated Authority--Impact on timely leasing, permitting, and approvals of offshore oil and gas-related actions EO 14008--Executive Order on Tackling The Climate Crisis At Home And Abroad--Impact on timely leasing, permitting, and approvals of offshore oil and gas-related actions, including previously planned March lease sale 257 DOI Order No. 3394--Establishment of New Department Leadership Team and Temporary Redelegation of Authority--Impact on timely permitting of offshore oil and gas-related actions H.R. 519--Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021--Provisions impacting offshore oil and gas leasing. S. 76, H.R. 543--Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources Act--Provisions impacting offshore oil and gas leasing. H.R. 859--Protecting American Energy Jobs Act--Provisions impacting offshore oil and gas leasing. American Jobs Plan or similar potential federal infrastructure package--Potential provisions related to funding ports improvements for facilitating offshore wind, funding or tax assistance related to the construction of domestic offshore wind-enabling vessels, interconnection of offshore wind into the domestic electrical grid, potential General discussion on provisions impacting offshore energy. Specific possible provisions include tax assistance for offshore wind, lending related to domestic renewable energy manufacturing, jobs training for renewable energy, and concerns related to tax provisions impacting offshore oil and gas. Nomination of Elizabeth Klein as Deputy Secretary to the Department of Interior--Her positions on various natural resources and energy issues Potential nomination of Thomas Beadreau to Deputy Secretary at the Department of Interior--His positions on various energy and natural resources issues.

HR 1319 American Rescue Plan Act S 1076 REGROW Act Issues related to orphan wells HR 1325 More Energy More Jobs Act HR 859 Protecting American Energy Jobs Act HR 684 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act S 171 Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act HR 544 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021 HR 218 Saving Americas Energy Future Act S 645 Stopping Methane Emissions Reduction Act S 624 Fair Returns for Public Lands Act S 607 End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act S 76 POWER Act of 2021 SJ Res 14 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review

Client expense: $212,534 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE

General discussions/ no legislation on issue related to Alaska and Lower 48 oil and gas development, permitting, and land access. Protection of the Record of Decision on the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Willow Master Development Plan. Department of the Interior Secretary Order #3395 and DOI permitting processes going forward, including for applications for permits to drill. Development of new 5-year polar bear incidental take regulations for Alaska's North Slope. General discussions about ConocoPhillips' support for conservation programs and projects. FY2022 funding for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Joint Ventures and the Intermountain West Joint Venture's partnership with Bureau of Land Management. National Petroleum Reserve- Alaska integrated activity plan. Discussion of proposed questions for the record to Department of the Interior nominee from trade association. Discussion of trade association endorsements: >H.R. 692 - Recognition of Local Interests in National Environmental Policy Act decision making >H.R. 519 - Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act

Client expense: $1,359,800 · Firm income: Not reported