FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act

Advocacy in support of BCSE Funding Priorities in FY2021 Appropriations bills, and supplemental funding in any economic recovery legislation as a result of COVID-19 - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill: DOE offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil Energy (FE) and Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (EDER); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill rural clean energy programs: Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), Carbon Utilization and Biogas Education Program, Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Biomass Research and Development, Rural Energy Savings Program; Interior, EPA and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill clean energy programs at the Environmental Protection Agency: EnergyStar, CHP Partnership, Green Power Partnership, Natural Gas Star, Methane Challenge, AgStar, Center for Corporate Climate Leadership, SmartWay Transport Partnership, Renewable Fuel Standard, State and Local Climate and Energy Program, and others; State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill: International clean energy finance and clean energy programs at the Department of State, including the UNFCCC, IPCC, Sustainable Landscapes, Renewable Energy, and Green Climate Fund; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and specifically for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) oNew state emergency planning and response grants directed to state energy offices, and to state emergency management agencies including coordination between the energy offices, state emergency management agencies, FEMA and the DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response; and oNew direct funding to states for public facility resilience, energy, and water system retrofits to update mission critical facilities, especially including hospitals, schools, community shelters, non-profit nursing homes, and first responder facilities, utilizing private capital for non-interruptible energy generation and microgrids and energy efficiency improvements, with federal funds directed to emergency response upgrades. oReport language to ensure implementation of section 1206(a) of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, which permits FEMA to assist communities in adopting or updating building codes post disaster, in training code officials and builders on updated or existing building codes, and in boosting efforts to ensure rebuilding work communitywide is done to code. Advocacy to extend clean energy tax extenders including: Reinstatement of energy efficiency measures and provisions for the non-wind Production Tax Credit technologies (hydropower, waste to energy, biomass, biogas and geothermal), as well as the full landscape of energy-related tax measures, including those that are expired, soon-to-be-expiring and new areas of focus. Advocacy in support of energy legislation, including S.2657, the American Energy Innovation Act and H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act/ Advocacy on Executive Order on the Bulk Power System House Select Committee Report to Address Climate Change The Clean Energy Business Network (CEBN), an independent initiative of the BCSE, also engages in lobby activity and in building awareness before Congress on examples of small and medium-sized businesses across the nation contributing to the clean energy economy. The CEBNs lobbying activities and expenditures are included in the BCSEs quarterly LD-2 filings. CEBNs activity includes information gathering, direct advocacy, and grassroots advocacy support (including group and individual letters and group lobby visits to Capitol Hill) on appropriations for the Department of Energy, extension of expired clean energy tax incentives, energy innovation (H.R. 4447 and S. 2089), and the need to support clean energy in economic recovery. The BCSE also provides administrative service to the Federal Performance Contracting Coalition (FPCC), a coalition of federal energy services contract holders. The FPCC's lobbying activities and expenditures are included in the BCSE's quarterly LD-4 filings. Cascade Associates is a lobbyist for the FPCC. The FPCC contacted: The House of Representatives, Senate, Department of Energy, Office of Management and Budget, Council on Environmental Quality, General Services Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Departments of Navy, Army, and Air Force and the Offices of the Secretary of Defense. The FPCC is working with Members of Congress in developing complimentary policy for Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC.) Specifically, they met with congressional offices for support of the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnership (S.1706/H.R.3079), and scoring issues related to this bill; the Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act (S. 1857); and the Open Back Better Act (S.6404/H.R.7303). The FPCC lobbied for the inclusion of these provisions and increased funding for various agencies to leverage performance contracting in any stimulus package proposed in Congress. They also met with members of the Armed Services Committees, Appropriations Committees, Budget Committees, Veterans Affairs Committees, House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.