• Legislation intended to promote the continued production and use of domestic coal resources through development of new or commercialization of existing coal technologies; any provisions to establish or incentivize federal demonstration sites for coal power generation technologies; and any legislative proposals to set energy market mandates.
• Legislation to amend current environmental laws to increase federal regulation over the permitting, production, or combustion of domestic coal resources and post-mining reclamation activities, including interpretations of Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA); and any attempt to create federal renewable energy standards.
• Legislation amending current safety standards, regulation and oversight at domestic coal production and processing facilities.
• Legislative language that promote or dissuade investments in coal-fired plants or other coal-related infrastructure domestically or overseas; language relating to the regulation and enforcement of carbon-dioxide emissions reduction mandates or other regulatory actions by the Environmental Protection Agency or Department of Interior.
• Potential legislative changes following passage of comprehensive tax reform, with specific attention to current tax treatments that impact the domestic mining industry.
• Legislation related to any comprehensive infrastructure bill.
• Potential impact of tariffs on domestic and international coal markets.

Duration: July 26, 2016 to December 13, 2019

General Issues: Natural Resources, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $1,770,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)