• Regulation of medical gas product manufacturing and cylinders; implementation of medical gas provisions in Public Law 112-144, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act; implementation of medical gas provisions in Public Law 115-31, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017; medical gas provisions in the FY 2025 appropriations to the Food and Drug Administration; FDA proposed rulemaking on Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Certification, Postmarketing Safety Reporting, and Labeling Requirements for Certain Medical Gases.
• Safe production and reliable supply of helium; sale of the Federal Helium Reserve in Amarillo, Texas; helium supply chain issues; carbon dioxide supply chain and life cycle assessment issues; implementation of Public Law No: 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act section 45Q regarding CO2 sequestration; Carbon Capture Utilization Parity Act of 2023 (H.R. 1262 and S. 542).

Duration: February 1, 2012 to present

General Issues: Health Issues, Natural Resources

Spending: about $2,090,000 (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 2012: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), General Services Administration (GSA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

Affiliated organizations: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.; AirGas, Inc; American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.; Catalina Cylinders; Chart Industries, Inc.; Ikaria, Inc.; Linde North America, Inc.; Luxfer Gas Cylinders USA; Matheson; NuCO2 Inc.; Praxair, Inc; Roberts Oxygen Company, Inc.; Taylor-Wharton Intl/Sherwood Valve

Related Foreign Entities: Linde AG (80331 Munich, GER); contribution to lobbying: $100; ownership 100%