Lobbying Relationship

Client

Gevo

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Lobbying firm

Green Capitol LLC

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  • General support for isoctane ("renewable gasoline") and biojet otherwise known as sustainable aviation fuel from sustainable biomass, and ag programs including in HR 2 the Agriculture Improvement Act. General support for RFS for advanced biofuels including in the renewable fuels standard, Pub. L. 110-140, Energy Independence and Security Act. Developing increased support for DOE biomass program and grant funding for these types of products. Tax incentives as well. Focus on SAF tax credit legislation, as it develops, and ensuring proper accounting of carbon and equitable, science driven agency LCA analysis in various pieces of legislation, e.g., Sustainable Skies Act (HR 3440/S. 2263), and "build back better". HR 3440 and similar should allow fully independent modeling based on US agency data, in addition to Int'l Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) process.
  • Same issues as referenced under energy including implementation and improvements to programs in HR 2 related to energy production in the energy title primarily (e.g. 9003), Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. 9003 "modernization" should allow a broader range of biofuels feedstocks as long as there is a GHG performance metric, such as Argonne GREET. General support for USDA to help with biomass based sustainable aviation fuel efforts of the Administration, as well as proper carbon accounting and modeling in renewable energy development.

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General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Agriculture, Defense, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $710,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, White House Office, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Air Force - Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills mentioned

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.2: Reserved for the Speaker.

Sponsor: none

H.R.3440: Sustainable Skies Act

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

S.2263: Sustainable Skies Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Lloyd Ritter Mr Senior Counsel, Senate Ag Committee
Lloyd Ritter Senior Counsel, Senate Ag Committee Senior Counsel, Senate Agriculture Committee Senate Ag Committee, Senior Counsel
Ryan Stroschein LD, Rep. H-Sandlin
Lloyd Ritter Mr. Senate Ag Committee, Senior Counsel

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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