Lobbying Relationship

Client

Growth Energy

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Lobbying firm

Kountoupes Consulting, LLC

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  • Policy issues relating to ethanol including: increasing the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline through a waiver with the EPA; indirect land use change as part of the low carbon fuel standard in energy and climate legislation (H.R.2998, H.R.2454, S.1148 and S.943); supporting ethanol pipeline in the Renewable Fuels Pipeline Act, H.R.864 and S.828 and other proposals; changes to the Alternative Vehicle Refueling property tax credit to allow blender pumps to receive the value of the credit; extension of the Volumetric Excise Tax Credit and the tariff on imported ethanol in the Renewable Fuels Investment Act, H.R.4940, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, H.R.4213 and other related proposals; tax credits for advanced biofuels production, H.R.5142, H.R.5343, S.3338; policies encouraging blender pumps; requiring country of origin disclosure for motor vehicle fuels, H.R.4512; and policies encouraging flex fuel vehicles.
  • Policy issues relating to ethanol including: increasing the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline through a waiver with the EPA and indirect land use change as part of the low carbon fuel standard in energy and climate legislation (H.R.2998, H.R.2454, S.1148 and S.943).
  • Policy issues relating to ethanol including: increasing the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline through a waiver with the EPA; indirect land use change as part of the low carbon fuel standard in energy and climate legislation (H.R.2998, H.R.2454, S.1148 and S.943); supporting ethanol pipeline in the Renewable Fuels Pipeline Act, H.R.864 and S.828 and other proposals; changes to the Alternative Vehicle Refueling property tax credit to allow blender pumps to receive the value of the credit; extension of theVolumetric Excise Tax Credit and the tariff on imported ethanol in the Renewable Fuels Investment Act, H.R. 4940, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, H.R.4213 and other related proposals; tax credits for advanced biofuels production, H.R. 5142, H.R.5343, S.3338; policies encouraging blender pumps; requiring country of origin disclosure for motor vehicle fuels, H.R.4512; and policies encouraaging flex fuel vehicles.
  • Policy issues relating to ethanol including: changes to the Alternative Vehicle Refueling property tax credit to allow blender pumps to receive the value of the credit; extension of the Volumetric Excise Tax Credit and the tariff on imported ethanol in the Renewable Fuels Investment Act, H.R.4940, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, H.R.4213 and other related proposals; and tax credits for advanced biofuels production, H.R.5142, H.R.5343, S.3338; H.R.4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.

Duration: to

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Agriculture, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $330,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.2998: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.1148: Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.943: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the...

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.864: Renewable Fuel Pipelines Act of 2009

Sponsor: Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa)

S.828: Renewable Fuels Pipelines Act of 2009

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.4940: Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5142: Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now--Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010

Sponsor: Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-Pa.)

H.R.5343: Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010

Sponsor: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.)

S.3338: Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.4512: Country-of-Origin Labeling for Fuels Act

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Lisa Kountoupes Deputy Assistant to the President & House Liaison Special Assistant to the President for Leg. Affairs Assistant Director for Leg. Affairs at OMB Special Assistant to Undersecretary, Dept. of Energy Policy Advisor to Chmn., House Energy & Commerce Comm. Deputy Asst. to the President & House Liaison Special Asst. to the President for Leg. Affairs Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB Special Asst. to Undersecretary, Dept. of Energy Policy Adv. to Chmn., Energy & Commerce Comm Special Asst. to the President for Legis. Affairs Policy Adv. to Chmn., Energy&Commerce Comm Policy Adv. to Chmn., Energy&Commerce Comm. Policy Adv. to Chmn.,Energy&Commerce Comm. Special Asst. to the President for Leg. Affiars Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB Policy Advisor to Chmn. Energy & Commerce Com
Julie Hershey Carr LA, LD & Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Joe Pitts R-PA LA, LD & Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Joe Pitts R-PA LA, LD & Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Joe Pitts, R-PA
Lori Denham Chief of Staff, LD & Sr. Policy Advisor,Rep. Cal Dooley D-CA CoS, LD, LA, Sr. Policy Adv., Communications Director, Staff Assistant-Rep. Cal Dooley D-CA Legislative Director, Rep. Darlene Hooley D-OR CoS, LD, LA, Sr. Policy Adv., Communications Director, Staff Assistant, Rep. Cal Dooley, D-CA Legislative Director, Rep. Darlene Hooley, D-OR CoS, LD & Sr. Policy Adv., Rep. Cal Dooley D-CA
Melissa Shannon Policy Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi; LA, LC to Rep. Nancy Pelosi D-CA; Staff Assistant to Rep. Nita Lowey D-NY Policy Adv., Speaker Nancy Pelosi; LA, LC Rep Pelosi D-CA;Staff Asst.-Rep. Nita Lowey D-NY Policy Advisor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi LA, LC, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA Staff Asst., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY Policy Advisor - Speaker Nancy Pelosi La, LC - Rep. Nancy Pelos, D-CA Staff Asst. - Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY Policy Advisor- Speaker Nancy Pelosi LA, LC - Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA Policy Adv., Speaker Nancy Pelosi; LA, LC to Rep. Pelosi D-CA; Staff Asst., Rep. Nita Lowey D-NY
Shawn Whitman CoS, Senator John Barrasso CoS,LD,LA,LC&Press Asst.,Sen. Craig Thomas Staff Assistant, Sen. Alan Simpson *Shawn is abiding by the one year ban on lobbying the Senate *Shawn is abiding by the one year ban of lobbying *Shawn is abiding by the one year ban on lobbying **Shawn is abiding by the one year ban on lobbying CoS - Senator John Barrasso Staff Assistant - Senator Alan Simpson

Disclosures Filed

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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