• Strategic counsel on maritime and oil & gas issues, including the Water Resources Development Act and regulation. Advancing the organizations application under the Deepwater Port Act for authorization to build an export terminal off the coast of Texas and export crude oil from that facility. Support for H.R.1335 (118th Congress)(Transparency, Accountability, Permitting, and Production of American Resources Act).
• Federal tax issues related to the tax treatment of publicly-traded partnerships including provisions in H.R. 3690, S. 2641 (118th Congress)("Financing Our Energy Future Act").
• Advancing the clients application under the Deepwater Port Act for authorization to build an export terminal off the coast of Texas and export crude oil from that facility.

Duration: July 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Natural Resources, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $4,518,120 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Maritime Commission, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD), White House Office, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), House of Representatives,

Affiliated organizations: Enterprise Products Partners L.P.; TEPPCO Partners L.P.; Duncan Energy Partners L.P.