Lobbying Relationship

Client

Solvay Chemicals Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Solvay Chemicals Inc.

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  • H.R.5978, Cleaning Product Ingredient Communication Act, including provisions related to confidential business information, scope of public information and format of communication. S.3198, Foreign Pollution Fee Act, including provisions related to chemical manufacturing.
  • H.R.5978, Cleaning Product Ingredient Communication Act, including provisions related to confidential business information, scope of public information and format of communication.
  • U.S. Department of Energy's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration-to-Deployment Funding Opportunity Announcement, DOE FOA-0002936 (Mar. 8, 2023), including provisions related to the deployment of emissions reductions technologies at industrial facilities.
  • S.3198, Foreign Pollution Fee Act, including provisions related to fee structures and environmental impacts from industrial operations. H.R. 6622, Clean Competition Act, including provisions related to carbon emissions and the carbon border adjustment mechanism. S.3422, Clean Competition Act, including provisions related to carbon emissions and the carbon border adjustment mechanism. H.R. 6665, Market Choice Act, including provisions related to carbon emissions and decarbonization incentive structures. S.1863, PROVE It Act, including provisions related to DOE conducting a study of carbon emissions of specific products. Issues related to potential changes to the listings on the Endangered Species Act. Potential House and Senate Legislation related to broader permitting reform efforts. U.S. Council on Environmental Qualitys Request for Information, Environmental Justice Scorecard, CEQ-2023-0005, (November 20, 2023), including provisions related to chemical industry responses. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0072, (March 6, 2024), including provisions related to feasibility and implementation.
  • Potential House and Senate Legislation related to the reauthorization of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB). Potential House legislation related to the recommendations from the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
  • S.2071, Reliable Rail Service Act, including provisions related to the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board and rail service oversight. Issues related to Federal Railroad Administrations regulation of tank car construction approvals. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Hearing, Oversight and Examination of Railroad Grade Crossing Elimination and Safety (Jan. 18, 2024), request for comments to be submitted to the record related to tank car construction approvals. S.576 & H.R. 1674, Railway Safety Act, including provisions related to shippers rights, rail safety programs, and the shipment of chemicals by rail.
  • S.2368 & H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act, including provisions related to foreign direct investment, international tax structures, R&D tax credits, and innovation. H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, including provisions related to R&D tax credits and innovation. Department of Treasury's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Section 30D New Clean Vehicle Credit (IRS-2023-0019) (Mar. 31, 2023), including provisions related to Critical Mineral and Battery Component Value Calculations, guidance on Foreign Entities of Concern prohibitions for the New Clean Vehicle Credit, and Department of Energy Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Interpretation of Foreign Entity of Concern (DOE-2023-26513). Issues related to 45V and 45X (IRS-2022-0047) tax credits.
  • Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, including provisions related to land management and Right-Of-Way Exclusions. Issues related to conservation, land use, and land access. Issues related to critical mineral supply chain management, domestic mining, and domestic processing.
  • Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Departments of Transportation and Energy Appropriations, including funding for DOT crashworthiness studies, DOE Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office and Plastics Innovation Challenge that impact development of lightweight automotive components.
  • U.S. Trade Representative Request for Information, Promoting Supply Chain Resilience USTR-2024-0002, (March 7, 2024), including provisions related to critical materials, domestic production capabilities, and the chemical industry. Potential House and Senate Legislation related to the reauthorization of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB). Potential House legislation related to the recommendations from the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

Duration: to

General Issues: Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Energy/Nuclear, Environmental/Superfund, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Railroads, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Natural Resources, Automotive Industry, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $20,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2024: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Energy - Dept of, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Federal Railroad Administration, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Affiliated organizations: Solvay Fluorides LLC; American Soda LLC; Essential Chemicals USA LLC; Essential Elements USA LLC

Related Foreign Entities: Solvay SA (Brussels, BEL); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.5978: Cleaning Product Ingredient Communication Act

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

S.3198: Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.6622: Clean Competition Act

Sponsor: Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)

S.3422: Clean Competition Act

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.6665: MARKET CHOICE Act

Sponsor: Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

S.1863: PROVE IT Act of 2024

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

S.2071: Reliable Rail Service Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.576: Railway Safety Act of 2023

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.1674: Railway Safety Act of 2023

Sponsor: Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.)

S.2368: Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2023

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

H.R.813: Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2023

Sponsor: Greg Pence (R-Ind.)

H.R.7024: Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

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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?
Ariel Hill-Davis Staff Assistant, Rep. Michael N. Castle

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.

Q1 Report
Registration

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

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