[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1358-S1362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TAX POLICY
Mr. GRASSLEY. On another subject, I would like to, as I did
yesterday, remind my colleagues about some of the benefits of tax
policy. This is speaking about tax policy that I thought would be
adopted as part of the upcoming appropriation bill to make sure we
don't shut down government.
For several months now, we have been working to extend a set of tax
provisions that expired at the end of 2017. Around here we commonly
refer to these as ``tax extenders.'' We have also been working to enact
bipartisan disaster tax relief to help families and businesses that
continue to recover from the disasters that occurred across the country
in 2018, and I thought that, too, would be in the bill we are going to
vote on later today.
The best and most timely option to advance these provisions is with
the government funding deal being worked on this week, but that isn't
going to happen. There have been press reports stating that if the
extenders aren't part of the funding bill, they are dead, and I reject
that conclusion.
Regardless of what happens on the bill to keep the government open, I
will continue to fight to get the extenders enacted and to work toward
a longer term resolution. Since the House has failed to send us a
government funding bill that includes the tax extenders and disaster
tax relief provisions, look for me to introduce a bill addressing these
tax matters here in the Senate, and I would ask my colleagues on the
Finance Committee to join me in that effort.
When these provisions were extended early last year, the tax
extenders had been expired for more than a year already. Now we are
back in the very same place, with these tax incentives now expired for
more than a year, again.
It seems to me that the right thing to do now is to extend these
provisions for 2018 and 2019. Some people are saying you ought to do it
longer. Why 2 years?
First, we need to provide clarity for taxpayers trying to file their
2018 returns, which are due in just over eight weeks. Even though the
year has obviously ended, a repeated extension of many of these
provisions has led individuals and businesses to assume that we will do
so again.
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These business people relied on last year to make business decisions.
In other words, people did what we wanted them to do when these
provisions were created. We shouldn't retroactively punish them now for
making those decisions that we wanted them to make.
Second, we should provide certainty for this year to give room to
take a long-term view on all of the tax extenders. I want to stress
that I want to find a long-term resolution of these provisions so that
we can stop repeated extensions of temporary tax policy, but while we
work on that, these extenders are intended to be incentives, and, to be
successful, they need to be in effect when individuals and businesses
are considering whether to make the investments required to take
advantage of these particular tax extenders.
I want to go into more detail on what the tax extenders are. The
numbers have changed over time, but there are now currently around 26
temporary tax provisions that expired at the end of 2017. At one time
we were dealing with 50 to 55 such tax extenders, so we have reduced
the number considerably. What we are dealing with now include
provisions incentivizing alternative fuels, electric vehicles, and the
construction of energy-efficient homes. These are provisions that
incentivize the production of coal on Indian lands, provide an
exclusion from income of the discharge of indebtedness on a principal
residence, and provide a deduction for tuition and related expenses.
Within these 26 provisions there is probably something that is very
important to all 100 Senators, whether you are Republican or Democrat.
I want to focus on two of them in particular. The first is the
railroad track maintenance credit, otherwise known as the short line
credit. This provision provides short line railroads a credit equal to
a percentage of the capital they invest to maintain and improve their
tracks.
Short line railroads are small business railroads that are vital to
keeping rural and small town America connected to the national economy.
They are a particularly important part of our transportation system for
getting agricultural and other products to market across the country
and, hopefully, abroad.
For example, the Iowa Interstate Railroad, which operates between
Council Bluffs and Chicago, connects Iowa companies such as the Elite
Octane ethanol plant in Atlantic, IA, to the world market.
According to the American Short Line and Regional Rail Association,
short line railroads operate more than 47,500 miles of track and make
up 29 percent of the freight rail network of our Nation.
In a report prepared by PWC last year, it was noted that the short
line industry directly provided more than 17,000 jobs in the United
States in 2016 and supported more than 61,000 jobs overall. This credit
has been extended many times since it was first enacted on a temporary
basis in 2004. Legislation introduced in the last Congress would have
made the short line credit permanent, and the bill had 56 cosponsors in
the Senate. The bill is led by Senators Crapo and Wyden and has already
been reintroduced for this Congress.
Another tax extender that is very important, particularly for Iowa,
is the biodiesel tax credit. Generally, this provision provides a tax
credit of $1 per gallon for biodiesel and renewable diesel. This credit
helps provide for a more sustainable future by reducing our dependency
on fossil fuels and promoting a renewable domestic resource.
Plans for promoting environmental efficiency have been in the news
lately, and an extension of the biodiesel tax credit is needed to keep
more people working at their jobs in this industry. For example, I have
learned that Western Iowa Energy in Wall Lake, IA, has reduced runtime
forecasts by 60 percent, consequently running at 40 percent capacity.
They are also putting capital improvement projects on hold.
In Wall Lake, this reduction in runtimes means that there are 26
trucks per day that are not operating, and potential layoffs are on the
horizon if the tax credit is not extended as soon as possible.
According to the National Biodiesel Board, the U.S. biodiesel
industry supports more than 60,000 jobs and generates more than 11
billion in economic impact.
A group of renewable energy stakeholders wrote to congressional
leaders last week. Their letter reads in part: ``Allowing these tax
incentives to lapse has created uncertainty for investors and the
industry--``
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Braun). Will the Senator yield?
Mr. GRASSLEY. ``jeopardizing the long-term investments necessary for
the development of these biofuels.''
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record
letters to Congress regarding tax extenders from biofuel and biodiesel
businesses and associations across the United States.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
February 5, 2019.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Mitch McConnell,
Senate Majority Leader,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Richard Neal,
Chairman, House Committee on Ways & Means, Washington, DC.
Hon. Charles Grassley,
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
House Republican Leader,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Charles Schumer,
Senate Democratic Leader,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Kevin Brady,
Ranking Member, House Committee on Ways & Means, Washington,
DC.
Hon. Ron Wyden,
Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee, Washington, DC.
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Republican Leader McCarthy, Majority
Leader McConnell, Democratic Leader Schumer, Chairman Neal,
Ranking Member McCarthy, Chairman Grassley, and Ranking
Member Wyden: As you continue your negotiations on the final
Continuing Resolution Fiscal Year 2019, the advanced and
cellulosic biofuels industry urges you to extend a suite of
critical advanced biofuels tax incentives--the Second
Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit, the Special
Depreciation Allowance for Second Generation Biofuel Plant
Property, the Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Fuels Credit,
and the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property.
These tax extenders expired at the end of 2017 after having
been extended retroactively in the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2018. Allowing these tax incentives to lapse has created
uncertainty for investors and the industry about the
availability of these credits; jeopardizing the long-term
investments necessary for the development of these biofuels.
Availability of these credits are critical as our companies
make significant investments to create new agricultural
supply chains, build infrastructure for liquid biofuels, and
develop innovative new technologies. These credits have
enabled our industry to create new jobs, contribute to rural
prosperity, and diversify our nation's energy supply.
However, the continued delays in extending these credits puts
these investments and benefits at risk.
In the interest of job creation, infrastructure
development, innovation, and energy security, we respectfully
ask Congress to immediately pass a seamless multi-year
extension, which includes 2018 retroactively, to ensure
companies will be able to account for these credits in this
year's tax filings.
We look forward to working with you to achieve this
important goal.
Sincerely,
Advanced Biofuels Business Council,
Algae Biomass Organization,
Biotechnology Innovation Organization,
Growth Energy,
National Biodiesel Board,
Renewable Fuels Association.
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February 5, 2019.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
Republican Leader, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Hon. Richard Neal,
Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC.
Hon. Mitch McConnell,
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Chuck Schumer,
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Chuck Grassley,
Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance,
Washington, DC.
Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer and
Leader McCarthy, and Chairmen Grassley and Neal: On behalf of
the entire biodiesel supply chain--including biodiesel
producers, feedstock providers, blenders, fuel marketers and
consumers--we urge you to maintain and extend the biodiesel
blenders' tax credit as soon as possible. In light of
Congress's past practice of retroactively extending the tax
credit after it lapses, our industry has been compelled since
January 1, 2018 to operate on the assumption that the credit
would be extended, effectively pricing the credit's value
into our costs of doing business. It is essential that the
businesses that have priced product artificially low are made
whole. In addition, we urge Congress to extend the credit
prospectively, thereby augmenting consumer benefits and
encouraging additional investment in clean-burning biofuels.
The blenders' credit has worked successfully to build a
robust biodiesel and renewable diesel industry in the United
States. As a result, the U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel
market has grown from roughly 100 million gallons in 2005 to
nearly 2.6 billion gallons in 2017. The tax credit is an
important demand stimulus, which improves plant efficiencies,
encourages investment in U.S. distribution infrastructure,
and supports high-paying jobs throughout the country, all
while incentivizing consumption of fuels that significantly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The biodiesel tax credit
lowers the price that truck drivers pay for fuel, and lowers
the price that heating oil customers pay to heat their homes.
Extending the biodiesel blenders credit will allow us to
continue to provide these economic and environmental
benefits.
Unfortunately, the uncertainty caused by the ``on-again,
off-again'' tempo of legislative extensions, including the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 which retroactively extended
the biodiesel tax incentives through the end of 2017, has
somewhat frustrated our sector's ability to anticipate the
availability of the incentives and make the necessary
investments. This severely disrupts access to capital, as
well as the ability to hire and expand.
Since the credit's inception, the market responded as
Congress intended. The undersigned trade associations are
united in urging Congress to act on a multiyear extension of
this successful program and provide our industry long-term
certainty as expeditiously as possible.
Sincerely,
Advanced Biofuels Association, American Farm Bureau
Federation, American Trucking Associations, National
Association of Convenience Stores, National Biodiesel
Board, National Renderers Association, NATSO,
Representing America's Travel Centers and Truckstops,
New England Fuels Institute, Petroleum Marketers
Association of America, Society of Independent Gasoline
Marketers of America.
____
February 11, 2019.
Hon. Charles Grassley,
Chairman, Committee on Finance,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Hon. Richard Neal,
Chairman, Committee on Ways & Means, House of
Representatives, Washington, DC.
Hon. Ron Wyden,
Ranking Member, Committee on Finance,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Hon. Kevin Brady,
Ranking Member, Committee on Ways & Means, House of
Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairmen Grassley and Neal, and Ranking Members Wyden
and Brady: The undersigned organizations represent users,
retailers, customers, fleet managers, utilities, and
producers of clean alternative transportation fuels.
We ask your support for including a reinstatement of the
$0.50/gallon alternative fuels tax credit (AFTC) (26 USC
6426(d) and 6427(e)) in a fiscal year 2019 government
spending package. The AFTC is a credit of $0.50 per gasoline
gallon equivalent (GGE) of certain transportation fuels,
including natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, P Series
Fuels, liquefied hydrogen and others. Extending the AFTC
retroactively for 2018 and prospectively for 2019 will allow
businesses and customers to continue to deploy cleaner
alternative fuel technologies. A full five-year extension of
the AFTC would provide business certainty along with a
significant contribution to our nation's economic growth.
Unfortunately, the credit has currently lapsed as of December
31, 2017 and many fleets, businesses, and manufacturers are
unable to plan future investments as they manage current
uncertainty. Immediately reinstating the AFTC for 2018 and
2019 is necessary to encouraging further deployment of new,
clean transportation technology.
Extending the AFTC will bring significant environmental
benefits, improved air quality, and enhance our energy
independence by lowering our dependence on foreign oil.
Renewal of the AFTC also promotes increased private-sector
investment in infrastructure and equipment, which leads to
more jobs and economic output.
Thank you for your continued support for the AFTC and for
the use of cleaner-burning alternative transportation fuels.
We appreciate your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
NGVAmerica; National Propane Gas Association; American
Public Gas Association; Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Energy
Association; American Natural Gas; Clean Energy Fuels Corp.;
Schwan's Company; Trillium; United Parcel Service; VIA
Metropolitan Transit Authority; Waste Management; 1975; 1st
Class Real Estate; 21st Century Coop; 3G CNG Corporation; 4th
Generation Home Builders, LLC; A&B Propane; A-1 Propane &
Services, Inc.; ACE Solid Waste.
Ace-Robbins, Inc.; Acme Propane Gas; Advanced Propane,
Inc.; Advantage Propane; Aero Propane Gas, Inc.; Agility Fuel
Solutions; AGL Welding Supply Co. Inc.; AgVantage FS; AgWest
Commodities LLC; Air & Gas Technologies, Inc.; Airpark;
Alabama Propane Gas Association; Alameda County Industries;
Algas Inc.; Allaround Propane Inc.; Allgas Inc. of
Montgomery; Allied Propane Service; Ameresco; American Biogas
Council; American Fueling.
American Natural Gas; American Public Gas Association;
AmeriGas; AmeriGas Propane; Amp Americas; Anderson BlueBird
Bus Sales of NE; AnywherEnergy L3C; Apadana Inc.; Apex Gas
and Appliance Co.; Apex Trucking Inc.; Applebee Oil &
Propane; Applied LNG; Aria Energy; Armory Advisors; Arrick's
Bottle Gas INC; Arrick's Propane; ARRO Autogas; Arrow
Disposal Service; Arrowhead LP Gas; Associated Development.
Athens Services; Atlantic City Jitney Association; Atlas
Disposal; Atlas Disposal of Utah; Atlas Road Clean Fuels,
LLC; ATZ, Inc. dba Doug Fox Parking; Automatic Gas Co.;
Auxier Gas, Inc.; Aviation CNG; AVSG LP; Bair Propane LLC;
Bakers Propane; Barrett Propane; BayRunner Shuttle; Beaudry
Oil & Propane; Bergquist, Inc.; Berico Fuels; Black Hills
Energy; Blackburn Propane Service, Inc.; Blackhawk Propane.
Blossman Gas and Alliance Autogas; Blossman Gas, Inc.; Blue
Bird Bus Sales of Pittsburgh, Inc.; Blue Diamond Disposal,
Inc.; Blue Energy Group; Blue Line Transfer, Inc.; Blue
Springs School District; Blue Star Gas; Blue Star Gas SLC
Co.; Bluhms Gas Sales; Boehlke Bottled Gas Corp.; Bolinger's
Propane Service; Bosselman Energy; Boulden Brothers Propane;
Boyertown Oil & Propane; Boye's Gas Service, Inc.; Brooks Gas
Co., Inc.; Buatane & Propane Gas Co.; Budget Meter; Building
Products Plus LLC.
Burke County BOE Transportation; Buster Brown Propane;
Butane Propane News (BPN); C. Blackburn Inc.; C.A.T. Inc.;
C3H8 Consulting LLC; Caglia Diversified Management; Caglia
Environmental; Calif Renewable Power; Callahan's Gas Inc.;
CalMet Services; CalPortland Company; Cans Unlimited (CUI);
Cardinal Bus Sales & Service, Inc.; Carlson Home & Auto;
Carolina Wholesale Gas Company Inc.; Carson Gas Company;
Catalina Composites; Cavagna North America; Cedar Avenue
Recycling & Transfer Station.
Cedarburg Police Department; Centennial SD; CenterPoint
Energy; Central Butane Gas Co.; Central Energy Co LLC;
Central Gas Service; Central Jersey Propane, Inc.; Central
Montana Propane; Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking
Authority; Central States Bus Sales, Inc.; Certified
Contracting; Champagne's Energy, Inc.; Cherry Energy;
Chesapeake Utilities; Chilton Oil Company; Chilton Propane
Gas Company; CHS Brandon; CHS Devils Lake; CHS Herman; CHS
Inc.
CHS Rochester; Citizen; City of Albuquerque, NM; City of
Beverly Hills; City of Columbia, MO; City of Commerce; City
of Edmonds; City of Montebello City of Port Washington Police
Department; City of Redmond, Washington; Clean Communities of
CNY; Clean Energy Fuels Corp.; Clean Fuels Consulting;
Clearwater Gas System, FL; Cleburne Propane, LLC; CNG Center;
CNG Services of Arizona; CNG Source, Inc.; CNG-One, LLC;
CoEnergy Propane.
Cokesbury Transportation; Colorado & New Mexico Propane Gas
Associations; Comfurt Gas, Inc.; Community Transportation
Association of America; Consolidated Gas; Consolidated
Utilities Corp.; Consulting Solutions, LLC; Consumer Oil &
Propane, Inc.; Contract Transport Services LLC.; Coombs Gas,
Inc.; Core-Mark; Core-Mark Carolina; Core-Mark International
Tampa Division; Core-Mark International, Inc.
Cornerstone Environmental Group--A Tetra Tech Company;
Corporate Green, LLC; Council Rock School District; Country
Propane Inc.; Coyne Oil & Propane; CR&R Incorporated; CS Gas
Inc.; Cultural Care Au Pair; Cummins Westport Inc.; Cycle
World; Cylinder Exchange Service LLC; D and D Gas; D. Fox
Consulting; D.F. Richard Energy; Davidson-Macri Sweeping,
Inc.; D-B Cartage, Inc.; DCC Propane, LLC.
Dead River Company; Defter Bros. Heating Cooling Energy;
DeKalb County Fleet Management; Delco Foods; Delta Liquid
Energy; Delta Liquid Energy/ARRO Autogas; DFI Transport LLC;
Dick's Sanitation Service, Inc.; Dillon Logistics, Inc.;
Dixie Gas & Oil
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Corp.; Dixie Land Energy; Dominion Energy; Doonan Truck &
Equipment of Wichita, Inc; E. G. Smith Inc.; E.J. Harrison &
Sons, Inc.; Early Dawn Refreshment Services, Inc.; Eastern
Propane Inc; ECI; Eco Friendly LLC; Edco Disposal
Corporation; EDGE Gathering Virtual Pipelines 2, LLC; EDL.
Edmonston & Associates; Edward Zengel and Son Express Inc.;
Ehrhart Energy; EIV Capital, LLC; Electric Motor Shop, Inc.;
Emerald Alternative Energy Solutions, Inc.; Enerdyne; Energy
Distribution Partners; Energy Technology Training; Energy
Vision; Energy's USA Inc.; EnergyUnited Propane, LLC; Enviro
Express Inc; Estes Express Lines; Evergreen FS Inc.; EVO CNG;
EVO Transportation and Energy; Services, Inc.
Expo Propane/Sal's Propane/Energy Distribution Partners;
Express Mondor; Farmers Co-op Oil; Farmers Cooperative Assn;
Farmers Union Oil; FCA Transport LLC.; Federal Signal.
Felker Truck and Equipment Inc.; Fend Oil & LP Co., Inc.;
Filter Supply; First Alt. Fuel, Inc.; First Coop Association;
Fisk Tank Carrier; Flinthills Environmental, LLC; Florida
Propane Gas Association; Florida Public Utilties; Florida
Transportation Systems, Inc.; Foothill Transit; France
Propane Service, Inc.; Franger Gas Co, Inc.
Frank Lamparelli Oil Co., Inc.; Fred Garrison Oil Company;
Freedom CNG; Freedom Fuel Equipment, LLC; Freeway Propane;
Fresno Chamber of Commerce; Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy;
Association; Gala Gas Co., Inc.; Garrow Propane; Gateway FS;
G-Energy, LLC; Georgia Gas Distributors, Inc; Gibson's
Heating & Plumbing Inc.; Gladstein, Neandross & Associates;
Gold Coast Transit District; Golden Empire Transit District;
Granite Propane Inc; Great River CNG, LLC; Greens Propane Gas
Co. Inc; Greentree Consulting LLC.
Greenwood RRST, LLC; Growmark, Inc.; GS Hydraulic Hose
Corp; G's Logistics, Inc.; Guard Construction and
Contracting; Corporation; Guntown LP Gas Company; GW Ehrhart
Inc; H&M Gas Co.; H&S Bakery Inc.; Hall Oil and Propane,
Inc.; Hamilton Utilities; Harris Feeding Company; Heetco
Inc.; Hempfield School District; Henry County Schools
Transportation; Heritage Propane; Hexagon; High Plains
Cooperative; Hisway Partners Inc. DBA.
Hometown Comfort; Hocon Gas, Inc.; Holland Bus Company;
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.; Honeyville Propane Inc.;
Hoover Truck & Bus Centers; Houston Distributing Company;
Hudson Fire Protection District; Hunt Propane, Inc.; ICOM
North America; IGS CNG Services; Illini FS; I.dependence Fuel
Systems, LLC; Independent Propane Co; InduMar Products, Inc.;
Indy Propane LLC; Innovative Ag Service.
Iowa Propane Gas Association; J&J Compression, LLC; J. Rayl
Transport, Inc.; J.S. West Propane; Jack's Butane Service;
Jaycox Construction CNG; JaySan Gas Service, Inc.; JBI; JEB
Lease Service Inc.; JG Energy Solutions; JM Reynolds Oil Co.,
Inc.; Johnson Oil; JR Leonard Construction Co; KALM
Transport; Kamps Propane; Kansas City Area Transportation
Authority; KB Johnson Oil & Gas Co.; Kentuckiana Cleanfuel,
LLC.
Kentucky Propane Gas Association; KI BOIS Area Transit
System; Kinetrex Energy; Klemm Tank Lines; Knight Waste
Services Ltd; Koppy's Propane, Inc.; L H Dickens & Son Inc.;
L&L Enterprises of Waupaca, Inc.; L.G. Jordan Oil Co., Inc.;
LA Gas Autogas station; LaFerry's LP Gas Co. Inc.; Lamers Bus
Lines, Inc.; Lampton Love Inc.; Landi Renzo USA; Landmark
Services Cooperative; Leaf River Ag Service; Lee's Propane
Service, Inc.; Lee's Summit RVII Schools; Level Lifestyle;
Liberal CNG Coop; Liberty Propane.
Lincoln Liquefied Gas Company; Lindens Propane; Livermore
Sanitation Inc.; Locks Mill Propane; Long's Propane Gas LLC;
Louisiana Clean Fuels; Louisiana Propane Gas Association; LP
Gas Insurance Specialists of America; LPG & NH3 Supply, Inc.;
M & B Products, Inc.; M&M Cartage Co Inc.; M. A. Brightbill
Body Works, Inc.; MacAllister Transporation; Maschmeier
fuels; Mascott Equipment Co; Mbg enterprises; McAbee
Trucking, Inc.
McCraw Oil Company, Inc.; McMahan's Bottle Gas; McNeill Oil
and Propane Inc; Medstar transportation; MFA Oil Company;
Michigan Propane Gas Association; Mid States Propane; Mid
Valley Disposal; Midwest Energy Solutions, Inc.; Midwest
Roofing & Construction LLC; Mississippi Propane Gas
Associations; MN Propane Association; Modern Disposal
Services Inc.; Modern Gas Company; Modern Welding Company;
Momentum Fuel Technologies; MOR-GAS, INC; Morongo Basin
Transit Authority; Morrissey Consulting, LLC.
Morrow Renewables; Mountain Gas; Moyers Gas Service, Inc.;
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery; MTankCo; MTC Transportation;
Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia; Muskogee County Public
Transit Authority; Mutual Liquid Gas & Equipment Co., Inc.;
MVP Airport Parking; Napa County Recycling & Waste Services,
LLC; NASA Services Inc; Nat G CNG Solutions; National Propane
Gas Association; National Waste & Recycling Association;
Natural Gas Supply LLC; NC Propane Gas Assoc.
Neill Gas Inc.; Nel Hydrogen; Nevada Propane Dealers
Association; New Century Farm Service; New Frontier Holdings,
LLC; New Jersey Natural Gas; Newport News Public Schools;
Newport West LLC; Nexceris; NGV Solutions; NGVAmerica; NICE
Bus; NiteHawk Sweepers; NJ Propane Gas Association; Normandy
Distributing DBA; AAA Advanced Chem-Dry; North Central Bus
and Equipment; North County Transit District.
North Kansas City #74 School District; North Kansas City
Schools; North Star Energy LLC; Northern Recycling and Waste
Services; Northern Resources Cooperative; Northwest Propane
Gas Company; Northwest Transport, Inc.; NOVUS Wood Group;
Nutrien Ag Solutions; NW Alliance for Clean Transportation;
NW Natural; O'Connor Bus Sales; Ogden Polar; Ohio Fuel Cell
Coalition; Ohio Propane Gas Association; Oklahoma Liquefied
Gas, Inc.; Oklahoma Propane Gas Association; Oklahoma State
University and; Stillwater Community Transit; Oklahoma
Transit Association.
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.; OLG Propane; OMetro, Inc.;
Omnitek Engineering Corporation; Omnitrans; Onboard Dynamics;
OnCue; O'Nealgas, Inc.; Orange Avenue Disposal, Inc.; Owens
Energy; Pacific Coast Propane; Paladin Propane Partners, LLC;
Palm Springs Disposal Services; Palmer Gas & Oil; Palmetto
Gas Corp.; Palmetto Propane; Palmetto Propane, Fuels & Ice;
Paraco Gas Corporation & Subsidiaries; Parden LP Gas &
service Co., Inc.; Pariso Logistics Inc.; Parker Gas Co.,
Inc.; Paso Robles Country Disposal, Inc; Paso Robles Roll
Off; Paso Robles Waste & Recycle; Payne Oil Company; Pecos
Propane, Inc.
PELGAS; Penn Valley Gas; Pennsylvania Propane Gas
Association; PepsiCo; Phelps Sungas, Inc.; Philadelphia Gas
Works; Phillips Energy; Phoenix Energy Corp; Piece of Mind,
LLC; Polk-Burnett Propane; Portage Area Regional
Transportation; Authority; Porter Gas Service Inc.; Postal
Fleet Services; Prairieland FS, Inc.
Premier Cooperative; Prescott Transit and Executive;
Transportation; Presto Tap, LLC; Pro Image Communicarions;
Professional Propane Services; ProGas Inc.; Progressive
Power, LLC; Propane Autogas LLC; Propane Education and
Research Council Member; Propane Gas Association of New
England; Propane Marketers Association of Kansas; Propane
People Inc.; PS Logistics FL; PT Risk Management Insurance
Services L'; Quantum Fuel Systems LLC; R.D. White and Sons;
R.E. Michel Co; Rand Wade OilCo; Ray Murray Inc; RCLegacy
Holdings LLC.
Recology CleanScapes; Red Baker Propane Inc.; Reddaway;
Redigas Inc.; Redmark Cng Services L.L.C.; ReFuel Energy
Partners; Regional Transportation Commission of Southern
Nevada; Rego Products; Renergy, Inc.; Renzenberger, Inc;
Republic Services, Inc.; Rhoads Energy; Riverside Transit
Agency; RNGA Energy Group; Robert H. Hoover & Sons Inc.;
ROUSH; ROUSH CleanTech; Ruan Transportation Management
Systems; Rush Enterprises; Rutherford Equipment.
Safety, Training, and More LLC; Salem Area Mass Transit
District; Salmon River Propane; San Diego Metropolitan
Transit System; Sapp Bros Inc.; SchagrinGAS; School Lines,
Inc.; Schwan's Company; Select Milk Producers, Inc.; Self
Heating & Cooling, Inc.; Sentara; Sequoia Gas Company; Sharp
Energy; Shaw Propane LLC; Sheehy Mail Contractors Inc.;
Shifflett Safety and Support; Shuttle Park Two Inc.; Simple-
Fill, Inc.; Slate Spring LP Gas Co., Inc.; South Central FS.
South Central Oil and Propane; South Florida Gas Co.; South
Jersey Industries; South San Francisco Scavenger Co Inc.;
South West Transit Association; Southwest Transportation
Agency; Southwestern Energy Company; Sparq Natural Gas, LLC;
Specialized Biogas Services; SporTran; Stanfords Propane
Autogas Service Center; Stanfords Propane Gas Conversion
Center; Stanfords Propane Gas Appliance Center; Stanford's
Propane Gas LLC; Stark Area Regional Transit Authority; Stirk
Compressed Natural Gas; Stuck Enterprises, Inc; Suburban
Disposal Corp.; Sullivan Propane; Sumter County Board of
Education.
Superior Energy Systems; Superior Gas Inc., Notasulga;
Superior Gas, Inc.; Superior Plus; Superior Propane
Incorporated; Superior Ready Mix; Supervalu/UNFI; Tankfarm
LLC; Tarantin Industries; Taylor Gas Company, Inc.; Tech Air
dba Scully Propane Service; Tech Air Mid-Atlantic; Ted
Johnson Propane Co.; Tennessee Propane Gas Association; Tesei
Petroleum, Inc.; Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance; Texas
Propane Gas Association; The American Trucking Associations;
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition); The
Rural Gas Company.
ThompsonGas, LLC; Thornton's Gas Service; Three Rivers FS
Company; Thunder Ridge Transport Inc.; Time Transport, Inc.;
TN GAS, LLC; Tops Markets; Torrance Transit System; Town of
Berthoud; Transfuels LLC and Capital Fuels, LLC;
Transportation Energy Partners; Tri-Gas Company; Trillium;
TruStar Energy; Tucker Properties; U.S. Gain; UBCR LLC;
United Parcel Service; United Propane Autogas Solutions
Group; United Rail Partners, Ltd.
United Truck Body Co, Inc.; Unitrans (ASUCD/City of Davis);
USA Hauling & Recycling; USBiogas; USF Holland LLC.; Van Unen
Miersma Propane; Vegas Propane Inc.; Veriha Trucking, Inc.;
VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority; Viafield; VT Accounting
Associates, LLP; Walters Gas Service, Inc.; Warco Inc.; Warco
Transportation; Ware Disposal Inc.; Waste Connections Lone
Star; Waste Connections of California Inc.dba Greenteam of
San Jose; Waste Connections, Inc.; Waste Industries.
Waste Management; Waste Pro; Waste Pro of Florida; Waste
Pro of Georgia; Waste Pro USA; Waste Pro USA, Waste Pro of
Florida; Waukon Feed Ranch Inc.; WCA Waste Corporation;
Webbtown Propane Company; Webster & Garner Inc.; Wells
Propane Inc. dba:
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Baygas Propane; Wessels Oil Co. Inc.; West Propane; West
Virginia Propane Gas Association; Western Natural Gas Co.;
Western Propane Gas Association; Western Propane Services,
Inc.; Westhoff, Cone & Holmstedt; WGL; Whidbey Seatac
Shuttle; White River Distributors.
Williams Energy Group; Wilson Oil & Propane; WIN Propane;
Winnebago County Sheriff's Office; Wisconsin Bus Sales;
Wittenberger Bus Service; WJDAYTECH Inc.; WoodFuel.com LP;
Woodruff Energy; Worthington Industries; X3CNG; XPO Sales
INC.; Yavapai Bottle Gas; YRC Worldwide; Zebulon Innovations.
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I hope the next time I have a chance to
have the floor, I will not be interrupted.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I just had an opportunity to speak to
President Trump, and I will state to all of my colleagues, he is
prepared to sign the bill.
He will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same
time, and I indicated to him that I am going to support the national
emergency declaration.
So for all of my colleagues, the President will sign the bill we will
be voting on shortly.
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