[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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