Shell USA, INC. (Fka Shell Oil Company)
lobbying client · lobbying firm
Shell USA, INC. (Fka Shell Oil Company)'s federal footprint — reported lobbying spend and, where matched, federal money received. Figures are as reported to the U.S. Senate (LDA) and USAspending.
Reported country: 🇺🇸 United States
Lobbying over time
| FY | Lobbying spend (as client) | Lobbying billed / handled (as firm) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $6,660,000 | $6,660,000 |
| 2023 | $7,080,000 | $7,080,000 |
| 2024 | $8,690,000 | $8,690,000 |
| 2025 | $6,030,000 | $6,030,000 |
Two figures: what Shell USA, INC. (Fka Shell Oil Company) reported spending on its own lobbying (as a client) and what it billed or handled for the clients it represents (as a firm — revenue, not its own spend). For a self-filer these overlap.
Clients represented
Self-filed — Shell USA, INC. (Fka Shell Oil Company) registers and lobbies on its own behalf, with no separate outside clients.
Issues
| Issue area | Lobbied | Worked |
|---|---|---|
| Energy/Nuclear | 17 | 17 |
| Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries | 17 | 17 |
| Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | 17 | 17 |
| Trade (domestic/foreign) | 17 | 17 |
| Environment/Superfund | 16 | 16 |
| Natural Resources | 16 | 16 |
| Fuel/Gas/Oil | 12 | 12 |
| Transportation | 11 | 11 |
| Budget/Appropriations | 9 | 9 |
| Chemicals/Chemical Industry | 7 | 7 |
| Foreign Relations | 7 | 7 |
| Railroads | 6 | 6 |
| Defense | 5 | 5 |
| Government Issues | 3 | 3 |
| Immigration | 3 | 3 |
| Clean Air and Water (quality) | 2 | 2 |
| Automotive Industry | 1 | 1 |
| Homeland Security | 1 | 1 |
| Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace | 1 | 1 |
| Utilities | 1 | 1 |
Issue areas across Shell USA, INC. (Fka Shell Oil Company)'s filings, by activity count — as the client (Lobbied) and as the registrant/firm (Worked). Linked areas open the CivicGate issue page.
What they lobbied on
Reported activity from Senate LDA
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FY2025 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
Issues related to S. 524 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025.
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FY2025 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Issues related to permitting reform.
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FY2025 Foreign Relations self-filed
National Defense Authorization Act 2024 (P.L. 118-31), issues related to Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2025 Transportation self-filed
Issues related to H.R. 3151 - SHIPS for America Act of 2025, and S. 1536 - Building Ships in America Act of 2025.
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FY2025 Government Issues self-filed
Issues related to outer continental shelf leasing and permitting reform; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions related to leasing.
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FY2025 Energy/Nuclear self-filed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions relating to 45Q tax credits and 45V tax credits; General issues related to LNG and LNG development; Issues related to energy load growth and competitive power markets; Issues related to offshore wind development, including permitting and Presidential Memo - Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects (90 FR 8363); Issues related to Department of Energy (DOE) 45VH2-GREET updates.
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FY2025 Natural Resources self-filed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions related to Coast Guard reauthorization.
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FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Issues related to corporate income; Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169), provisions related to BEAT, retaliatory taxes, and renewable energy tax credits; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), including the extension of expiring provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) (P.L. 115-97) and the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169) for energy development tax credits, such as PTC and ITC.
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FY2025 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; Issues related to tariffs and trade policy, including proposed Section 301 action on maritime shipping, 232 tariffs, and IEEPA tariffs.
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FY2025 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Issues related to permitting reform; Issues and concerns related to the EPAs proposal to repeal the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding and GHG Reporting Program.
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FY2025 Government Issues self-filed
Issues related to outer continental shelf leasing and permitting reform; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions related to leasing.
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FY2025 Foreign Relations self-filed
Issues related to U.S. and EU sanctions policy involving Russia, and matters related to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and its implications for operations in Eurasian jurisdictions.
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FY2025 Energy/Nuclear self-filed
Issues related to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Large Load Interconnection; Issues related to LNG development; Issues related to energy load growth and competitive power markets, including H.R. 1047/S. 465 - Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable (GRID) Power Act; Issues related to the Department of Energys Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations grant programs and coal to solar grants; Issues related to permitting reform, including H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act; Issues related to offshore energy development.
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FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Issues related to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21).
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FY2025 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; Issues related to international trade coordination and trade policy, including Section 301 action on maritime shipping, 232 tariffs, and IEEPA tariffs.
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FY2025 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
Issues related to H.R. 3151/S. 1536 - SHIPS for America Act of 2025; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions related to leasing.
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FY2025 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; Issues related to trade policy, including proposed action on 301 investigation on maritime shipping, 232 tariffs, and potential IEEPA tariffs; Issues related to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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FY2025 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
Issues related to vessel restrictions for the U.S. coast guard; Issues related to the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) Biological Opinion and the Gulf of Mexico; S. 524 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025.
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FY2025 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Issues related to methane regulation modifications to protect LNG export; Issues related to carbon border adjustment.
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FY2025 Foreign Relations self-filed
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31), Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2025 Energy/Nuclear self-filed
Issues related to the development of offshore wind, including permitting; Issues related to administrative action on wind energy, including Presidential Memo - Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Governments Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects; Issues related to LNG Pause; Issues related to LNG development; Issues related to energy load growth and competitive power markets; Issues related to Dodd-Frank Swap dealer rules and the rule of power markets; Issues related to solar development including agrivoltaics; S.4753 - Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (118th Congress).
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FY2025 Natural Resources self-filed
Issues related to OCS leasing policy and U.S. LNG export policy; S. 4753 - Energy Permitting Reform Act (118th Congress) and Continuing Resolution; Issues related to outer continental shelf leasing.
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FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Issues related to the inclusion of 45q, 45v, and 45z tax credits in budget reconciliation; Issues related to 45v final implementation guidance; Issues related to BEAT and C-SALT; Issues related to the expiration and extension of provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) (P.L. 115-97) and the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169) for energy development, including PTC and ITC.
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FY2025 Government Issues self-filed
Issues related to outer continental shelf leasing and permitting reform; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions related to leasing.
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FY2025 Fuel/Gas/Oil self-filed
Issues related to Department of Defense contracting, including Section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31).
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FY2025 Energy/Nuclear self-filed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), provisions relating to clean hydrogen, low carbon fuels, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and direct air capture; Issues related to LNG development; Issues related to energy load growth and competitive power markets, including H.R. 1047/S. 465 - Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act; Issues related to the development of offshore wind, including permitting and Presidential Memo - Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects (90 FR 8363); Issues related to the Department of Energys Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations grant programs and coal to solar grants; Issues related to permitting reform, including H.R. 4776 - the SPEED Act.
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FY2025 Natural Resources self-filed
Issues related to maritime and United States LNG policy.
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FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Issues related to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), including Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credits.
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FY2025 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; Issues related to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); Issues related to tariffs and trade policy, including Section 301 action on maritime shipping, 232 tariffs, and IEEPA tariffs.
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FY2025 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
Issues related to H.R. 4275/S. 524 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025.
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FY2025 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Issues related to permitting reform.
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FY2025 Transportation self-filed
Issues related to H.R. 3151/S. 1541 - SHIPS for America Act of 2025, and S. 1536 - Building Ships in America Act of 2025.
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FY2024 Transportation self-filed
Issues related to manning and crewing provisions in the H.R. 2741 - Coast Guard Authorization Act.
H.R. 2741
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FY2024 Energy/Nuclear self-filed
Issues related to the development of offshore wind, including permitting, transmission, lease sales, and marine fisheries management; Issues related to permitting reform and transmission development; H.R. 1 - Lower Energy Costs Act; S. 1399 - Building American Energy Security Act of 2023; S. 1456 - SPUR Act; S. 1499 - HALT Act of 2023; S. 2827 - BIG WIRES Act; Promoting Efficient and Engaged Reviews Act of 2023; H2 demand incentives; Issues related to LNG exports; H.R. 5893/S. 2321 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024; H.R. 4821/S. 2605 - Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Act
H.R. 1 S. 1399 S. 1456 S. 1499 S. 2827 H.R. 5893 S. 2321 H.R. 4821 S. 2605
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FY2024 Railroads self-filed
H.R. 1674/ S. 576 - Railway Safety Act of 2023.
H.R. 1674 S. 576
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FY2024 Homeland Security self-filed
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Reauthorization.
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FY2024 Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace self-filed
Issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
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FY2024 Fuel/Gas/Oil self-filed
Environmental Protection Agency Tailpipe Rule.
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FY2024 Natural Resources self-filed
Issues regarding oil and gas leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region; Permitting energy projects under 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq; Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management - Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention; Endangered Species Act, Section 7 consultations regarding energy activities authorized by the Department of the Interior on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region; Off-shore leasing, financial assurance; Pipeline Safety Reauthorization, US OCS leasing and permitting; LNG export policy.
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FY2024 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169), provisions related to IRS renewable energy tax credit provisions, domestic content and energy communities; 45v IRS guidance.
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FY2024 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; National Defense Authorization Act, Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2024 Budget/Appropriations self-filed
H.R. 4821/S. 2605 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, Title I and Title IV; H.R. 4394/S. 2443 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.
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FY2024 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
H.R. 2741 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023, Title III, Subtitle E;
H.R. 2741
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FY2024 Chemicals/Chemical Industry self-filed
Environmental Protection Agency Risk Management Plan.
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FY2024 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Robust and transparent federal carbon price; Issues related to carbon border adjustment; Endangered Species Act - Critical habitat designation for Rices Whale.
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FY2024 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL 117-169), provisions related to IRS renewable energy tax credit, domestic content, energy communities, BEAT, and Book Minimum Tax; Issues related to tax legislation in 2025; Issues related to H2 demand incentives.
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FY2024 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (PL 118-31), Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2024 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
Issues related to manning and crewing provisions in H.R.7659 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024 and National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, and S. 4638 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025; Issues related to vessel restrictions for the U.S. coast guard; Issues related to the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) Biological Opinion and the Gulf of Mexico.
H.R. 7659 H.R. 8070 S. 4638
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FY2024 Energy/Nuclear self-filed
Issues related to the development of offshore wind, including permitting, transmission, lease sales, and marine fisheries management; Issues related to federal appropriations for Commerce and the Interior; Issues related to permitting reform and transmission development; H.R. 1 - Lower Energy Costs Act; S. 1399 - Building American Energy Security Act of 2023; S. 1456 - SPUR Act; S. 1499 - HALT Act of 2023; S. 2827 - BIG WIRES Act; Promoting Efficient and Engaged Reviews (PEER) Act of 2023; H.R. 4821/S. 2605 - Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Act; Issues related to energy market structure; H.R.7659 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024; Issues related to solar development including agrivoltaics; S.2130 - FAS Community Engagement and Transparency Act; H.R. 9049 - Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act of 2022; S. 4753 - Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024; Issues related to LNG exports and LNG Pause; Issues related to 45v IRS guidance; The Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169), provisions related to clean energy credits.
H.R. 1 S. 1399 S. 1456 S. 1499 S. 2827 H.R. 4821 S. 2605 H.R. 7659 S. 2130 H.R. 9049 S. 4753
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FY2024 Natural Resources self-filed
S. 4753 - Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024; Issues related to NEPA reforms; Issues related to OCS leasing policy and midstream issues.
S. 4753
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FY2024 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Issues related to robust and transparent federal carbon price; Issues related to carbon border adjustment.
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FY2024 Foreign Relations self-filed
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (PL 118-31), Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2024 Defense self-filed
H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025; S.4638 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.
H.R. 8070 S. 4638
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FY2024 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed
Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169), provisions related to IRS renewable energy tax credit provisions, domestic content and energy communities; 45v IRS guidance; and issues related to tax legislation in 2025.
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FY2024 Trade (domestic/foreign) self-filed
Issues related to Shell's role in the commercial development of natural gas in the Dragon gas field offshore Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a license issued by OFAC; National Defense Authorization Act, Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2024 Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries self-filed
H.R. 2741 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023; Issues related to bonding financial assurance requirements; Endangered Species Act - Critical habitat designation for Rices Whale.
H.R. 2741
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FY2024 Chemicals/Chemical Industry self-filed
Issues related to Chemical and Chemical Industry commercial project.
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FY2024 Environment/Superfund self-filed
Robust and transparent federal carbon price; Issues related to carbon border adjustment.
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FY2024 Foreign Relations self-filed
National Defense Authorization Act, Section 804 Implementation.
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FY2024 Fuel/Gas/Oil self-filed
Environmental Protection Agency Tailpipe Rule; National Defense Authorization Act, Section 804 Implementation; the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission.
The specific issues and bills Shell USA, INC. (Fka Shell Oil Company) reported lobbying on, newest first. Bill references that CivicGate tracks link to the bill; others are shown as reported.