3rd Quarter - Report — FIRST SOLAR, INC. for FIRST SOLAR INC (2017)

Firm

FIRST SOLAR, INC.

Client

FIRST SOLAR INC

Income

—

Expenses

$125,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Support a balanced resolution to the 201 safeguard case that compensates for injury to the domestic solar manufacturing industry while not inhibiting continued market growth.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN WEISS	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States; White House Office; SENATE

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Support review of burdensome regulations that restrict access to federal land and impose unnecessary cost.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN WEISS	James Cason, Acting AS

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of the Vice President of the United States; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Support corporate tax reform and phase down of the Section 48 solar investment tax credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN WEISS	—

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of the Vice President of the United States; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.