2nd Quarter - Report — LEE & SMITH, PC for SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY (SDL) (2016)

Firm

LEE & SMITH, PC

Client

SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY (SDL)

Income

$60,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

FY17 House and Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittees bills (not yet numbered): Department of Defense, RDT&E, Air Force, Space Technology, Spacecraft Vehicle Technologies, affordable and highly capable small satellites in Air Force research;Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency, Mid-Earth Orbit (MEO) Tracking Satellite (MTS), PE 0603895C / Ballistic Missile Defense System Space Programs; DOD, Air Force, Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC), Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR), Space Modernization Initiative (SMI) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Sensor, PE 0604441F / Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High EMD Project 657009 / Space Modernization Initiative; Department of Defense (DOD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Precision Tracking Space System (PTSS); U.S. Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Capabilities Integration, Aerospace Vehicle Technologies, Issue: UAV Test Center-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Calibration and Test Center; U.S. Department of Defense, Army RDT&E, Army Technical Test Instrumentation and Targets, Issue: Dugway Field Test Improvements, LIDAR; Defense, Naval Research Office, MID Cubesat Office, affordable yet highly capable small satellites in the intelligence community for Mission Integration Directorate (MID) Cubesat Office integration activity.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform impacts on Public Research Universities,

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Forest Service

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2017 Budget and FY2017 House and Senate Dept of Defense and NASA Appropriations Bills (not yet numbered);

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); SENATE

Natural Resources NAT

U.S. Forest Service land use agreement with NASA and USGS, used by Utah State University and the Space Dynamics Laboratory continued land use for NASA partnership.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Science/Technology SCI

FY 2017 House and Senate Justice, Commerce, Science Subcommittees Appropriations Bills (still not numbered):NASA,Science, Planetary Science, Discovery, Other Missions and Data Analysis funding support for discovery projects; NASA, Science Earth Science, Earth systematic Missions, and data analysis, Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI);NASA, Science Earth Science, Earth systematic Missions, Other Missions and Data Analysis, Sustainable Land Imaging; NOAA, NWS/ORF/ Central Forecast Guidance,Severe Storm Hurricane Prediction and impact of an advanced sounder on weather forecasts; All weather satellite capabilities;

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

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.