3rd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$650,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

HR 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, 2008, All titles. HR 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, 2008, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
WILLIAM IMBERGAMO —
BRETT S SMITH —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

* Implementation of the Food and Energy Act, 2007, Public Law 110-234.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM IMBERGAMO —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, All titles. *FY '09 Interior Appropriations, All titles. *FY '09 Energy/Water Appropriations, All titles. *FY '09 Agriculture Appropriations, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
WILLIAM IMBERGAMO —
BRETT S SMITH —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2638 (110th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

HR 5533, Chemical Facilities Security Act, 2008, All titles. HR 5577, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
SUZANNE MADDEN —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 5577 (110th), H.R. 5533 (110th)

Postal POS

S 3536, Air Carriage of International Mail Act, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT S SMITH —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Environment/Superfund ENV

HR 2421/S 1870, Clean Water Restoration Act, 2007, All titles. HR 3021, 21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, All titles. HR 3524, HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act, 2007, All titles. HR 6078, Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act, 2008, All titles. HR 7146, Carbon Leakage Prevention Act, All titles. S 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, 2008, All titles. * EPA Re-Registration of Soil Fumigants, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RHEA HALE —
DONNA HARMAN —
WILLIAM MURRAY —
JERRY SCHWARTZ —
BRETT S SMITH —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 6078 (110th), H.R. 2421 (110th), H.R. 7146 (110th), H.R. 3524 (110th), H.R. 3021 (110th)

Transportation TRA

HR 1650/S 772, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, 2007, All titles. HR 2125/S 953, Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act, 2007, All titles. HR 2263/S 1388, The Commercial Truck Highway Safety Demonstration Program Act, 2007, All titles. S 3059, Commercial Truck Fuel Savings Demonstration Act, 2008, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
SUZANNE MADDEN —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1650 (110th), H.R. 2125 (110th), H.R. 2263 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 6, CLEAN Energy Act, 2007, All titles. HR 1365, Corporate AMT Repeal, All titles. HR 1937, Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement (TREE) Act, 2007, All titles. HR 2380, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, 2007, All titles. HR 2419, Food and Energy Security Act, 2007, All titles. HR 2776, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act, 2007, All titles. HR 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act, 2008, All titles. HR 3693, American Competitiveness Tax Act, 2007, All titles. HR 3694, Alternative Minimum Tax Reform Act, 2007, All titles. HR 6896/S 3399, Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act II, 2008, All titles. S 1370, Clean Energy Investment Assurance Act, 2007, All titles. S 1587, Recycling Investment Saves Energy (RISE) Act, All titles. * IRS proposed regulation 140492-02: Definition of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities, All titles. * IRS Notice 2006-88, Guidance on Issues Related to the Section 45 Tax Credit for Electricity Products from Open-Loop Biomass, All titles. * IRS Notice 2008-60, Revised Guidance on Issues Related to the Section 45 Tax Credit for Electricity Produced from Open- Loop Biomass, All titles. * Energy Advancement and Investment Act, 2007, All titles. * Clean Renewable Energy and Conservation Tax Act, 2007, All titles. * Heartland, Habitat, Harvest and Horticultural Act, 2007, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
DAVID KOENIG —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 6896 (110th), H.R. 1937 (110th), H.R. 1365 (110th), H.R. 2776 (110th), H.R. 3694 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th), H.R. 2380 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 3693 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 2419, The Food, Energy and Security Act, 2007, Section 8204, Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices. HR 5724/S 2830, US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, All titles. * WTO Negotiations, All titles. * Illegal Logging and Associated Trade, All titles. * Climate Change, All titles. * China Free Trade Compliance, All titles. * Colombia Free Trade Agreement, All titles. * Implementation of Section 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, 2008, amending the Lacey Act, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANNE DIVJAK —
JACOB HANDELSMAN —
DONNA HARMAN —
WILLIAM MURRAY —
BRETT S SMITH —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 5724 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 5236, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act, 2008, All titles. HR 5940/S 3274, National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act, 2008, All titles. HR 6131, To Provide Incentives for the Production and use of Unconventional Aviation Fuels, All titles. HR 6134, Renewable Fuel Adjustment Act, 2008, All titles. HR 6258, Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act, All titles. HR 6709, National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act, 2008, All titles. HR 6899, The Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act, All titles. HR 7107, To establish a task force to lower energy costs for the forest products industry and similar manufacturing operations, All titles. * Implementation of Title IX of the Food and Energy Security Act, 2007, Public Law 110-234. * Implementation of Energy Independence and Security Act, 2007, Public Law 110-140. * Implementation of Renewable Fuels Standard of Public Law 110-140, Title II, Subtitle A.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
WILLIAM IMBERGAMO —
BRETT S SMITH —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 5236 (110th), H.R. 7107 (110th), H.R. 6709 (110th), H.R. 5940 (110th), H.R. 6899 (110th), H.R. 6131 (110th), H.R. 6134 (110th), H.R. 6258 (110th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 2421/S 1870, Clean Water Restoration Act, 2007, All titles. S 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, 2008, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONNA HARMAN —
TIMOTHY G HUNT —
JERRY SCHWARTZ —
ELIZABETH VANDERSARL —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2421 (110th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 5236, Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act, 2008, All titles. S 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act, 2008, All titles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM IMBERGAMO —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5236 (110th)

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.