3rd Quarter - Report — NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, INC for NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL INC (2008)

Firm

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, INC

Client

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL INC

Income

—

Expenses

$100,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Bilateral Tax Treaties between U.S., Canada, Iceland, Bulgaria; International tax regulations; Small Business Tax Act of 2007; Sec. 911 amendments; Active Financing Extension Act of 2007; Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007; Alternative Minimum Tax Extension Act of 2007, Tax Extenders Legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM ALAN REINSCH	—
CATHERINE SCHULTZ	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Foreign Direct Investment; Alien Tort Suit; Visa Policy; Risk Regulation Issues: African Growth & Opportunity Act Extension; Offshore Outsourcing; World Trade Organization-Doha Development Agenda; U.S. Panama Trade Promotion Agreement;.U.S. Colombia Trade Agreement; Andean Trade Preference Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA); Export Controls. China Trade Issues Foreign Operations Appropriation OPIC reauthorization OFAC Regulations Eximbank authorization & appropriation Travel to Cuba; Trade with Cuba Sanctions Policy Reform Act Middl East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) Initiative Iran Sanctions Legislation Proposed regulations on deemed exports World Bank procurement procedure U.S. Egypt Trade Relations U.S. Japan FTA issues House Congressional Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus Russian PNTR U.S. Korea Free Trade Agreement Foreign Investment - CFIUS Trade Promotion Authority Sudan Sanctions Public Pension Fund Divestment Trade Preference Program renewal (GSP & others) Russia Section 123 agreement India Nuclear Agreement

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JAKE COLVIN	—
CHARLES WALTER DITTRICH	—
SUSAN FRANK New	—
J DANIEL O'FLAHERTY	—
WILLIAM ALAN REINSCH	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.