3rd Quarter - Report

BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP for MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS

Period 3rd Quarter 2009 Filed Oct 20, 2009 Signed by Bonnie J. Lewis, Paralegal

Official filing
Firm
BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP
Client
MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS
Income
$90,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Gaming/Gambling/Casino GAM

Monitor all legislation involving the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD P AYOOB n/a

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Indian Health Service; Small Business Administration (SBA); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY10 Appropriations Bills, including Interior, Labor-HHS-Ed, and Homeland Security

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD P AYOOB n/a
RICHARD R BOYKIN n/a
CRAIG S BURKHARDT n/a
RICHARD H STREETER New n/a

Contacted: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Indian Health Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Employee Free Choice Act, H.R.1409 and S.560; Monitoring all legislation affecting client-tribes government and business operations; H.R.1328; Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007; S.1200, Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007; H.R.984, Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007; H.R.1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act; FY'10 Appropriations; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD P AYOOB n/a
RICHARD R BOYKIN n/a
CRAIG S BURKHARDT n/a
RICHARD H STREETER New n/a

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Indian Health Service

Bills named: S. 1200 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th), H.R. 1873 (111th), S. 560 (111th), H.R. 984 (111th), H.R. 1328 (111th)

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.