2nd Quarter - Report

CATERPILLAR INC. for CATERPILLAR INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$920,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) TAR

Legislation to temporarily suspend the duty on certain remanufactured products.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Health Issues HCR

Health Reform Implementation: Essential Health Benefits.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG) Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Administration's tax proposals in FY 2012 and 2013 Budget. Last-in first-out inventory method of accounting. Legislation to extend active financing exception under subpart F. Legislation to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified R&E credit.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affair

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office

Immigration IMM

Immigration Reform: L1B visas. Immigration Reform: STEM.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG) Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Education EDU

Education Reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG) Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

National Labor Relations Board: Ambush elections and Microunions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG) Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Andean Trade Preference Act - H.R.622, H.R.913, S.380, S.433; China Currency - H.R.639, S.1619; Cuba Sanctions - H.R.255, H.R.1887; Trade Promotion Authority - S.98; Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2012 - H.R. 4221, S. 2215; African Investment and Diaspora Act - H.R. 656, S. 2007

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C LANE Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: S. 2007 (112th), S. 433 (112th), S. 2215 (112th), H.R. 656 (112th), H.R. 913 (112th), H.R. 622 (112th), H.R. 4221 (112th), H.R. 1887 (112th), S. 1619 (112th), S. 380 (112th), H.R. 255 (112th), S. 98 (112th), H.R. 639 (112th)

Defense DEF

2013 Defense Appropriations Bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JUSTIN GIBBONS Washington Manager, Govt & Defense Products

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization - H.R. 2072, S.1547

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C LANE Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2072 (112th), S. 1547 (112th)

Transportation TRA

S.1813 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1813 (112th)

Retirement RET

Pension Stabilization Provisions covered in Highway Bill (S.1813 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG) Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1813 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R.2273 & S.1751 Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act S.J.Res.37 A joint resolution of disapproval of a role promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN Washington Manager, Govt Affairs
CHRISTOPHER MYERS Washington Manager, Govt Affairs

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: S.J.Res. 37 (112th), H.R. 2273 (112th), S. 1751 (112th)

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.