2nd Quarter - Report

INVISTA for INVISTA

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$70,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Columbia Free Trade Agreement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT P HALL —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 5351 Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act -- Oppose government intervention in the market, and entire bill. HR 6049 Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 (House Extenders Bill) -- Tax provisions. Senate Extenders Bill -- Tax provisions. S. 3044 Senate "Consumers First" Energy Bill -- Tax provisions. HR 6275 Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (House AMT Bill) -- Tax provisions. Senate Amendment to HR 2881 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 (FAA Bill) -- Tax provisions. HR 5450 Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 -- Provisions relating to manufacturing, energy and financial instruments. HR 5720 Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 -- Provisions relating to manufacturing, energy and financial instruments. HR 5719 Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008 -- Provisions relating to manufacturing, energy and financial instruments. HR 2242 Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007 and the Title XII of the HR 2419 the Farm Bill -- Provisions relating to manufacturing, energy and financial instruments. HR 3221 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 -- Provisions relating to manufacturing, energy and financial instruments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT P HALL —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 5719 (110th), H.R. 2881 (110th), H.R. 6275 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 5450 (110th), H.R. 5351 (110th), H.R. 2242 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 3044 (110th), H.R. 5720 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 2191 America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation) -- Oppose government mandates on carbon reduction provisions, environmental mandates, proposed amendment providing 1% credit allocation to small refiners, provisions related to climate change, and oppose entire bill. S. 3036 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 -- Provisions relating to environmental mandates, and issues relating to motor vehicle fuel. S. 1766 Low Carbon Economy Act -- Entire bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT P HALL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2191 (110th), S. 1766 (110th), S. 3036 (110th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HR 2264 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act "NOPEC" - - Title II. HR 6074 Gas Price Protection for Consumers Act - - Provisions relating to Title II, Department of Justice Anti-trust Task Force. HR 6346 Federal Price Gouging Protection Act - - Provisions relating to price controls and entire bill. S. 94 Gasoline Consumer Anti-price-gouging Protection Act -- Provisions relating to price controls. S. 1263 Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act -- Provisions relating to price controls. HR 1252 Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act -- Provisions relating to price controls. HR 2335 Federal Energy Price Protection Act of 2007 -- Provisions relating to price controls. Peterson Amendment on Offshore Production -- Oppose entire provision. Issues without Bills: Refining Outages Issue. RFS Issue -- Ethanol.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT P HALL —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2335 (110th), H.R. 6074 (110th), S. 1263 (110th), H.R. 1252 (110th), H.R. 6346 (110th), S. 94 (110th), H.R. 2264 (110th)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 5533 Chemical Security Act -- Appendix 2103(b)(2)(g) Inherent Safer Technology provisions, 2113 MTSA Exemption, Chemical Security, oppose environmental mandates on chemical industry-IST provisions. HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act -- Appendix 2103(b)(2)(g) Inherent Safer Technology provisions, 2113 MTSA exemption, issues relating to manufacturing and refining, and Entire bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT P HALL —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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