1st Quarter - Report

ECOLAB INC. for ECOLAB INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$220,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform Act of 2014 & Expire Act S.2260 Preserving Sec. 199 domestic mfg. deduction, controlled foreign corporation definition and R&D credit provisions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GREV —
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2260 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Patient Protection and affordable care act - Issues related to the repeal of the medical device tax and health care associated infections.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GREV —
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (S.697), Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, (S.535).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GREV —
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 697 (114th), S. 535 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, (S.270) & Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, (S.535) & Department of Interior (DOI) issued final rules to regulation hydraulic fracturing operations on public lands.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 270 (114th), S. 535 (114th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration reform - Economic Opportunity and immigration modernization Act S.744

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GREV —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 744 (114th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Issue related to FDA antibacterial hand wash final monograph and preservation of the current food handler exemption.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GREV —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Ambush Elections - National Labor Relations Boards rule that narrowed the time employers have to respond to unionization petitions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to trade and international items

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues related to Russian Sanctions - Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (S.2828)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RAMOLA GUPTA MUSANTE —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2828 (114th)

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.