1st Quarter - Report

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$60,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Submitted comments to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in response to the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP); Proposed Rule which was published in the Federal Register on February 8, 2010 (Docket ID: CCC-2010-0001). These comments contained an evaluation of the CCC's various proposals to structure the matching payment subsidy program established under BCAP.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM —
DANA W BYRNE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 4213, the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010, Title VI Advocated for provisions allowing the election to temporarily utilize unused Alternative Minimum Tax credits as determined by domestic investment.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM —
DANA W BYRNE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Expressed support for appropriations requests submitted by a Michigan municipality under the Environmental Protection Agency; State and Tribal Assistance Grant account, the Rural Utility Service; Rural Development account, and the Housing and Urban Development; Economic Development Initiative account. These requests have not yet been incorporated into appropriations bills.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

"Kerry-Graham-Lieberman" climate & energy draft legislation. Advocated for the inclusion of adequate transition assistance for iron ore processing under any program established in the draft legislation for energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANA W BYRNE —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); 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.