3rd Quarter - Report — LEE & SMITH, PC for NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (NDSU) (2012)

Firm

LEE & SMITH, PC

Client

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (NDSU)

Income

$50,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Department of Energy, Basic Energy Services, Liquid Silicon Initiative.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Education EDU

Labor, HHS, Education House (still unnumbered) and Senate (S. 3295) Appropriations bills for Fy2013, HHS, NIH, Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program funding levels.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Bills named: S. 3295 (112th)

Agriculture AGR

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Renewable Energy and Products from Biomass Grown in North Dakota.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) re-authorization, or The Temporary Surface Transportation Act, H.R. 6064, P.L.112-141, University Transit Centers (UTC) program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 6064 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2013 Budget debate in support for discretionary research funding for the agenices to make available through a competetive process.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of

Defense DEF

U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, RDT&E, Office of Naval Research, High Performance Materials for Advanced Aviation and Aerospace Applicaitons, FY13 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; US DOD, Navy, RDT&E, Functional Polymeric Silicon Materilas for Anvanced Energy Storage Photovoltaics/Solar Electronic Applications; FY13 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; US Dept of Defense, Army, RDT&E, Defense Research Sciences, High Performance, Biodefensive (cont.) Coatings to Protect Soldiers, First Responders and the Public from Bioterrorism and Infectious Diseases, FY13 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, RDT&E, Warfare Systems Support: Tunable MicroRadio for Special Operations Forces, FY13 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Wide, RDT&E, Corrosion Control, Prevention and Prediction Research, FY13 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

Department of Interior, United States Geological Survery, US Geological Survey Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Unit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT	—
DAVID B LEE	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.