1st Quarter - Amendment — RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC. for RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC. (2009)

Firm

RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC.

Client

RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC.

Income

—

Expenses

$470,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 20, 2009	$237,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Jan 17, 2012	$470,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

S. 409, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAGA ELIM	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 409 (111th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, including US government diplomatic and advocacy support for the project

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAGA ELIM	—
LAUREN SCHUMER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of

Issues related to climate change and energy legislation, including cost containment, cap-and-trade, carbon capture and sequestration, emissions, and trade-exposed industries The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (draft Waxman-Markey climate change legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN ANNE AMBROSE	—
RAGA ELIM	—
JEFFREY WILLARD HOPKINS	—
MARCELLE SHOOP	—

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to mining law reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAGA ELIM	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

FutureGen and clean coal technology/CCS funding H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - issues related to technology funding, clean coal, FutureGen, and Hydrogen Energy S. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - issues related to technology funding, clean coal, FutureGen, and Hydrogen Energy

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN ANNE AMBROSE	—
RAGA ELIM	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), S. 1 (111th)

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.