MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Aerospace AER
HR. 3819- A bill to extend the commercial space transportation liability regime. Our interest is with the entire bill. H.R. 3853- A bill to provide for the establishment of Commercial Space Transportation Cooperative Research and Development Centers of Excellence, and for other purposes. Our interest is with the entire bill. Other: S. 1929- A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. Our interest is with the entire bill. Reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act (not yet introduced) Other: S.1714 - Open College Textbook Act of 2009. A bill to authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaption of open textbooks, and for other purposes. Our interest is with the entire bill. S.1373 - Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009. A bill to provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency. Our interest is with the entire bill.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABBY BENSON | — |
| WILLIAM B BONVILLIAN | — |
| ALISON FOX | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
S. 515- Patent Reform Act of 2009. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. Our interest is all sections of the bill with specific attention to sections addressing damages, first to file, reexamination proceedings, fees and post-grant review. H.R.1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009. To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. Our interest is all sections of the bill with specific attention to sections addressing damages, first to file, reexamination proceedings, fees and post-grant review. S.726 / HR 1427. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the licensing of biosimilar and biogeneric biological products, and for other purposes. Our interest is all sections of the bill. HR 1548. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes. Our interest is all sections of bills.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABBY BENSON | — |
| WILLIAM B BONVILLIAN | — |
| ALISON FOX | — |
Energy/Nuclear ENG
S. 1733 - Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. A bill to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy. Our interest is sections relating to research and development. HR. 2454 - The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. A bill to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy. Our interest is sections relating to research and development. S. 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act. A bill to promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development, and for other purposes. Our interest is sections relating to research and development. H.R. 3585- Solar Technology Road Map Act. A bill to guide and provide for United States research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies. Our interest is in provisions pertaining to research and development. H.R. 3598- Energy and Water Research Integration Act. A bill to ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department of Energy's energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources. Our interest is in provisions pertaining to research and development. H.R. 3276- American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009. A bill to promote the production of molybdenum-99 in the United States for medical isotope production, and to condition and phase out the export of highly enriched uranium for the production of medical isotopes. Our interest is in provisions pertaining to research and development.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABBY BENSON | — |
| WILLIAM B BONVILLIAN | — |
| ALISON FOX | — |
Immigration IMM
HR 4321- Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009. A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. Our interest in the bill relates to provisions on students, higher education, foreign workers, and visas. HR1751 & S729 - American DREAM Act. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. Our interest is with provisions related to higher education.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABBY BENSON | — |
| WILLIAM B BONVILLIAN | — |
| ALISON FOX | — |
Education EDU
HR. 1461- Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants. Our interest is with the entire bill. S. 813 - Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants Our interest is with the entire bill. HR. 1409 - HR Employee Free Choice Act. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide an efficient system to enable employees to form labor organizations. Our interest is with provisions related to teaching and research assistants. HR. 1777 - A bill to make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Our interest is with the entire bill. HR 3221 - Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965. Our interest is with the entire bill, with particular attention paid to the Pell and Perkins grant programs and state oversight of higher education standards. HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). A bill to make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Our interest is in provisions related to funding for DOE, NIH, NASA, NSF, NIST, Education Department, Defense department R&D. HR 3962 (House passed) - Affordable Health Care for America Act. An act to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. HR 3590 (Senate passed) - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Our interest in both bills is in provisions related to taxes for university employees and students; student health care insurance; expanded medicaid support at the state level; the False Claims Act, and provisions on biosimilars. HR 4213 Tax Extenders Act of 2009. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. Our interest is in provisions related to the IRA rollover charitable deduction, tuition deductions, and the R&D tax extenders. S. 2605/HR 1283 The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010. Companion bills to prohibit discrimination in the military based on sexual orientation. Our interest is in provisions related to ROTC programs.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABBY BENSON | — |
| WILLIAM B BONVILLIAN | — |
| ALISON FOX | — |
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