1st Quarter - Report — ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC for ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (2012)

Firm

ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Client

ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Income

—

Expenses

$2,200,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 942: American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011; provisions relating to research and development credits HR 3091/S 1647: To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends; all provisions of the bills S 174: Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act; provisions relating to Federal Excise Tax increases S 794: Protecting American Taxpayers from Misconduct Act; all provisions of the bill Discussions on maintaining Capital Gains and Dividends Tax Rates and Internal Revenue Code reform and reduction of Corporate Income Tax Rate

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
SARAH KNAKMUHS	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 942 (112th), H.R. 3091 (112th)

Tobacco TOB

HR 1639 / S 1461: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011; all provisions of the bills HR 3186/S 1706: Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2011; all provisions of the bills HR 4134: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products; all provisions on the bill HR 4281: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012; provisions relating to the definition of manufacturer under federal excise tax law S 1813: MAP 21, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act; provisions relating to the definition of manufacturer under federal excise tax

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID FERNANDEZ	N/A
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
JOHN HOEL	N/A
SARAH KNAKMUHS	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3186 (112th), H.R. 4281 (112th), H.R. 4134 (112th), H.R. 1639 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Discussions related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Act, matters regarding trade promotion restrictions

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
JOHN HOEL	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Centers for Disease Control's implementation of stimulus funding provisions of P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
JOHN HOEL	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S 968: Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP); all provisions of the bill

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
SARAH KNAKMUHS	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Centers for Disease Control's implementation of health care funding provisions of P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
JOHN HOEL	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; White House Office

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.