1st Quarter - Report — CATERPILLAR INC. for CATERPILLAR INC (2018)

Firm

CATERPILLAR INC.

Client

CATERPILLAR INC

Income

—

Expenses

$1,100,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 2629 "Representation Fairness Restoration Act" (entire bill) "Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica," Final Rule, 81 Fed Reg. 16285 General issues relating to labor relations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2629 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1625 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (provisions related to the "Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act") General issues relating to health care

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1625 (115th)

General discussions related to trade policy (no bill number) General discussions related to NAFTA Renegotiation (no bill number) Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 (H.R. 4318/S. 2108) - entire bill Education efforts concerning Department of Commerce 232 case re: Steel Imports (No bill number)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 4318 (115th), S. 2108 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Nominations for the Export Import Bank Board of Directors (no bill number)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Transportation TRA

Funding for the Highway Trust Fund (No bill number) White House Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (entire bill) - P.L.115-97 - Re: implementation Issues surrounding OECD Base-Erosion & Profit Shifting (BEPS) (no bill number)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th)

Retirement RET

Changes to Pension Nondiscrimination Testing for Defined Benefit Pension Plans (IRS REG-125761-14) S.852 and H.R. 1968 "Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017" (entire bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: S. 852 (115th), H.R. 1968 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 1390 "STRONGER Patents Act" (entire bill) S. 2514 "Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drug Act" (PACED) (entire bill) General issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1390 (115th), S. 2514 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 (provisions related "Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute") (no bill number) H.R. 3354 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2018 - Funding for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act H.R. 1625 Vehicle for Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 Title II Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, Title III DOE Non-Road Programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—
JASON LYNN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1625 (115th), H.R. 3354 (115th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 1460: To provide for the modernization of the energy and natural resources policies of the United States (Whole Bill) S. 1447, H.R. 3107: The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 (Whole Bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1460 (115th), H.R. 3107 (115th), S. 1447 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Proposed Department of Homeland Security rule, "Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses from the Class of Aliens Eligible for Employment Authorization"

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

H.R. 2353 "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act" (entire bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2353 (115th)

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.