3rd Quarter - Report

SEMI for SEMI

Period 3rd Quarter 2009 Filed Oct 20, 2009 Signed by Margaret Hershey, Senior Director, Public Policy

Official filing
Firm
SEMI
Client
SEMI
Income
—
Expenses
$100,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Export control policy on dual-use exports/Export Administration Regulations Wassenaar Arrangement -- Annual review of control list

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HERSHEY —
KENNETH SCHRAMKO —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D tax credit Implementation of the manufacturing tax credit that was passed in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HERSHEY —
KENNETH SCHRAMKO —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2454 -- American Clean Energy and Security Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HERSHEY —
KENNETH SCHRAMKO —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Department of Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bills -- Funding for the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HERSHEY —
KENNETH SCHRAMKO —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS)

Science/Technology SCI

American competitiveness and innovation policies Solar energy -- general promotion of solar energy industry

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HERSHEY —
KENNETH SCHRAMKO —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC)

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.