1st Quarter - Report

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN for UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$100,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

no lobbying activities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S.377/H.R.1046 Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act (sections related to compulsory licensing) 340B issues (no bill yet)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KIM ROSS New —
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 377 (116th), H.R. 1046 (116th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Conversations with NIST regarding funding for economic development projects. Discussions with NIST and USPTO regarding Request for Information on Federal Technology Transfer Authorities and Processes (ROI Initiative)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Health Issues HCR

no lobbying activities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KIM ROSS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Changes to section 101 of patent law, related to determining what is patentable (no bill number) S. 102/H.R.465 Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019 (sections related to compulsory licensing)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 465 (116th), S. 102 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY20 Appropriations: Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations FY20 Funding (no bill yet): National Science Foundation (NSF) Department of Commerce (Economic Development Administration, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms, Regional Innovation Programs) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Sea Grant Program, National Estuarine Research Reserve System) NASA (Science Mission Directorate, Space Technology, Aeronautics Research Directorate, National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program) Labor-Health and Human Services and Education FY20 funding (no bill yet): Department on Education (Pell Grant Program, Supplementary Education Opportunity Grants, Federal Work Study, Graduate Education, International Education - Title VI International Education and Foreign Language Programs, Institute of Education Sciences, Corporation for Public Broadcasting) Department of Health and Human Service (National Institutes of Health, HRSA: Title VII Health Professionals & Title VIII Health Professionals - Nursing Workforce Development, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Injury Control Research Centers, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health Education & Research Centers) Department of Defense FY20 funding (no bill yet) Department of Defense (Basic Research, Defense Manufacturing Assistance Program, Defense Cybersecurity Assistance Program) Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding (no bill yet): Department of Energy (Office of Science, Advanced Research Projects for Energy, University Consortia for Nuclear Nonproliferation Research, LaserNetUS-Office of Fusion Energy Sciences) Interior-Environment FY20 funding (no bill yet): National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts Agriculture (no bill yet): U.S. Department of Agriculture (Rural Development)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTINA D KO —
MADELINE CATHERINE NYKAZA —
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Immigration IMM

No specific bill -- issues pertaining to H-1B, Dreamers/DACA No specific bill -- issues related to the accrual of unlawful presence for F,J, amd M nonimmigrants

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MADELINE CATHERINE NYKAZA —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE

Education EDU

Higher Education Act Authorization (no bill yet): Issues related to federal financial aid (Title IV), international education (Title VI), graduate education

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MADELINE CATHERINE NYKAZA —
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Science/Technology SCI

Research related to injury prevention for children at NIH/CDC (no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTINA D KO —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Agriculture AGR

no lobbying activities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTINA D KO —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Transportation TRA

no lobbying activities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTINA D KO —
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

no lobbying activities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MADELINE CATHERINE NYKAZA —

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Sports/Athletics SPO

sports gambling (no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Homeland Security HOM

no lobbying activities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL WARING —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE

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.