2nd Quarter - Amendment

MERRILL LYNCH & CO, INC for MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC

Period 2nd Quarter 2008 Filed Sep 15, 2009 Signed by Steven K. Berry - Managing Director

Official filing
Firm
MERRILL LYNCH & CO, INC
Client
MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC
Income
—
Expenses
$920,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 18, 2008 $920,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Sep 15, 2009 $920,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

H.R. 888 - business travel facilitation; H.R. 2942 - currency reform in China; H.R. 5724 - US-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement; S. 1607 - exchange rate oversight; S. 1677 - exchange rates; S. 2830 - US-Columbia Free Trade Agreement; (no bill number) - FINSA implementation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 888 (110th), H.R. 5724 (110th), S. 1677 (110th), S. 1607 (110th), S. 2830 (110th), H.R. 2942 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 1145 - patent reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1145 (110th)

Banking BAN

H.R. 698 & S. 1356 - Industrial Loan Companies; H.R. 3010 & S. 1782 - Arbitration; H.R. 6312 - Credit Union, Bank, and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008; H.R. 6513 - Securities Act of 2008.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1356 (110th), H.R. 3010 (110th), S. 1782 (110th), H.R. 6513 (110th), H.R. 6312 (110th), H.R. 698 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 1433, H.R. 3010 & S. 1782 - makes arbitration clauses in consumer contracts enforceable; S. 221 - abrogates arbitration agreements in farm product contracts; S. 1135 - amends arbitrations provided by contract; (no bill number) - fee based accounts.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1135 (110th), H.R. 1433 (110th), S. 221 (110th), H.R. 3010 (110th), S. 1782 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 6 - Energy Independence Security Act of 2007; H.R. 878 & S. 601 - broker reporting; H.R. 1509 & S. 940 - Subpart F; H.R. 2136, H.R. 2345 & S. 681 - tax shelters; H.R. 3970 - tax reform/corporate tax; H.R. 3996 - Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007; H.R. 4912 - prepaid derivatives; H.R. 5351 & S. 1508 - energy tax credit extensions; S. 2 - minimum wage; S. 349 - small business tax issues; S. 2242 - alternative energy tax incentives; (no bill number) - regulations regarding foreign tax credit & continued ... non-compulsory payments; H.R. 5160 - Small Business Adds Value for Employees Act of 2008; H.R. 2167 - Automatic IRA Act of 2007; H.R. 3361 - Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.r. 6382 - Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 3970 (110th), S. 940 (110th), S. 2242 (110th), S. 681 (110th), H.R. 4912 (110th), S. 1508 (110th), H.R. 3361 (110th), S. 601 (110th), H.R. 1509 (110th), H.R. 3996 (110th), H.R. 2167 (110th), H.R. 2345 (110th), H.R. 2136 (110th), H.R. 5351 (110th), H.R. 6382 (110th), S. 2 (110th), H.R. 878 (110th), S. 349 (110th), H.R. 5160 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th)

Housing HOU

H.R. 5818 - The Neighborhood Stablization Act of 2008; H.R. 5830 - the FHA Housing and Homeowner Retention Act; H.R. 3915 - Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 5830 (110th), H.R. 3915 (110th), H.R. 5818 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 2419 - Farm Bill, CEA provisions; H.R. 2776 - renewable energy, climate change; H.R. 5351 - tax incentives for renewable energy; H.R. 5575 - coal generation emissions; S. 577 - oil and gas trading oversight; S. 2191 - climate change; S. 2555 - state control of GHG emissions; S. 2642 - renewable energy; S. 2821 - clean energy production incentives; S. 2991 / S. 3044 - market speculation; S. 2995 - oil trading; S. 3122 - energy commodities regulation; S. 3130 - energy prices; S. 3131 - energy markets; S. 3183 - CFTC authority on speculation; S. 3185 - energy prices; S. 3202 - gas prices; S. 3205 - CFTC authority; S. 3248 - commodity markets; S. 3255 - CFTC large trade oversight; H.R. 6130 - futures markets; H.R. 6238 - CFTC oversight; H.R. 6264 - commodities markets; H.R. 6330 - energy commodities; H.R. 6334 - CFTC oversight and energy prices; H.R. 6349 - energy prices; H.R. 6377 - CFTC authority for energy markets.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN K BERRY Managing Director, Government Relations
LOUIS A COSTANTINO Director, Government Relations
LON GOLDSTEIN New Director, Government Relations
MARK MICALI New Director, Government Relations
JANELLE C THIBAU Director, Government Relations
BRUCE E THOMPSON Managing Director, Government Relations

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: S. 2642 (110th), H.R. 6377 (110th), S. 3255 (110th), H.R. 5351 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 3122 (110th), S. 2995 (110th), H.R. 6130 (110th), S. 2821 (110th), H.R. 2776 (110th), S. 2991 (110th), H.R. 6349 (110th), S. 3185 (110th), S. 3248 (110th), S. 3183 (110th), S. 3044 (110th), S. 2555 (110th), S. 577 (110th), H.R. 6238 (110th), S. 2191 (110th), H.R. 6334 (110th), H.R. 5575 (110th), S. 3131 (110th), H.R. 6264 (110th), H.R. 6330 (110th), S. 3130 (110th), S. 3202 (110th), S. 3205 (110th)

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