4th Quarter - Report — THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for MONSANTO (2009)

Firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Client

MONSANTO

Income

$45,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

S. 364, Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2009, Biotech acceptance. Issues related to corporate governance.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
JEFF MURRAY	U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, Leg. Counsel
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 364 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the taxation of foreign earnings of U. S. Corporations. H.R. 422, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010. H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009 related to the research credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir.
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 422 (111th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 515 / S. 610 / H.R. 1260, Patent Reform Act of 2009, all issues related to patent reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CYNTHIA MERIFIELD TRIPODI	U.S. Senator Don Nickles, Legislative Assistant
JEFF MURRAY	U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, Legislative Counsel
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 610 (111th), H.R. 1260 (111th), S. 515 (111th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 2477, Chemical Facility Security Authorization Act of 2009 H.R. 2868, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
JEFF MURRAY	U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, Legislative Counsel
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 2868 (111th), H.R. 2477 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007,. Title II - Energy Security Through Increased Production of Biofuels. H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 as it relates to biofuels.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Antitrust, S. 364, Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2009. S. 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009, H.R. 1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009, agriculture consolidation and competition.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
JEFF MURRAY	U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, Leg. Counsel
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 560 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th), S. 364 (111th)

Science/Technology SCI

Biotechnology research.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
JEFF MURRAY	U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, Leg. Counsel
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Natural Resources NAT

Mining permitting and acceptance. Mineral leasing and royalty issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

European approvals of ag biotech, US WTO case on EU biotech moratorium, China trade, German regulations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
JEFF MURRAY	U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, Leg. Counsel
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

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.