Year-End Report

THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS for UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$160,000

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
Year-End Amendment Jan 14, 2008 $160,000 Replaced
Year-End Report Feb 13, 2008 $160,000 Replaced
Year-End Report (this page) Feb 13, 2008 $160,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

Nuclear weapons R&D; missile defense funding; Defense Authorization bills; nuclear terrorism threat reduction; reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel; nuclear power safety

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Energy, Dept of; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Transportation TRA

Fuel economy and oil savings legislation; Tax incentives for advanced technology vehicles; Clean school buses; Diesel Emissions Reduction Act; NHTSA rulemaking on fuel economy standards; EPA rulemaking on fuel economy labeling test procedures; Biofuels legislation; Renewable fuels standard

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

National energy policy Renewable electricity standard Renewable energy R&D funding

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Science/Technology SCI

Restoring scientific integrity to federal policy making; Scientific advisory committee appointments; Endangered Species Act science; Morale of federal agency scientists; Whistleblower protection; Food and Drug Administration reform

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Agriculture AGR

Non-therapeutic use of antibiotics; regulation of GE crops; protection of CAFO pollution reporting requirements; support for NARMS standards & rigorous organic standards; Caps on Farm Bill Title I commodity payments & Title II conservation; USDA progs supporting sustainable, organic ag

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Global warming emissions control leg; Global Change Res and Data Mgmt Act; National Aquatic Invasive Species Act; Asian Carp Prev & Control Act; Ballast Water Mgmt Act; Coast Guard Auth Act; UDSA emergency fund for pests; rulemaking on Asian Carp; 100th Meridian State Revolving Loan Fund Act

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); 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.