1st Quarter - Report — APPLIED MATERIALS, INC for APPLIED MATERIALS, INC (2015)

Firm

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Client

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$330,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

General provisions of information to Executive and Legislative Branches on announced merger between Applied Materials and TEL (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—
JOHN KANIA	—
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Natural Resources NAT

Measures on addressing the U. S. Helium Reserve (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Energy, Dept of

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Solar-related issues (antidumping/countervailing duty cases; no legislation); Environmental Goods Agreement (no legislation); Information Technology Agreement expansion (no legislation); forced localization (no legislation); TTP and TTIP (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

All authorization and appropriations bill provisions related to solar energy; electrical grid-related issues (no legislation); semiconductor technology, DoE Advanced Manufacturing Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Immigration IMM

S. 153 ("I Squared Act of 2015); no current House companion bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 153 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Trade secrets reform (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit (American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 [H.R. 880]); Corporate tax reform (no legislation); Inversions (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Bills named: H.R. 880 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2016 Dept. of Defense Appropriations Act; Energy and Water Appropriations Act; Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations Act -- provisions relating to nanotechnology research and development; Advanced Manufacturing Program; Electrical grid-related issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

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.