3rd Quarter - Report — ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC for ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (2011)

Firm

ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Client

ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Income

—

Expenses

$3,000,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S 968: Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP); all provisions of the bill

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
SARAH KNAKMUHS	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 2: Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; provisions relating to the repeal of expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations and to payments for property and other gross proceeds HR 942: American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011; provisions relating to research and development credits S 18: Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; provisions relating to the repeal of expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations and to payments for property and other gross proceeds S 794: Protecting American Taxpayers from Misconduct Act; all provisions of the bill Discussions on maintaining Capital Gains and Dividends Tax Rates and Internal Revenue Code reform and reduction of Corporate Income Tax Rate

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
SARAH KNAKMUHS	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 942 (112th), H.R. 2 (112th)

Tobacco TOB

HR 65: Candy Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2011; all provisions of the bill HR 1639 / S 1461: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011; all provisions of the bill HR 2112: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012; subcommittee report language relating to the calculation of FETRA assessments S 174: Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act; provisions relating to Federal Excise Tax increases S 1403: IDEA Full Funding Act; provisions relating to taxation of tobacco products Taxation of tobacco products, including large cigars, little cigars, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
JOHN HOEL	N/A
SARAH KNAKMUHS	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 65 (112th), H.R. 1639 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

Centers for Disease Control's implementation of health care funding provisions of P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Centers for Disease Control's implementation of stimulus funding provisions of P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
CYNTHIA HAYDEN	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

HR 658 / S 223: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act; amendment relating to the preservation of the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRUCE GATES	N/A
JOHN HOEL	N/A
TODD WALKER	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 658 (112th)

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.