3rd Quarter - Report — BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS for EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. (2016)

Firm

BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Client

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC.

Income

$50,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 - issues related to the National Biodefense Plan and chemical decontamination. Issues relating to H.R. 4909 and S. 2943, FY 17 National Defense Authorization Act; FY 17 Defense Appropriations bills (H.R. 5293, S. 3000) and H.R. 5325, Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2017 Funding for DHS, HHS, and DOD programs related to pandemics, infectious diseases, and chemical and biological threats.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TONY CORWIN	Inspect. Gen. of the Marine Corps; Legis. Asst. to the Commandant of Marine Corps
STEPHEN PERANICH	Chief of Staff to Congressman Gene Taylor

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Guard; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 5293 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

First Responders Anthrax Preparedness Act, H.R. 1300 and S. 1915; Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act, H.R. 3299

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHERINE SCONTRAS ANDERSON	Leg. Correspondent, Senator Susan Collins
TONY CORWIN	—
STEPHEN PERANICH	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Guard; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1300 (114th), H.R. 3299 (114th), S. 1915 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues relating to FY 2017 federal funding for the National Biodefense Plan and chemical decontamination, including in FY 17 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4909, S. 2943), FY 17 Defense Appropriations bills (H.R. 5293, S. 3000), and Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2017 (H.R. 5325)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TONY CORWIN	Inspect. Gen. of the Marine Corps; Legis. Asst. to the Commandant of Marine Corps
STEPHEN PERANICH	Chief of Staff to Congressman Gene Taylor

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Guard

Bills named: H.R. 5293 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th)

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.