2nd Quarter - Amendment

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD for AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL

Firm
Client
Income
$150,000
Expenses
—

Versions of this report

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Filing Filed Amount Counted
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 21, 2008 $150,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Feb 2, 2009 $150,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 2834 provisions related to tax treatment of carried interest for certain partnerships; S. 1624 provisions related to tax treatment of private equity funds that become publicly-traded partnerships

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SMITH W DAVIS —
VIC FAZIO —
JAYNE FITZGERALD —
TRAVERS GARVIN —
ROBERT LEONARD —
CARYN DYSON LESTER Sen Mikulski, 1999
JEFF MCMILLEN —
KEN MEHLMAN —
VALERIE WHITE —

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2834 (110th), S. 1624 (110th)

Banking BAN

Senate Banking Committee oversight of private equity firms and consideration of legislation regarding same; H.R. 2834 provisions related to tax treatment of carried interest for certain partnerships; S. 1624 provisions related to tax treatment of private equity funds that become publicly-traded partnerships

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SMITH W DAVIS —
VIC FAZIO —
JAYNE FITZGERALD —
TRAVERS GARVIN —
ROBERT LEONARD —
CARYN DYSON LESTER Sen Mikulski, 1999
JEFF MCMILLEN —
KEN MEHLMAN —
VALERIE WHITE —

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 1624 (110th), H.R. 2834 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

House Financial Services committee oversight of private equity firms and consideration of legislation regarding same; H.R. 2834 provisions related to tax treatment of carried interest for certain partnerships; S. 1624 provisions related to tax treatment of private equity funds that become publicly-traded partnerships

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SMITH W DAVIS —
VIC FAZIO —
JAYNE FITZGERALD —
TRAVERS GARVIN —
ROBERT LEONARD —
CARYN DYSON LESTER Sen Mikulski, 1999
JEFF MCMILLEN —
KEN MEHLMAN —
VALERIE WHITE —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: S. 1624 (110th), H.R. 2834 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax issues affecting private equity firms: S. 1624, H.R. 2834, H.R. 2785, H.R. 6275

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SMITH W DAVIS —
VIC FAZIO —
JAYNE FITZGERALD —
TRAVERS GARVIN —
ROBERT LEONARD —
CARYN DYSON LESTER Sen Mikulski, 1999
JEFF MCMILLEN —
KEN MEHLMAN —
VALERIE WHITE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2785 (110th), H.R. 2834 (110th), S. 1624 (110th), H.R. 6275 (110th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 2834 provisions related to tax treatment of carried interest for certain partnerships; S. 1624 provisions related to tax treatment of private equity funds that become publicly-traded partnerships

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SMITH W DAVIS —
VIC FAZIO —
JAYNE FITZGERALD —
TRAVERS GARVIN —
ROBERT LEONARD —
CARYN DYSON LESTER Sen Mikulski, 1999
JEFF MCMILLEN —
KEN MEHLMAN —
VALERIE WHITE —

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1624 (110th), H.R. 2834 (110th)

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.