Mid-Year Report

PAUL HASTINGS LLP for PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION

Period Mid-Year 2007 Filed Aug 8, 2007

Official filing
Firm
PAUL HASTINGS LLP
Client
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Income
$160,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

S. 796/H.R. 782, the "Fair Currency Act of 2007;" S. 974, the "Stopping Overseas Subsidies (SOS) Act;" H.R. 1229, the "NME Trade Remedy Act of 2007;" H.R. 1002, a bill to "authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are not successful" Monitoring of legislative and executive branch activities affecting trade and alleged currency manipulation by trading partners; S. 1607, the "Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007;" S. 1677, the "Currency Reform and Financial Markets Access Act of 2007;"

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SARA MORRIS N/A
JASON M ROSENSTOCK LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS
VANCE W SCHUEMANN N/A
DAVID R SIDDALL N/A
LAWRENCE R SIDMAN N/A

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 1002 (110th), H.R. 1229 (110th), S. 974 (110th), S. 1677 (110th), S. 1607 (110th), H.R. 782 (110th), S. 796 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 6, the "Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007;" S. 1115, the "Energy Efficiency Promotion Act" Title I, Subtitle B of Committee Print #1 (adopted by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 28, 2007); H.R. 3043, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2008

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SARA MORRIS N/A
JASON M ROSENSTOCK LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS
VANCE W SCHUEMANN N/A
DAVID R SIDDALL N/A
LAWRENCE R SIDMAN N/A

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1115 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

H.R. 2566, the "National Digital Television Consumer Education Act;" NTIA Implementation of Title III of Pub. L. 109-171, "Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act;" In the Matter of Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices (FCC CS Docket No. 97-80); In the Matter of Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment (FCC PP Docket No. 00-67); FCC interest in patent litigation Oversight and legislation related to digital broadcast content protection; Oversight and legislation related to the digital television transition; H.R. 608, the "Digital Television Consumer Education Act of 2007;"

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SARA MORRIS N/A
JASON M ROSENSTOCK LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS
VANCE W SCHUEMANN N/A
DAVID R SIDDALL N/A
LAWRENCE R SIDMAN N/A

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 608 (110th), H.R. 2566 (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.