Mid-Year Report — APPLIED MATERIALS, INC for APPLIED MATERIALS, INC (2007)

Firm

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Client

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$320,000

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

S 4, HR 1, September 11 Commission recommendations bill, provisions related to mandatory inspections of air cargo

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	N/A
JOSEPH PASETTI	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 41, HR 2138; extension and expansion of the research and experimentation tax credit; HR 550, S 590, provisions related to extension and expansion of the solar energy tax credits

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	N/A
JOSEPH PASETTI	N/A

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 550 (110th), H.R. 2138 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (no legislation as yet); trade liberalization in general; China-related trade issues (e.g., S 1607). Export controls legislation (S 1612)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	N/A
JOSEPH PASETTI	N/A

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

HR 1908, S 1145; patent reform legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	N/A
JOSEPH PASETTI	N/A

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 1908 (110th)

Immigration IMM

HR 1930, S 1083, S 1348; immigration reform, in particular provisions related to immigration and visa matters for highly skilled workers

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	N/A
JOSEPH PASETTI	N/A

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 1930 (110th)

Science/Technology SCI

American Competitiveness Initiative -- all bills related to science and technology education, R&D funding and US competitiveness

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	N/A
JOSEPH PASETTI	N/A

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

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.