4th Quarter - Report — THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for MONSANTO (2010)

Firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Client

MONSANTO

Income

$45,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 610 / H.R. 1260, Patent Reform Act of 2009, all issues related to patent reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFF CHOUDHRY	—
CYNTHIA MERIFIELD TRIPODI	—
DON NICKLES	—

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1260 (111th), S. 610 (111th)

Agriculture AGR

Biotech regulations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	—
DON NICKLES	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the taxation of foreign earnings of U. S. Corporations. H.R. 422, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010. H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, S. 3793, Job Creation & Tax Cuts Act, H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act, related to the research credit. H.R. 2098, CFC look-through; S. 1203 Grow Research Opportunities with Tax Credits Help Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	—
HAZEN MARSHALL	—
DON NICKLES	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 422 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 2098 (111th), S. 1203 (111th), H.R. 4853 (111th), S. 3793 (111th)

Science/Technology SCI

Biotechnology research.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	—
DON NICKLES	—

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Natural Resources NAT

Mining permitting and acceptance. Mineral leasing and royalty issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DON NICKLES	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.