Mid-Year Report — DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP for SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (2007)

Firm

DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP

Client

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Income

$40,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Immigration IMM

Visa Policies and Procedures Comprehensive Immigration Reform re: H1-b and green card visa policies SKIL Act of 2007 (H.R. 1930 and S. 1093

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEVIN M DEMPSEY	N/A
STEPHEN LITA	N/A
W CLARK MCFADDEN	N/A
IAN STEF	N/A
ALAN W WOLFF	N/A

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1930 (110th), S. 1093 (110th)

Accounting ACC

Sarbanes Oxley reforms

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEVIN M DEMPSEY	N/A
STEPHEN LITA	N/A
W CLARK MCFADDEN	N/A
IAN STEF	N/A
ALAN W WOLFF	N/A

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Government/Industry Cosponsorship of University Research (Focus Center Research Program) Federal Expenditures on R&D, Basic Research, and Education/DoD Appropriations for FY 2008/Defense Authorizations FY 2009 Science/State/Justice Commerce Appropriations for FY 2008/Depts. of Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations for FY 2008

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEVIN M DEMPSEY	N/A
STEPHEN LITA	N/A
W CLARK MCFADDEN	N/A
IAN STEF	N/A
ALAN W WOLFF	N/A

Contacted: Office of the Vice President of the United States; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

WTO Doha Development Agenda Antidumping Laws Export Administration Regulations Customs Issues with Korea & Korea/Malaysia Free Trade Agreements

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEVIN M DEMPSEY	N/A
STEPHEN LITA	N/A
W CLARK MCFADDEN	N/A
IAN STEF	N/A
ALAN W WOLFF	N/A

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit - Investment in America Act of 2007 (H.R. 2138) Research Competitiveness Act of 2007 (S. 41)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEVIN M DEMPSEY	N/A
STEPHEN LITA	N/A
W CLARK MCFADDEN	N/A
IAN STEF	N/A
ALAN W WOLFF	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2138 (110th), S. 41 (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.