1st Quarter - Report — CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC (2021)

Firm

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Client

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC

Income

—

Expenses

$170,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Advocated for maintenance and strengthening of steel Section 232 tariffs and quotas. Lobbied in response to steel Section 232 tariff/quota product exclusion requests. Submitted written comments on the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry Securitys Interim Final Rule Regarding Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Process. DOCKET NO. BIS-2020-0022 Advocated in support of the Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators (Docket ID: BIS-2020-10715). Lobbied in support of alternative agreements with Canada and Mexico addressing imports of transformer laminations and cores. Supported S. 1187, the Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act. Executive Order 14017 - America's Supply Chains. Advocated for steel domestic procurement preferences.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM	—
BETH DEBROSSE LUDWIG	—

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

Bills named: S. 1187 (117th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Executive Order 14017 - America's Supply Chains. Briefed the Department of Energy (DOE) on dynamics involving the domestic production and use of electrical steel.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM	—
BETH DEBROSSE LUDWIG	—

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

Transportation TRA

Lobbied in support of S. 576/H.R. 1561, the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. Advocated for authorization and appropriations for a new Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking vessel as part of the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BETH DEBROSSE LUDWIG	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1561 (117th), S. 576 (117th)

Retirement RET

Lobbied for single and multi-employer pension plan provisions included in Part 8, Subtitle H of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM	—
BETH DEBROSSE LUDWIG	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th)

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.