3rd Quarter - Report — CATERPILLAR INC. for CATERPILLAR INC (2017)

Firm

CATERPILLAR INC.

Client

CATERPILLAR INC

Income

—

Expenses

$620,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Funding for the Highway Trust Fund (No bill number)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Efforts to support Comprehensive Tax Reform (no bill number) Issues surrounding OECD Base-Erosion & Profit Shifting (BEPS) (no bill number)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Retirement RET

Changes to Pension Nondiscrimination Testing for Defined Benefit Pension Plans (IRS REG-125761-14); S.852 and H.R. 1968 "Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017" (entire bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1968 (115th), S. 852 (115th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 2937: The Community Reclamation Partnership Act (Whole Bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2937 (115th)

General overview of trade policy and Caterpillar's support of past trade agreements (no bill number) General discussions related to NAFTA Renegotiation (No bill number) Discussions regarding Russia sanctions (P.L. 115-44) Education efforts concerning Dept. of Commerce 232 case re: Steel Imports (No bill number) H.R. 442/ S. 472 - Cuba Trade Act of 2017 (entire bills) Education efforts concerning trade issues US manufacturing and export advocacy for Egyptian Transportation Strategy

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 442 (115th), S. 472 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Nominations to constitute a quorum for the Export Import Bank Board of Directors (no bill number)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
CHRISTOPHER MYERS	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

General issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1628 "American Health Care Act" (Title I, Subtitle D, and Title II) No Bill Number "Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson" proposal (provisions related to employer sponsored health care) No Bill Number "Better Care Reconciliation Act" (Title I) General issues relating to health care

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1628 (115th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 1460: To provide for the modernization of the energy and natural resources policies of the United States (Whole Bill) S. 1447, H.R. 3107: The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 (Whole Bill) H.R. 3354 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2018 - Funding for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JASON LYNN	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3354 (115th), S. 1460 (115th), H.R. 3107 (115th), S. 1447 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Discussions regarding high skilled immigration reform Executive Order 13788, "Buy American and Hire American" (Sec. 5, "Ensuring the integrity of the Immigration System in order to 'Hire American.'")

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATIE HAYS (STRONG)	—
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Education EDU

H.R. 2353 "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act" (entire bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2353 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

No Bill Number, "Workplace Flexibility in the 21st Century Act" (entire bill) Executive Order 13801, "Expanding Apprenticeships in America" (Sec. 8 "Establishment of the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion") General issues relating to labor relations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAI K. HIRABAYASHI	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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.