1st Quarter - Report

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC. for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$318,716
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

H.R. 17 - To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right. H.R. 1 - Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. H.R. 45 - To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms. H.R. 146 - An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. H.R. 1074 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions. H.R. 1620 -To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State. H.R. 1923 - To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition. S. 22 - A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture. S. 160 - A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. S. 371 - A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State. S. 556 - A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to modernize the process by which interstate firearms transactions are conducted by Federal firearms licensees. S. 669 - A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes. S.AMDT.579 to S.160 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State or the District of Columbia in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State or the District of Columbia that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State or District of Columbia. S.AMDT.798 to S.CON.RES.13 To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage. Confirmation of Eric Holder for U.S. Attorney General

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRAIG FIELDS —
MICHAEL HAMMOND —
ERICH M PRATT —
LAWRENCE D PRATT —
JOHN VELLECO —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 160 (111th), S. 556 (111th), S. 371 (111th), H.R. 1074 (111th), S. 669 (111th), H.R. 1620 (111th), H.R. 45 (111th), H.R. 1923 (111th), H.R. 17 (111th), S.Con.Res. 13 (111th), S. 22 (111th), H.R. 146 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)

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.