4th Quarter - Report — UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULT… for UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTU… (2012)

Firm

UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS

Client

UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS

Income

—

Expenses

$500,000

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.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership; US Japan Trade; Most Favored Nation treatment for Russia (H.R. 6149/S. 3327).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 6149 (112th), S. 3327 (112th)

Defense DEF

FY2013 Defense Authorization Legislation; FY2013 Defense Appropriations Legislation: Humvee; Tank Production; Submarine.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Unemployment UNM

UI solvency legislation; Reauthorization of EUC and EB programs; UI "reforms."

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Retirement RET

Pension Funding legislation; PBGC issues; Social Security benefits: chained CPI and raising cap on income.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Buy American provisions

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Health Issues HCR

Health care reform implementation; State exchanges structure; Medicare; Medicaid; MedPAC Medigap Surrcharge; Repealing the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 6079); Transitional Reinsurance Program (H.R. 6283).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON New	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6079 (112th), H.R. 6283 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations FY 2013 (Legal Services Corp.); Labor-HHS Appropriations (NLRB, OSHA, Labor Dept., Job Training Programs) FY 2013; DOD Appropriations FY 2013; Social Security; Budget Deficit and Revenue options; "Plan B", The Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Business Act of 2012 (H. J. Res 66).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
SAM LOESCHE New	Legislative Staff
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office

Bills named: H.J.Res. 66 (112th)

Government Issues GOV

Senate Rules Reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON New	Legislative Representative
SAM LOESCHE New	Legislative Staff
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR New	Legislative Director

Contacted: White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Immigration IMM

Comprehensive Reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SAM LOESCHE New	Legislative Staff
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor organizing issues; Independent Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 3468)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: S. 3468 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Employer-sponsored health care credit and tax exclusion; deficit reduction tax proposals; Bush Tax Cuts; Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2012 (S. 3412/H.R. 6262); Spending Recudtion Act of 2012 (H.R. 6684).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR	Legislative Director

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 6684 (112th), H.R. 6262 (112th), S. 3412 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

ACA implementation; Medicare improvements; Block granting of Medicaid; Retiree health care; Medicare eligibility age increase; Dual eligibles and managed care proposals; Privitizing Medicare; MedPAC Medigap Surcharge.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SYLVIA JOHNSON	Legislative Representative
JOSHUA PAUL NASSAR New	Legislative Director

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

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.