Mid-Year Report — SEMI for SEMI (2007)

Firm

SEMI

Client

SEMI

Income

—

Expenses

$200,000

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Department of Defense Appropriations Bills -- Funding for the Focus Center Research Program Department of Commerce, State, and Justice Appropriations Bills -- Funding for the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA HADFIELD	N/A
MARGARET HERSHEY	N/A
KENNETH SCHRAMKO	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 41 Research Competitiveness Act of 2007 -- R&D Tax Credit Permanency H.R. 2138 Investment in America Act of 2007 -- R&D Tax Credit Permanency S. 590/H.R. 550 Securing America's Energy Independence Act -- Solar Tax Credit

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA HADFIELD	N/A
MARGARET HERSHEY	N/A
KENNETH SCHRAMKO	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 590 (110th), S. 41 (110th), H.R. 550 (110th), H.R. 2138 (110th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration Reform -- H-1B and EB Visas S. 1083/H.R. 1930 Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act of 2007 H.R. 1645 STRIVE Act of 2007 S. 1639 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 -- H-1B and EB Visas

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA HADFIELD	N/A
MARGARET HERSHEY	N/A
KENNETH SCHRAMKO	N/A

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1645 (110th), H.R. 1930 (110th), S. 1639 (110th), S. 1083 (110th)

Science/Technology SCI

H.R. 1867 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007 H.R. 362 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act H.R. 363 Sowing the Seeds through Science and Engineering Research Act Nanotechnology -- General Regulatory Issues American Competitiveness Initiative and Innovation Policies S. 761/H.R. 2272 America COMPETES Act H.R. 1868 Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA HADFIELD	N/A
MARGARET HERSHEY	N/A
KENNETH SCHRAMKO	N/A

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 1868 (110th), H.R. 362 (110th), S. 761 (110th), H.R. 1867 (110th), H.R. 2272 (110th), H.R. 363 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

U.S. Government Proposed Changes to China Export Control Policy Proposals for Changes to Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA HADFIELD	N/A
MARGARET HERSHEY	N/A
KENNETH SCHRAMKO	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Accounting ACC

Section 404 - Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA HADFIELD	N/A
MARGARET HERSHEY	N/A
KENNETH SCHRAMKO	N/A

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.