1st Quarter - Report — THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for MONSANTO (2010)

Firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Client

MONSANTO

Income

$45,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Biotech acceptance. Issues related to corporate governance.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Science/Technology SCI

Biotechnology research.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE

Natural Resources NAT

Mining permitting and acceptance. Mineral leasing and royalty issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 515 / S. 610 / H.R. 1260, Patent Reform Act of 2009, all issues related to patent reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CYNTHIA MERIFIELD TRIPODI	U.S. Senator Don Nickles, Legislative Assistant
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 515 (111th), S. 610 (111th), H.R. 1260 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the taxation of foreign earnings of U. S. Corporations. H.R. 422, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010. H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009 related to the research credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir.
HAZEN MARSHALL	U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
DON NICKLES	U.S. Senator
BRIAN WILD	Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 422 (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.