4th Quarter - Report — APPLIED MATERIALS, INC for APPLIED MATERIALS, INC (2015)

Firm

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Client

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$150,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2016 Dept. of Defense Appropriations Act; Energy and Water Appropriations Act; Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations Act -- provisions relating to nanotechnology research and development; Advanced Manufacturing Program; Electrical grid-related issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit (American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 [H.R. 880]); Corporate tax reform ("protecting Americans Against Tax Hikes" amendments to HR 2029); Inversions (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Innovation Act (HR 9/ S 1137) -- All provisions related to patent reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th)

Immigration IMM

S. 153 ("I Squared Act of 2015"); no current House companion bill; S. 2266 (H-1B & L-1 Visas): S 2365 (Protecting American Jobs Act); S. 2394 (America Jobs First Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 153 (114th), S. 2266 (114th), S. 2394 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Environmental Goods Agreement (no legislation); Information Technology Agreement expansion (no legislation); forced localization (no legislation); TTP and TTIP (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

All authorization and appropriations bill provisions related to solar energy; electrical grid-related issues (no legislation); semiconductor technology, DoE Advanced Manufacturing Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); White House Office; Energy, Dept of

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.