4th Quarter - Report

CRAY INC. for CRAY INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$100,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Government Issues GOV

Participated in Exascale Coalition briefings to Congressional offices. Monitored and discussed the National Strategic Computing Initiative.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK GUITON US House of Representatives (staff)
JILL YACONE HOPPER Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (House)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 2685/S 2130, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, all provisions pertaining to high-performance computing. HR 2028/S 2129, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2016, all provisions pertaining to high-performance computing, exascale, Advanced Scientific Computing Research and Advanced Simulation and Computing. HR 2785/S 2131, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, all provisions pertaining to high-performance computing at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Science Foundation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK GUITON US House of Representatives (staff)
JILL YACONE HOPPER Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (House)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Bills named: H.R. 2785 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th)

Science/Technology SCI

HR 1561, the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2015, provisions related to high performance computing and monitored development of legislation. S 454, the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership and Economy Act of 2015.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK GUITON US House of Representatives (staff)
JILL YACONE HOPPER Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (House)

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1561 (114th)

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.