What was lobbied
7 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
HR 5450/S 2668--Modernize our Bookkeeping in the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008 (regarding provisions related to employee cell phone usage and reporting by state entities); HR 1419/ S 819--Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2007 (legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes); S 2886--Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act; HR 5719--Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Endowment for the Humanities; Education, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Bills named:
H.R. 5450 (110th), H.R. 1419 (110th), H.R. 5719 (110th)
HR 5889/S 2913 -- Orphan Works Act of 2008; HR 1908/S 1145 -- Patent Reform Act of 2007 (regarding Second Winidow, Damages, prior user rights); HR 5629 -- Pathway for Biosimilars Act; HR 4854 -- False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007
Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Endowment for the Humanities
Bills named:
H.R. 1908 (110th), H.R. 5889 (110th), H.R. 4854 (110th), H.R. 5629 (110th)
S 2785 -- Save Medicare Act of 2008 (regarding graduate medical education; intergovernmental transfers)
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Endowment for the Humanities; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP)
H Con Res 312/S Con Res 70 -- budget Resolution FY 2009; Appropriation issues for agriculture research; Commerce, Justice, Science (NSF, NASA, NOAA); defense basic research; energy research; EPA research; Interior; education research and student aid; HRSA; NIH; AHRQ; GPO; transportation research; Veterans medicines; HR 2642 -- Military Construc tion and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008; HR 6063 -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Endowment for the Humanities
Bills named:
H.Con.Res. 312 (110th), H.R. 2642 (110th), H.R. 6063 (110th), S.Con.Res. 70 (110th)
S 2839 -- Global competitiveness Act of 2008; HR 5715 -- Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008; HR 5735 -- Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act; S 2815 -- Strengthening Student Aid for All Act; HR 2458--Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007; S 2859--Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Amendments of 2008
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Endowment for the Humanities; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Education, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Bills named:
H.R. 5715 (110th), H.R. 2458 (110th), H.R. 5735 (110th)
HR 2342 -- National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2008 (regarding reauthorization of IOOS); S 950 -- Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2007 (regarding reauthorization of IOOS); HR 5618 -- National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008 (regarding authorization of Sea Grant program); HR 5819 -- SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act; HR 6049 -- Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008; Continued funding for Centers for Oceans and Human Health
Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Endowment for the Humanities; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); SENATE; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Education, Dept of; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Bills named:
H.R. 2342 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 5819 (110th), H.R. 5618 (110th)
S 1693 -- Wired for Health Care Quality Act; HR 5065/S 2029 -- Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2008
Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Endowment for the Humanities; Education, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills named:
H.R. 5065 (110th)
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