3rd Quarter - Report — MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES… for MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES… (2016)

Firm

MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES-BENZ USA)

Client

MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES-BENZ USA

Income

—

Expenses

$390,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

TTIP-Transatlantic FTA; TPP-FTA; Colombia truck scrappage; Ecuador standards

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAKE JONES	—
JEFFREY WERNER	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

EPA phase II GHG rule re: commercial vehicles

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—
JAKE JONES	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Automotive Industry AUT

Safety technology/alcohol interlocks-DADDS; Spectrum/auto safety technology; auto industry impact report/general awareness

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—
JAKE JONES	—

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Treasury 385 regs; car sharing benefits

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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.