3rd Quarter - Report

KAMINS CONSULTING for IBM

Firm
Client
IBM
Income
$50,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Computer Industry CPI

The LEADS Act H.R. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. S. 512; the SOFTWARE Act, the MEDTECH Act; H.R. 1560, H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to IT innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. The Protecting Cyber Networks Act, H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act, S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act; provisions to provide a legal framework through which organizations can voluntarily share cyber threat information while protecting individuals'

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT A KAMINS Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6 (114th), S. 754 (114th), S. 512 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 1174 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform; H.R. 9, the Innovation Act; S. 1137, the PATENT Act, provisions relating to software patents

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT A KAMINS Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT A KAMINS Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 1890, the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; Trade Promotion Authority legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT A KAMINS Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1890 (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.