2nd Quarter - Report

LEE & SMITH, PC for NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (NDSU)

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2015/16 Budget negotiations.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Transportation TRA

US Dept of Transportation, Pipeline Safety and Relaibility, Pipeline Safety, Advanced Technologies for Pipeline Safety in extreme conditions, FY15 Senate approptiations bill (not yet numbered);

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Labor, HHS, Education House and SenateAppropriations bills for Fy2015 HHS, NIH, Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program funding levels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

Department of Interior, United States Geological Survery, US Geological Survey Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Unit.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, RDT&E, Office of Naval Research, High Performance Materials for Advanced Aviation and Aerospace Applicaitons, FY15 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; US DOD, ; FY15 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; US Dept of Defense, Army, RDT&E, R-1, Development of Precision Pharmacotherapies; FY15 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered; US Dept of Defense, Army, RDT&E, R-1, Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Tech;Department of Defense, OSD, Defense Wide, RDT&E, Corrosion Control, Prevention and Prediction Research, Senate Defense Appropriations Bill still unumbered;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Agriculture AGR

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Renewable Energy and Products from Biomass Grown in North Dakota.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform legislation impacts on Public Research Universities, HR3309 and S1720.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 3309 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Department of Energy, Basic Energy Services, Liquid Silicon Initiative.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Immigrations reform legislative efforts impacting higher education.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS L CROCKETT —
DAVID B LEE —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE

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.