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

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.

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

Education EDU

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

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

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 S. Rept. 113-211; US DOD; FY15 Senate Defense Approps Bill S. Rept 113-211; US Dept of Defense, Army, RDT&E, R-1, Development of Precision Pharmacotherapies; FY15 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill S. Rept 113-211; 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 S. Rept 113-211;

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

Transportation TRA

US Dept of Transportation, Pipeline Safety and Relaibility, Pipeline Safety, Advanced Technologies for Pipeline Safety in extreme conditions, FY15 Senate approptiations bill, S, Rept 113-182; S. 2438 and H.R.4745 ;

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

Bills named: H.R. 4745 (113th), S. 2438 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Department of Energy, Basic Energy Services, Liquid Silicon Initiative; Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Bill FY15--still unnumbered.

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

Immigration IMM

Immigrations reform legislative efforts impacting higher education.

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

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

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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2015/16 Budget negotiations.

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

Natural Resources NAT

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

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