3rd Quarter - Report — APPLIED MATERIALS, INC for APPLIED MATERIALS, INC (2014)

Firm

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Client

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$210,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

All provisions of S. 2267 (Defend Trade Secrets Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 2267 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act; Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations Act -- provisions related to nanotechnology research and development; Advanced Manufacturing Program; Electrical Grid Related Issues; Support HR 2996/S. 1468 (Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1468 (113th), H.R. 2996 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

Measures on addressing the U. S. Helium Reserve (HR 527, Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act); S. 783 (a bill to amend the Helium Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 527 (113th), S. 783 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

General provision of information to Executive and Legislative Branches on announced merger between Applied Materials and TEL (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—
JOHN KANIA	—
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit (no legislation); Corporate Tax Reform (no legislation); Solar Investment Tax Credit (no legislation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

All authorization and appropriations bill provisions related to solar energy; Photovoltaics Manufacturing Initiative, semiconductor technology, and Electrical Grid-Related Issues (no legislation); Department of Energy Advance Manufacturing Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Solar-related trade issues (Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duty cases, no legislation); Environmental Goods and Services Agreement (no legislation); Information Technology Agreement expansion (no legislation); Forced localization (no legislation); all provisions of HR 3830/S. 1900 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Bills named: S. 1900 (113th), H.R. 3830 (113th)

Immigration IMM

S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act); HR 2131 (Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 744 (113th), H.R. 2131 (113th)

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.