4th Quarter - Amendment — RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC. for RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC. (2008)

Firm

RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC.

Client

RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC.

Income

—

Expenses

$380,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
4th Quarter - Report	Jan 21, 2009	$125,000	Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Jan 17, 2012	$380,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

FutureGen funding Upcoming omnibus energy legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN ANNE AMBROSE	—

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to mining law reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN ANNE AMBROSE	—

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, including US government diplomatic and advocacy support for the project

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN ANNE AMBROSE	—
LAUREN SCHUMER	—

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

S 3157, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAGA ELIM	—

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of

Issues related to climate change and climate change legislation, including cost containment, cap-and-trade, carbon capture and sequestration, emissions, and trade-exposed industries HR 7146, the Carbon Leakage Protection Act HR 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008: Division B, Section 115 (Tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration) S 3036, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, including an amendment offered by Senator Sherrod Brown concerning energy-intensive industry provisions Climate change-related provisions in future economic stimulus legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN ANNE AMBROSE	—
JEFFREY WILLARD HOPKINS	—
MARCELLE SHOOP	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 7146 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th)

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.