4th Quarter - Report

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC for APPLIED MATERIALS, INC

Period 4th Quarter 2011 Filed Jan 20, 2012 Signed by Russell H. Miller, Attorney & Agent for Filer

Official filing
Firm
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC
Client
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC
Income
—
Expenses
$250,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

US-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (HR 3080); Environmental Goods and Services Agreement (no legislation); Export Controls (HR 2122, HR 2004); Solar energy-related trade issues (Ontario domestic content WTO case; no legislation); Conflict Minerals regulations (SEC Rulemaking); Rare Earth Elements -- use of rare earth elements and trade restrictions; Solar anti-dumping/countervailing duty case (trade litigation, no legislation)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM G MORIN —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: H.R. 3080 (112th), H.R. 2004 (112th), H.R. 2122 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 -- All provisions related to solar energy, energy efficiency, batteries and energy R&D funding. FY 2013 Department of Defense, Commerce-Justice-State, Department of Energy energy-water budgets - Provisions related to National Nanotech Initiative (NNI)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN KANIA —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Clean Energy Standard (CES) (No legislation) -- All provisions related to solar energy, Photovoltaics Manufacturing Initiative, Solid-State Lighting Initiative, Light-emitting Diode (LED) and incandescent bulb phase-out.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS —
JOHN KANIA —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Solar Manufacturing Tax Credits (No legislation); Stimulus 48C and Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program; R&D Tax Credit/Tax Extenders Legislation; Corporate Tax Reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL DABBS —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; 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.