4th Quarter - Report — NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, INC for NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL INC (2008)

Firm

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, INC

Client

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL INC

Income

—

Expenses

$123,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Bilateral Tax Treaties between U.S., Canada, Iceland, Bulgaria; International tax regulations; Small Business Tax Act of 2007; Active Financing Extension Act of 2007; Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007; Alternative Minimum Tax Extension Act of 2007, Tax Extenders Legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE SCHULTZ	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Foreign Direct Investment; Alien Tort Suit; Visa Policy; Risk Regulation Issues: African Growth & Opportunity Act Extension; Offshore Outsourcing; World Trade Organization-Doha Development Agenda; U.S. Panama Trade Promotion Agreement;.U.S. Colombia Trade Agreement; Andean Trade Preference Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA); Export Controls; Transatlantic Economic Council. China Trade Issues OPIC reauthorization OFAC Regulations Eximbank authorization & appropriation Travel to Cuba; Trade with Cuba Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) Initiative Iran Sanctions Legislation Proposed regulations on deemed exports World Bank procurement procedure U.S. Trade Relations with Middle East U.S. Japan Trade issues House Congressional Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus Russian PNTR U.S. Korea Free Trade Agreement Foreign Investment - CFIUS Trade Promotion Authority Sudan Sanctions Public Pension Fund Divestment Trade Preference Program renewal (GSP & others) Russia Section 123 agreement India Nuclear Agreement Trade Adjustment Assistance

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JAKE COLVIN	—
CHARLES WALTER DITTRICH	—
SUSAN FRANK New	—
J DANIEL O'FLAHERTY	—
WILLIAM ALAN REINSCH	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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.