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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 97 BASCOM HALL |
Address2 | 500 LINCOLN DRIVE |
| City | MADISON |
State | WI |
Zip Code | 53706 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 39564-12
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6. House ID# 301550000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Darrell Bazzell, Vice Chancellor for Administration |
Date | 07/19/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Cyber Intellectual Sharing and Protection Act, S. Cyber security Bill
Technical Corrections bill for America Invents Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rhonda |
Norsetter |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
DREAM Act, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011, ends federal penalty for states that allow undocumented students to pay in-state college rates
Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rhonda |
Norsetter |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Research Works Act - restricting public access to scientific articles arising from federally funded research. Federal Research Public Access Act requiring federal agencies to provide free public access to articles reporting on research they have funded.
DATA Act, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, additional reporting requirements for federally funded research. GRANT Act, requiring agencies to post grant applications on-line
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rhonda |
Norsetter |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Regulations related to the Affordable Care Act, Title VII health care workforce issues, Graduate Medical Education, Sustainable Growth Rate and Physician Reimbursement
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rhonda |
Norsetter |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
SMART Jobs Act , allows graduates to remain in US for 12 months and once employed, receive a green card, Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century Act (STAR), STEM Jobs Act would allocate 55,000 green cards for immigrants with advanced degrees, Immigration and Innovation Act of 2013, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rhonda |
Norsetter |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
G.I. Bill Consumer Awareness Act
Improving Transparency of Education Opportunity for Veterans Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Rhonda |
Norsetter |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY14 Appropriations Bills: Agriculture (H2410, S1244), Commerce/Justice/Science, Defense (H2397), Energy & Water (H2609, S1245), Financial Services, Homeland Security (H2217), Interior & Environment, Labor/HHS/Education, Legislative Branch, Military/Veterans (H2216), State/Foreign Operations (H5857, S3241), Transportation/HUD (H2610) (S1243), Budget Reconcilliation Bill and Sequester Replacement Act (H 5652)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) & National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Networking Cyberinfrastructure
AHEC - Area Health Education Center Funding and Reauthorization
AHRQ - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality - Funding and Reauthorization
Bioengineering and Biomedical Imaging
Center for Demography and Ecology and Center for Demography of Health and Aging
Center for Infrastructure Engineering Education
Combating Autism Reauthorization Act
Data Protection and Privacy
Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Export controls, Export Administration Act (EAA), Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Arms Export Control Act (AECA), International Traffic in Armaments Regulations (ITAR) and other Federal Government Restrictions on Unclassified University Research
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Reimbursement
Free Electron Laser Research
Fulbright and other Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs
Funds for Construction and Renovation of Research Facilities
Fusion Energy Sciences
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Health Equity
Health Workforce Shortages
High Energy Physics
Higher Education Opportunity Act: Title IV, Student Assistance
Higher Education Opportunity Act: Title IV, TRIO Programs
Higher Education Opportunity Act: Title VI, and Fulbright-Hays 102 (b) (6)
IceCube: A Kilometer Scale Neutrino Observatory
Immigration Legislation and Regulations
Innocence Programs
Institute for Research on Poverty
Institute of Education Sciences
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) of the National
Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Intellectual Property and Copyright Protection in the Digital Age
Medicare: Reimbursement and Regulatory Reform
Graduate Medical Education and Teaching Hospitals
Graduate Nurse Education
Physician Reimbursement
Nanotechnology and Materials
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR)
National Sea Grant College Program
National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Directorate
Net Neutrality, Network Freedom, and the Free Flow of Information
NIH/ORIP Primate Center Research for Human Health
Nurse Education Act Funding and Reauthorization
Programmatic and Security-related Aspects of the Select Agent Program
Regional Integrated Science and Assessments Program
Research Data Management
Research with Animal Subjects
Sanford Underground Research Facility
State Offices of Rural Health Program
State Water Resources Institute
Stem Cell Research
Supplementation Policies on Training Grants, Fellowships, and USDA Hatch Funds Supporting Graduate Students
Syncrotron Radiation Center
Tax Issues Affecting Colleges and Universities
Universal Access to Advanced Data Networks
U.S. Geological Survey Regional Climate Change Response Centers
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
VA Hospitals and Research Programs Support
Veterinary Medicine: Education and Research
Womens Health
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Rhonda |
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Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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| 4 | 8 | 12 |