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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 | 2011 |
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 | 04/18/2011 |
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
S. 23 Patent Reform Bill application process and post-grant review procedures.
H.R. 1249 Patent Reform Bill - application process, post-grant review procedures and other concerns.
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
Department of Education program integrity regulations and guidelines concerning state authorization and credit hours.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of
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
H.R. 5116 Reauthorization of America COMPETES Act authorization of Science research agencies and programs
S. 493 - Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) reauthorization - provisions changing research set-asides for small business.
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
American Opportunity Tax Credit
IRA Charitable Rollover, tuition tax deduction, R&D tax credit extensions
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
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Graduate Medical Education funding and workforce issues
Critical care, end-of-life care and hospice issues
Comprehensive Obesity Prevention legislation (The Healthy Choices Act)
Medicare and Medicaid funding
Organ transplant allocation
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
Continuing Resolutions: HR 1473, HR 1, HJRes 48, HJRes 44, all FY11 appropriations bills and FY12 budget - see list of issues
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Research with Animal SubjectsSupplementation Policies on Training Grants, Fellowships, and USDA Hatch Funds Supporting Graduate Students
Intellectual Property and Copyright Protection in the Digital Age
State Sovereign Immunity and Intellectual Property
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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
Nanotechnology and Materials
VA Hospitals and Research Programs Support
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Comprehensive Centers Program
Fulbright and other Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs
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)
Immigration-related Legislation and Regulations Affecting International Students, Scholars, Faculty, and Staff
Institute for Education Sciences
Institute for Research on Poverty
National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Directorate
Department of Energy (DOE)
Fusion Energy Sciences
High Energy Physics
Nanotechnology and Materials
National Sea Grant College Program
State Water Resources Institute
US Geological Survey Bio Resources Discipline
U.S. Geological Survey Regional Climate Change Response Centers
Critical Research Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
AHEC - Area Health Education Center Funding and Reauthorization
AHRQ - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality - Funding and Reauthorization
Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network
Bioengineering and Biomedical Imaging
Health Workforce Shortages
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (MRDDRC) by the National
Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Medicare: Reimbursement and Reform
Graduate Medical Education and Teaching Hospitals
Graduate Nurse Education
Physician Reimbursement
Minority Health
National Cancer Institute
National Childrens Study
National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR)
NIH/NCRR Primate Center Research for Human Health
Nurse Education Act Funding and Reauthorization
Research with Animal Subjects
State Offices of Rural Health Program
Stem Cell Research
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
VA Hospitals and Research Programs Support
Veterinary Medicine: Education and Research
Womens Health
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) & National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Intellectual Property and Copyright Protection in the Digital Age
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Reimbursement
Funds for Construction and Renovation of Research Facilities
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
Supplementation Policies on Training Grants, Fellowships, and USDA Hatch Funds Supporting Graduate Students
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 Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bioengineering and Biomedical Imaging
Free Electron LaserResearch
IceCube: A Kilometer Scale Neutrino Observatory
High Energy Physics
Open Science Grid
Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC)
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 |
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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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ISSUE 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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