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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 77 MASSACHUETTS AVENUE |
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City | CAMBRIDGE |
State | MA |
Zip Code | 02139 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 23964-12
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6. House ID# 309450000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2009 |
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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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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Michelle D. Christy, Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs |
Date | 01/20/2010 |
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
Commerce, Justice, Science - HR 2847
Our interest is appropriations for scientific research and education funding related to NSF, NASA, NIST and NOAA.
Energy and Water - HR3183/ S1436
Energy appropriations for scientific research and education funding related to Department of Energy.
Labor, HHS, Education - HR3293
Appropriations for scientific research and education funding related to the National Institutes of Health. Funding of student financial aid programs within the Department of Education.
Homeland Security - HR 2892 / S1298
Immigration / E-verify
Defense HR 3326
R&D Funding; DARPA/NDEP/6.1 funding
Other:
S.1714 - Open College Textbook Act of 2009. A bill to authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaption of open textbooks, and for other purposes.
Our interest is with the entire bill.
S.1373 - Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009. A bill to provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency.
Our interest is with the entire bill.
Other:
S. 1929- A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Our interest is with the entire bill.
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 |
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Benson |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 515- Patent Reform Act of 2009. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Our interest is all sections of the bill with specific attention to sections addressing damages, first to file, reexamination proceedings, fees and post-grant review.
H.R.1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009. To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Our interest is all sections of the bill with specific attention to sections addressing damages, first to file, reexamination proceedings, fees and post-grant review.
S.726 / HR 1427. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the licensing of biosimilar and biogeneric biological products, and for other purposes.
Our interest is all sections of the bill.
HR 1548. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes.
Our interest is all sections of bills.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
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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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 1733 - Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. A bill to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy.
Our interest is sections relating to research and development.
HR. 2454 - The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. A bill to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.
Our interest is sections relating to research and development.
S. 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act. A bill to promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development, and for other purposes.
Our interest is sections relating to research and development.
H.R. 3585- Solar Technology Road Map Act. A bill to guide and provide for United States research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies.
Our interest is in provisions pertaining to research and development.
H.R. 3598- Energy and Water Research Integration Act. A bill to ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department of Energy's energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources.
Our interest is in provisions pertaining to research and development.
H.R. 3276- American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009. A bill to promote the production of molybdenum-99 in the United States for medical isotope production, and to condition and phase out the export of highly enriched uranium for the production of medical isotopes.
Our interest is in provisions pertaining to research and development.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
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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
HR. 1461- Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants.
Our interest is with the entire bill.
S. 813 - Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants
Our interest is with the entire bill.
HR. 1409 - HR Employee Free Choice Act. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide an efficient system to enable employees to form labor organizations.
Our interest is with provisions related to teaching and research assistants.
HR. 1777 - A bill to make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Our interest is with the entire bill.
HR 3221 - Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Our interest is with the entire bill, with particular attention paid to the Pell and Perkins grant programs and state oversight of higher education standards.
HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). A bill to make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Our interest is in provisions related to funding for DOE, NIH, NASA, NSF, NIST, Education Department, Defense department R&D.
HR 3962 (House passed) - Affordable Health Care for America Act. An act to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
H.R.3590 (Senate passed) - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Our interest in both bills is in provisions related to taxes for university employees and students; student health care insurance; expanded medicaid support at the state level; the False Claims Act, and provisions on biosimilars.
H.R.4213 Tax Extenders Act of 2009. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
Our interest is in provisions related to the IRA rollover charitable deduction, tuition deductions, and the R&D tax extenders.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
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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
HR 4321- Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP). A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.
Our interest in the bill relates to provisions on students, higher education, foreign workers, and visas.
H.R.1751 & S.729 - American DREAM Act. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Our interest is with provisions related to higher education.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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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