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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 444 NORTH CAPITOL STREET |
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| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 308695-12
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6. House ID# 384260000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Joyce A. Rechtschaffen, Director, Office of Government Affairs |
Date | 01/16/2009 |
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
S. 3182, H.R. 7322; "Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, 2009" (Title III, funding for NSF, NASA science; Title I
funding for NIST, physical sciences at NOAA);
S. 3258, H.R. 7324; "Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2009" (Title III, Department of Energy, related to funding for Department of Energy's Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences Program, including DoE's decision to phase out NCSX
experiment at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in manner allowing for potential reconsideration at later date, and DoE proposal for NSTX upgrades; ITER; High Energy Physics; Funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers, Basic Energy Sciences);
S. 3230, H.R. ____; "Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies, 2009" (Title II, related to funding for NIH; Title III, related to funding for Department of Education Pell Grants; Title I, Department of Labor related to funding for the American Time Use Survey at Bureau of Labor Statistics);
H.R. ____; "America Recovery and Reinvestment Act," Funding for financial aid for students, particularly Pell Grants (Title IX, Labor, Health & Human Services, Subtitle B); Funding for research at NIH (Title IX, Subtitle C); Funding for research at NSF, NIST, physical sciences investment at NOAA, NASA (Title III, Commerce, Justice, Science, Subtitles A and C); Funding for investment in DoE basic research, including Energy Frontier Research Centers (Title V, Energy and Water); investment in basic research at DoD.
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 |
Joyce |
Rechtschaffen |
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Christopher |
Carter |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Education on use and operation of University's endowment and University's financial aid policies; Opposition to mandated payout rate from endowments.
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 |
Joyce |
Rechtschaffen |
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Roundtable on physical sciences at Princeton: advocate for doubling over next five years of federal investment in physical sciences
at NSF, DoE Office of Science, NIST, DoD basic research; and increased funding at NOAA and NASA for physical sciences; also
advocate for increasing federal investment in energy research by five fold;
Review of draft legislation regarding authorization for fusion technology.
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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Joyce |
Rechtschaffen |
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Carter |
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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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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
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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
27. Add the following 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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