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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)

2. Address

Address1
2944 Hunter Mill Road
 Address2
​Suite 204
City
Oakton
 State
VA
 Zip Code
22124
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Ms.
​KAREN KERRIGAN
​7032425840
​kkerrigan@sbecouncil.org
5. Senate ID#
​35627-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)
6. House ID#
​327060000
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
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 11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​175,000.00
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.
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

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO
 Date
10/21/2011

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 SMB

16. Specific lobbying issues

Regulatory Reform and Relief:
Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of 2011 (H.R. 572) -- Support
Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2011, H.R. 1705 -- Support
Regulation from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011, H.R. 10 and S.299 -- Support
Regulatory Relief and Reform (Continued):
Rehberg Amendment on EPA's Lead rule: Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) program -- Supported passage
Regulatory Time Out Act of 2011, S. 1538 -- Support
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2011, H.R. 373 -- Support
Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011, H.R. 674 and S. 164 -- Support
American Jobs Protection Act of 2011, S.20 and H.R. 1744 -- Support
Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act of 2011 H.R. 2587 -- Support

Continue to support cost-benefit analysis of regulation, increased judicial review, a regulatory budget, regulatory review and the President's recent review, and efforts by the Congress to use congressional review authority (CRA).
Regarding health care reform -- continue to support repeal of Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and it various regulations and mandates including the individual mandate, employer mandate, grandfathering rule, one-size-fits-all minimum benefits package, regulation of state-based exchanges, restriction on health savings accounts (HSAs), and general paperwork (reporting) burden on small business.


Access to Capital:
Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act of 2011, H.R. 2930 -- Support
Access to Capital for Job Creators Act of 2011, H.R. 2940 -- Support
S1506 -- prevents U.S. Treasury from expanding U.S. bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (resulting in capital flight from the U.S.).
Repeal of Dodd-Frank
Start-Up Savings Account Act of 2011 -- Support

Continue to advocate for start-up exemption for crowdfunding investing from outdated SEC security laws.

Tax Reform and Misc Items:
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2011 (H.R. 294)
Continue to oppose new taxes on carried interest, U.S. small business owners and entreprenuers, energy and energy companies, surtaxes on successful entrepreneurs and investors, and LIFO repeal.
Continue to support tax stability and relief; and making permanent tax relief measures set to expire including individual rates, Section 179 expensing, capital gains and dividend taxes.
Trade agreements with Columbia, South Korea, Panama -- Support
AT&T and T-Mobile merger -- Support
Universal Service Fund and Intercarrier Compensation Systems reform -- Support
Keystone XL Pipeline project -- support
Efforts to rein in rogues sites -- Support
Budget Control Act of 2011 -- Supported

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), President of the U.S., Small Business Adminstration (SBA), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office

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
Karen
Kerrigan
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Raymond
Keating
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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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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

Address
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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

First Name
Last Name
Suffix
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Last Name
Suffix
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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:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

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:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
City
State Country
%

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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