Lobbying Relationship

Client

First Solar, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

First Solar, Inc.

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  • Issues related to domestic manufacturing tax credits; Issues related to Buy America provisions

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Transportation, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Natural Resources, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Environmental/Superfund, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Manufacturing

Spending: about $8,530,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Treasury - Dept of, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Senate,, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS),, Treasury - Dept of,

Bills mentioned

S.1656: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.2883: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.2003: Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2014

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.2502: Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.3017: Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Paul Cook (R-Calif.)

S.2001: Wear American Act of 2014

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.795: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.1696: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.6213: No More Solyndras Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.3181: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require a plan to...

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.1969: Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.2354: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.2899: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on HAS.

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.433: Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)

S.661: Safe Dispersants Act

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.4599: To extend the suspension of duty on esters and sodium esters of...

Sponsor: Sue Myrick (R-N.C.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.2899: Renewable Energy Incentive Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.433: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to...

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

S.661: Restoring America's Manufacturing Leadership through Energy Efficiency...

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.4599: Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.539: Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.4085: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an investment credit...

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.2755: Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.1462: American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

S.2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.3585: Solar Technology Roadmap Act

Sponsor: Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Kathleen Weiss James Cason, Acting AS Neil Kornze, Dir. BLM Neil Kornze, Director, BLM
Kathleen Weiss Ms. Heather Zichal, WH Climate Office David Danielson, DOE Mark Mazur, AS Tax Policy Julia Doherty and Bryant Trick, USTR Steve Black, Advisor to Secy, DOI Heather Zichal, WH Office on Climate
Samantha Sloan n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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