Lobbying Relationship

Client

SIEMENS CORPORATION

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Lobbying firm

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP

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  • Discussions involving facilities in congressional districts.
  • Monitored discussions regarding transportation and infrastructure in the Northeast Corridor Monitored proposals for California high speed rail projects Monitored discussions regarding recent contract award for Midwest high speed rail
  • Monitored H.R. 1331 Electronic Health Records Improvement Act (all sections of full text)
  • Policy discussions regarding reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank

Duration: to

General Issues: Manufacturing, Transportation, Health Issues, Banking, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund, Budget/Appropriations, Natural Resources, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Energy/Nuclear, Medicare/Medicaid, Constitution, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $730,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),, White House Office, Defense - Dept of (DOD)

Related Foreign Entities: Siemens AG (Munich, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1331: Electronic Health Records Improvement Act

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.J.RES.59: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.783: Helium Stewardship Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.527: Helium Stewardship Act of 2013

Sponsor: Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: John Culberson (R-Texas)

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

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

S.2857: American Clean Technology Manufacturing Leadership Act

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

H.R.5041: SEAM Act of 2010

Sponsor: Phil Hare (D-Ill.)

S.3324: SEAM Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.3628: Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning Leg. Aide, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell
Robert Hickmott Counselor to the Secretary, HUD Assoc. Admin. for Cong. & Leg. Affairs, EPA Dep. Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Tim Wirth
Philip G. Kiko Staff Dir. & Gen. Counsel, House Admin. Cmte Counsel, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner CoS & General Counsel, House Judiciare Cmte CoS & Counsel, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner Dep. CoS & Counsel, House Science Committee Assoc. Admin., (Procure&Purch.),U.S. House CAO Acting Dir./Dep.Dir.(Hrgs&Appls),Dept.of Int
Andrew Barbour Dep. Asst. USTR for Cong. Affairs, USTR Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bill Ford
James C. Free n/a
Robertq Hickmott n/a
W. Timothy Locke 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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