• Authorization, Appropriations, Security Classification Procedures, and Research and Development policy for pharmacuetical packaging, directed energy materials, armor, laser communications, volumetric displays, and advanced glass and glass ceramics. Domestic production, manufacturing and defense industrial base sustainment for critical optical materials, fiber optics and components.
• Export Controls (Category XII), ITAR and USML adjustments Buy American trade policies. Import Duty suspensions.
• Development of materials for next generation advanced Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and advanced science laser material. Fossil fuel drilling and fracking regulations and requirements. Nuclear Components qualifications, export and licensing. Standing pilot light energy use restrictions
• Manufacturing Regulation streamlining. Manufacturing training and assistance programs. Manufacturing grant programs.
• Duty Import suspensions - MTB for glass ceramic feedstock.

Duration: April 2, 2008 to December 31, 2015

General Issues: Defense, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Energy/Nuclear, Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Accounting, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Pharmacy, Science/Technology, Homeland Security

Spending: about $3,144,500 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Air Force - Dept of, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Army - Dept of (Other), Navy - Dept of, Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Army - Dept of (Other) , Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Related Foreign Entities: SCHOTT AG (Mainz, GER); contribution to lobbying: $275000; ownership 100%