• Manufacturing and export concerns with climate change legislation; Treatment of ceramic substrate manufacturing and research and development in climate change legislation; Issues surrounding allocation structure for energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries and issues relating to international adaptation structure; Issues surrounding the development of a Tier 3 Vehicle and Gasoline Sulfur Program; Issues relating to the Federal Helium Reserve and associated legislation including the Helium Stewardship Act of 2012 (S. 2374)
• WTO Multilateral Trade Negotiations and the treatment of optical fiber; Support for H.R. 1749 / S. 1711, Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011; Treatment of optical fiber in foreign markets; Reform of Section 337 of Trade Act of 1974;Intellectual property rights including the treatment of trade secrets in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Duration: May 1, 2007 to December 31, 2012

General Issues: Environmental/Superfund, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Telecommunications

Spending: about $900,000 (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.

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