To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety, and for other purposes.

Energy Tax Credit HR 5206, S 2677, S 2401, S 2829, S 2571, S 2748; Energy Policy S 2025, S 2747; Geothermal Energy HR 4761 S 3711; Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat Reduction; CO2 Standards; Offshore Energy/Geothermal S 3711 HR 4761; Fuel Cell Appropriations/ Budget; Energy Efficiency HVAC; Efficiency Info Consumer Products HR 5478; Hybrids/Fuel Cells HR 5656, S 2747; Energy Policy Act Implementation; Advanced Research Projects Agency S 2197

Client expense: $2,174,465 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R.3580-Medical Device Amendments of 2001 H.R.5651/P.L.107-250-Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act 2002 (Bills to amend the Federal Food and Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices.) H.R.3448/P.L.107-188-Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act of 2002 S.2452-National Emergency Preparedness Enhancement Act o f2002 S.1764-Robert Stevens, Thomas Morris, Jr., Joseph Curseen, Kathy Nguyen, Ottille Lundgren and Lisa J. Raines Biological and Chemical Weapons Research Act S.2115-Homeland Security Act of 2002 H.R.5005-Homeland Security Act of 2002 H.R.4660-Bioterrorism Protection Act (BioAct) of 2001 H.R.3255/S.1747-Science and Technology Emergency Mobilization Act S.2037-Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bioterrorism Prevention Act of 2002 H.R.3253-Pathogen Research, Emergency Preparedness and Response Eforts Act of 2001 S.1635-Biological Preparedness Act of 2001 S.1715/S.1765-Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001 H.R.5005/H.R.5710-Homeland Security Act of 2002 H.R.5023-Dirty Bomb Prevention Act S.2648-Working Toward Independence Act of 2002 S.2684-Dirty Bomb Prevention Act of 2002 (Bills to combat terrorism and to establish the Department of National Homeland Security and the National Office for Combating Terrorism) S.2590-Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act H.R.4600-To improve patient access to health care sevices and provide improved medical care by reducing excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system H.R.4889-To amend Title XI of Social Security Act to Improve Patient Safety S.824-Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2001 H.R.5478-Patient Safety and Quality Improvemnt Act H.R.3029-Patient Safety Improvements and Medical Injury Reducton Act (Bills intended to reduce medical errors and to enhance research on medical errors as it may directly or indirectly relate to medical technology) H.R.4600-Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act of 2002 H.R. 2103-Medical Malpractice Rx Act (To reduce malpractice lawsuits as it relates to medical technology) H.R.3005-Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (Bill to extend trade authorities protecton with respect to reciprocal trade agreements) H.R.4602-SMART Mom Act S.961/H.R.1961-A bill to promote research to identify and evaulate the health effects of breast implants; to ensure that women receive accruate information about such implants and to encourage the FDA to thoroughly review the implant manufacturers' standing with the agency (Bills relating to biomaterials for the breast implants) H.R. 2383-To amend the Inernal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and modify the exclusion relating to qualified small business stock and to provide that the exclusion relating to incentive stock options will no longer be a minimun tax preference H.R.2153-Americans Breakthrough Research Act of 2001 (Bills to amend the Internal Code of 1986 and to allow small business to grow as related to medical technology) H.R.4697-Human Research Subject Protections Act of 2002 S.3060-Research Revitalization Act of 2002 (Bills to provide protections for human participants in research) HR5095-American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act of 2002 HR3462-Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act of 2001 (Bill to provide grants for public access defibrillaton programs and public access defibrillation demonstraton projects)

Client expense: $2,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE