CIBA CORPORATION (FORMERLY CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS)

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$3.0M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2008

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2008	$232,500	3	1
2007	$560,000	2	1
2006	$665,000	3	1
2005	$480,000	2	1
2004	$140,000	1	1
2003	$140,000	2	1
2002	$260,000	2	1
2001	$120,000	2	1
2000	$200,000	2	1
1999	$200,000	2	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
CIBA CORPORATION (FORMERLY CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS)	$2,997,500	21

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	20
SENATE	20
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	16
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	12
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)	12
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)	11
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)	6
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry	5
Intl Trade Administration (ITA)	4
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	4
Navy, Dept of	3
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)	2
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	2
Minerals Management Service	2
Treasury, Dept of	2
Army, Dept of (Other)	1
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	1
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	20
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	19
Chemicals/Chemical Industry	Chemicals/Chemical Industry	16
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	15
Railroads	Railroads	15
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	11
Defense	Defense	11
Transportation	Transportation	10
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	9
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	9
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	8
Torts	Torts	6
Fuel/Gas/Oil	Fuel/Gas/Oil	5
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	4
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	3
Agriculture	Agriculture	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (1)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 800108th Congress

To provide for the withholding of United States contributions to any United Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, and for other purposes.

2007 · mid_year · Firm: CIBA CORPORATION (FORMERLY CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) H.R 800

Client expense: $285,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R 800

Source: Senate LDA

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