AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BRAZIL

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2008–2010

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2010	—	4	1
2009	—	2	1
2008	—	6	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
ALTRIUS GROUP, LLC	—	8
FIERCE, ISAKOWITZ & BLALOCK	—	4

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	10
SENATE	10
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	9
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	7
State, Dept of (DOS)	7
White House Office	7
Natl Security Council (NSC)	4
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)	4
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)	3
President of the U.S.	2
Office of the Vice President of the United States	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	11
Transportation	Transportation	1

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

H.R. 7222110th Congress

To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes.

2008 · fourth_quarter · Firm: ALTRIUS GROUP, LLC

Cited source text and reported amounts

Renewal of Generalized System of Preferences (H.R. 7222); US-Brazil Bilateral Tax Treaty

Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000

Matched citations: H.R. 7222

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