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LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Report

AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES

via BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2009Posted Jul 14, 2009Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Income$20Kfee reported

Client

Name: AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Description: Biotech company
Location: California · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Description: Law firm
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

5 issues

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Clean Air Act Global climate change Renewable fuel
LobbyistsC KYLE SIMPSON · JACK JACOBSON · SARAH THORNTON · KATHRYN BENTFIELD · mr MICHAEL J MCADAMS
Covered position (C KYLE SIMPSON): Staff Director - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
Covered position (SARAH THORNTON): Legislative Asst. - Senate Banking Committee
Covered position (KATHRYN BENTFIELD): Legislative Intern - Congressman Jim Kolbe
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of
Science/Technology
Clean Air Act Global climate change Renewable fuel
LobbyistsC KYLE SIMPSON · JACK JACOBSON · SARAH THORNTON · KATHRYN BENTFIELD · mr MICHAEL J MCADAMS
Covered position (C KYLE SIMPSON): Staff Director - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
Covered position (SARAH THORNTON): Legislative Asst. - Senate Banking Committee
Covered position (KATHRYN BENTFIELD): Legislative Intern - Congressman Jim Kolbe
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of

Source

Source · Senate Office of Public Records — Lobbying Disclosure Act filings ↗.

Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a single dollar figure per quarter on ONE basis — income (a fee) or expenses (self-filed spend), never both — so this page never combines them into one "spend" number.

Energy/Nuclear

Clean Air Act Global climate change Renewable fuel

LobbyistsC KYLE SIMPSON · JACK JACOBSON · SARAH THORNTON · KATHRYN BENTFIELD · mr MICHAEL J MCADAMS

Covered position (C KYLE SIMPSON): Staff Director - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy

Covered position (SARAH THORNTON): Legislative Asst. - Senate Banking Committee

Covered position (KATHRYN BENTFIELD): Legislative Intern - Congressman Jim Kolbe

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of

Environment/Superfund

Clean Air Act Global climate change Renewable fuel

LobbyistsC KYLE SIMPSON · JACK JACOBSON · SARAH THORNTON · KATHRYN BENTFIELD · mr MICHAEL J MCADAMS

Covered position (C KYLE SIMPSON): Staff Director - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy

Covered position (SARAH THORNTON): Legislative Asst. - Senate Banking Committee

Covered position (KATHRYN BENTFIELD): Legislative Intern - Congressman Jim Kolbe

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of

Fuel/Gas/Oil

Clean Air Act Global climate change Renewable fuel

LobbyistsC KYLE SIMPSON · JACK JACOBSON · SARAH THORNTON · KATHRYN BENTFIELD · mr MICHAEL J MCADAMS

Covered position (C KYLE SIMPSON): Staff Director - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy

Covered position (SARAH THORNTON): Legislative Asst. - Senate Banking Committee

Covered position (KATHRYN BENTFIELD): Legislative Intern - Congressman Jim Kolbe

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of

AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES — Lobbying — Receipts Report