lobbying_activities: 231660

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

Data license: Public Domain (U.S. Government data) · Data source: Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	income_amount	expense_amount	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
231660	5ccb3c6b-de2a-4985-8a28-50da4c3b0ecd	MM	GUIDANT CORPORATION	17124	GUIDANT CORPORATION	2003	mid_year	FIN	S. 181: “Stock Option Accounting Review Act” Legislation to require a review of accounting treatment of stock option plans, and the establishment of an appropriate stock option accounting principle within 1 year S. 979, H.R. 1372: “Broad-Based Stock Option Plan Transparency Act of 2003” Legislation to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options, to require a study on the economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans, and for other purposes. H.R. 1397: “Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2003” Legislation to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status.	Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Commerce, Dept of (DOC),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of,U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	80000		0	0	2003-08-11T00:00:00-04:00