TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC)

Lobbying for TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC)

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 17, 2025

Expenses

$570,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

MISSYE BRICKELL New on this filing

Previously held: Dpty Policy Dir - US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation (2012-2019);Clerk - US Senate Committee on the Budget (2011 - 2012);Law Clerk - Federal Reserve Board (2010); Legislative Correspondent Cong. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (2008)

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
SENATE
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 4

HR 4346
CHIPS and Science Act
HR 33
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan wit…
HR 7024
Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
S 2220
Fighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans A…

Lobbying activity 9

Economics/Economic Development

HR4346 - CHIPS & Science Act Export control measures on artificial intelligence hardware including legislation impacting export control process for advanced semiconductor technologies Department of Commerce - Export Administration Regulations - changes to Entity List and other amendments Department of Commerce and USTR - potential trade negotiations and broader trade policy discussions

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

HR 4346 - CHIPS & Science Act HR 33 - United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Discussions with Treasury officials on implementation of 25% investment tax credit for advanced semiconductor manufacturing HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 House and Senate - Discussions regarding the corporate tax rate, BEAT, FDII

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Discussions with the Department of Commerce Bureau of Information Security on changes to the "Entity List" and other amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (85 Fed. Reg. 23460). Discussions related to the Department of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding the planning and design of programs to implement the CHIPS for America Act. Discussions with the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative regarding various trade proposals, potential trade negotiations, and broader trade policy discussions. Export control measures on artificial intelligence hardware including legislation impacting export control process for advanced semiconductor technologies

Immigration

Discussions related to general manufacturing workforce development issues, including high skilled immigration reform, talent pipeline programs, and education needs for advanced semiconductor manufacturers.

Chemicals/Chemical Industry

Discussions on policy changes affecting the use of certain chemicals in the semiconductor manufacturing process, streamlining environmental permitting for certain semiconductor manufacturing projects. Clean Air Act emissions reduction credit rule

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Discussions regarding policy changes affecting the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)

Policy changes to the patent trial and appeal board (S. 2220 "Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act") and the International Trade Commission

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Competition in the semiconductor market

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.