1st Quarter - Report — BEER INSTITUTE for BEER INSTITUTE (2009)

Firm

BEER INSTITUTE

Client

BEER INSTITUTE

Income

—

Expenses

$170,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Beverage Industry BEV

Tax, labeling, advertising, food safety, and general regulatory matters affecting brewers; HHS participation in international health policy initiatives; FY 2009 and 2010 appropriations for state grants to enforce underage drinking laws, initiatives authorized in the STOP Act, and ONDCP programs to combat underage drinking; various legislative and agency food safety initiatives; H.R. 836, Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2009; S 418/HR 1006, Secondary Metals Theft Prevention Act of 2009; S 592/HR 1523, Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009; and HR 1028 Support 21 Act of 2009.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFREY BECKER	—
RICHARD GODDARD	—
ELIZABETH TOBIN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA); Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1523 (111th), H.R. 1028 (111th), H.R. 1006 (111th), H.R. 836 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.