4th Quarter - Report

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$740,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
4th Quarter - Report (this page) Jan 21, 2009 $740,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment Mar 1, 2010 $760,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

S. 3385, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (entire bill); HR 5904, Safe FEAST Act of 2008 (entire bill); No bill #, Child Nutrition Reauthorization (entire issue); HR 2764, FY'08 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (FDA funding); No bill #, general discussions with respect to children's advertising issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
EILEEN HARLEY Professional Staff Member, House Rules Comm.
SHERRI LEHMAN —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 2764 (110th), H.R. 5904 (110th), S. 3385 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 5274, US-Colombia TPA (entire bill); No bill #, US-Panama TPA (entire issue); No bill #, US-South Korea FTA (entire issue).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONISHA PRIMLANI —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 5274 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 3080, Imported Ethanol Parity Act (entire bill); S. 3031, To amend the Clean Air Act to limit the use of ethanol to meet the renewable fuel standard (entire bill); No bill #, food-based biofuels (general discussion with respect to opposition to subsidies, tariffs, and mandates).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
GEOFFREY MOODY —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 3031 (110th), S. 3080 (110th)

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.