1st Quarter - Amendment — MARS, INCORPORATED for MARS, INCORPORATED (2010)

Firm

MARS, INCORPORATED

Client

MARS, INCORPORATED

Income

—

Expenses

$580,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

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
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 20, 2010	$480,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Aug 17, 2011	$580,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 977, Derivatives Markets Transportation and Accountability Act; Restoring American Financial Stability Act; S. 1691, Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation of 2009, provisions relating to regulation of commodities markets

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 4173 (111th), S. 1691 (111th), H.R. 977 (111th)

Advertising ADV

Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Tentative Proposed Nutrition Standards

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Sugar trade issues Trade barriers to U.S. processed food exports

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Cocoa sustainability; agricultural development and food security needs in West Africa; public and private partnerships in developing countries; H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 and S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, provisions relating to food processing safety and safety of imported foods S. 1631, Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009, provisions relating to import safety H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 977, Derivatives and Accountability Act; S. 1691, Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act of 2009, provisions relating to regulation of commodity markets Listing of cocoa on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and Executive Order 13126 lists Department of Agriculture appropriations for FY 2011; budget for research on peanuts, rice and cocoa U.S. Sugar Program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 1631 (111th), S. 510 (111th), H.R. 977 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th), S. 1691 (111th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 and S. 510, Food Safety Modernization Act, provisions relating to food processing safety and safety of imported foods S.934, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009, provisions relating to competitive foods and school vending

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office

Bills named: S. 510 (111th), S. 934 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Harkin-Engel Protocol: USDA Consultative Group on Child Labor in Imported Agricultural Commodities

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.