1st Quarter - Report — ABBOTT LABORATORIES for ABBOTT LABORATORIES (2013)

Firm

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Client

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Income

—

Expenses

$500,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Proposals to modify DMEPOS reimbursement in Medicare

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH	—
KRISTEN DW MORRIS	—
CYNTHIA B SENSIBAUGH	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Implementation of Public Law 112-25, The Budget Control Act of 2011

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH	—
KRISTEN DW MORRIS	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

U.S./India trade issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH	—
KRISTEN DW MORRIS	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Initiatives regarding infant nutrition. Initiatives regarding implementation of Public Law 111-296 Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2011. H.R. 6083 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2012

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS EVERS	—
ROSEMARY T HAAS	—
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH	—
KRISTEN DW MORRIS	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 6083 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Proposals to reform domestic and international tax structures. H.R. 1295, Medical Device Elimination Act, H.R. 523 Protect Medical Innovation Act, S. Con. Res 8, Amendment 297.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROSEMARY T HAAS	—
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH	—
KRISTEN DW MORRIS	—
CYNTHIA B SENSIBAUGH	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th), H.R. 1295 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 3497, The MODDERN Cures Act of 2011

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROSEMARY T HAAS	—
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH	—
KRISTEN DW MORRIS	—
CYNTHIA B SENSIBAUGH	—

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3497 (113th)

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.