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

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Estate gift tax reform General corporate and international tax issues Monitoring of tax provisions in health care legislation

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

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

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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

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

Agriculture AGR

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition, specifically H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 & S 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Cocoa sustainability: agricultural development and food security needs in West Africa, and public-private partnerships in developing countries Importation provisions in Customs reauthorization legislation, S. 1631, Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009 Commodity speculation reform legislation and regulatory initiatives: H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 977, the Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act; Restoring American Financial Stability Act (draft Senate Finance Committee bill); S. 1691, the Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act of 2009 Listing of cocoa on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and Executive Order 13126 lists Department of Agriculture appropriations for FY 2011: peanut, rice, and cocoa research Sugar program issues

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

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Regulation of commodity markets Commodity speculation reform legislation and regulatory initiatives: H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, H.R. 977; the Derivatives Markets Transportation and Accountability Act; Restoring American Financial Stability Act (draft Senate Finance Committee bill); S. 1691, the Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act of 2009

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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition, specifically H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 & S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Child nutrition: S. 934, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 Child nutrition reauthorization legislation (no bill yet) Nutrition labeling

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

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