4th Quarter - Report — AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS for AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS (2012)

Firm

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Client

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Income

—

Expenses

$25,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152); medical device excise tax.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Health Issues HCR

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Social Security Administration (SSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Budget/Appropriations BUD

House and Senate FY 2013 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bills: C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program; National Cord Blood Inventory.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

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.