Mid-Year Report

BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION for BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$130,000

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Made contacts on Cogressional trade agenda. Made contacts in need for EU organic food regulations to be changed to recognize use of potassium bicarbonate as a fungicide. Made contacts on Israeli tax reform proposal. Made contacts on phase II of EU winte talks.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD MCCLELLAN N/A
MARK H SMITH N/A

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitor for legislation that would repeal or amend the 5010 Wine Credit. Monitor for any legislation that would increase alcohol excise taxes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD MCCLELLAN N/A
MARK H SMITH N/A

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Made contacts to urge support for legislation to establish an incentive grant program for states to implement effective measures to prevent and reduce underage consumption of beverage alcohol and evaluate the effectiveness of current measures.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD MCCLELLAN N/A
MARK H SMITH N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Made contacts to urge support for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulations to permit alcohol producers to provide voluntarily to consumers factual information about contents of their products and standard serving sizes. Monitor for any legislation that would restrict beverage alcohol advertising.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD MCCLELLAN N/A
MARK H SMITH N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

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.