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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual Property Protection World Health Organization initiatives

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 3161, The Agriculture, Rurual Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, Title IV, WIC. Implementation Issues for WIC reauthorization (legislative and regulatory)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 3161 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act S. 3125 - Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 6049 (110th), S. 3125 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R.1908/S.1145 - Patent Reform Act

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1908 (110th), S. 1145 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6381- Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 H.R.5839 - Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008 Issues related to potential FDA globalization legislation S.2731/H.R. 5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 H.R. 3580, the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - issues related to implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act - Section 703 - TriCare Retail Pharmacy S.1695, Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 S.623/H.R. 1038 Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act H.R.5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act H.R.1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 S.334/H.R.3163, Healthy Americans Act

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 623 (110th), S. 1695 (110th), H.R. 5501 (110th), S. 334 (110th), H.R. 4986 (110th), H.R. 6381 (110th), H.R. 5629 (110th), S. 2731 (110th), H.R. 3580 (110th), H.R. 3163 (110th), H.R. 1956 (110th), H.R. 5839 (110th), H.R. 1038 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 6331/S.3101 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Section 154 S.3118 - Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, Section 152 H.R. 6252/S. 3144 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 S. 1951/H.R. 3700: Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 H.R. 1321 - Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 Proposal to repeal CMS's Least Costly Alternative reimbursement policy for selected medicines

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE

Bills named: S. 3101 (110th), S. 3118 (110th), H.R. 1321 (110th), H.R. 3700 (110th), S. 1951 (110th), H.R. 6331 (110th), S. 3144 (110th), H.R. 6252 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, amendment 3327 and Title II relating to chronic kidney disease awareness, funding for state AIDS drugs assistance programs, under the Ryan White Care Act. H.R. 3161, The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Funding for the Food and Drug Administration

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3161 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th)