3rd Quarter - Report — AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS for AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS (2011)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Client

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Income

—

Expenses

$21,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
3rd Quarter - Report (this page)	Oct 20, 2011	$21,000	Replaced
3rd Quarter - Amendment	Dec 14, 2012	$21,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Clarification of excise tax exemption for Qualified Blood Collector Organization: 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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

House and Senate FY 2012 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bill: C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program; National Cord Blood Inventory.

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

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of

Health Issues HCR

Blood center inclusion in H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Health Care Act

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

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

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.