3rd Quarter - Report — CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… (2016)

Firm

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Client

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Income

—

Expenses

$665,074

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

S. 764, National Sea Grant College Program Amendments; S. 2609, An original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national voluntary labeling standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes HR 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 HR 2017, Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 HR 2393 - Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 3049/S 1800 - Agriculture-FDA Appropriations HR 3020/S 1695 - HHS Appropriations HR 4184, Food Waste HR 4382 / s 2947, Product Date Labeling HR 5054, FDA Funding Child Nutrition Dietary Guidelines/Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Food Safety Modernization Act Obesity SNAP Sodium Nutrition Facts Panel Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER	—
DENZEL MCGUIRE	—
WILLIAM TATUM	—
NANCY KOHLER WILKINS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4382 (114th), S. 764 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th), H.R. 3049 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1599 (114th), H.R. 2017 (114th), H.R. 4184 (114th), H.R. 5054 (114th), S. 2609 (114th), H.R. 2393 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 2393 - Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (ISDS provisions) World Health Organization - Infant Nutrition

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER	—
NANCY KOHLER WILKINS	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2393 (114th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

S 697 - Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act HR 2576 - TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 International Phytosanitary Standards

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2576 (114th)

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.