Mid-Year Report — CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… (2007)

Firm

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Client

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Income

—

Expenses

$540,000

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

US-Peru Free Trade Agreement -- no bill # (entire agreement); US-Panama Free Trade Agreement -- no bill # (entire agreement); US-Colombia Free Trade Agreemnent -- no bill # (entire agreement); US-Korea Free Trade Agreement -- no bill # (entire agreement); Trade Promotion Authority -- no bill # (lobbied for continuation).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
EMILY BEIZER	N/A
JENNIFER BHIDE	N/A
CAL DOOLEY	US CONGRESSMAN, 20TH DISTRICT CA
SHERRI LEHMAN	N/A
GEOFFREY MOODY	N/A
PAUL NOE	N/A
MARY C SOPHOS	N/A
SUSAN M STOUT	—
PATRICIA VERDUIN	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 -- HR 2900 (lobbied against user fees for food companies and with respect to mandatory recall provision); Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act -- S 1082 (lobbied against user fees for food companies, and lobbied with respect to mandatory recall provision); Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 -- S 771 (entire bill); Imported Food Security Act of 2007 -- S 1776 (entire bill). Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 -- HR 2419 (entire bill); Funding for CDC's Division of Nutrition & Physical Activity -- no bill #; Safety of Diacetyl -- no bill #; FARM 21 Act of 2007 -- HR 2720 (lobbied re reform of sugar program); Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 -- S 771 (Entire bill); Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007 -- HR 6, S 987 (lobbied re waiver provision for corn ethanol and tax titles of energy bill);

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
EMILY BEIZER	N/A
JENNIFER BHIDE	N/A
CAL DOOLEY	US CONGRESSMAN, 20TH DISTRICT CA
SHERRI LEHMAN	N/A
GEOFFREY MOODY	N/A
PAUL NOE	N/A
MARY C SOPHOS	N/A
SUSAN M STOUT	—
PATRICIA VERDUIN	N/A

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 2720 (110th), H.R. 2900 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th)

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.