1st Quarter - Report

NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$80,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Healthy Food Financing Initiative; FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY FERRARA Director of Government Affairs
PETER J LARKIN President & CEO
THOMAS F WENNING Exec. VP & General Counsel

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Banking BAN

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. S. 575 Debit Interchang Fee Study Act of 2011, H.R. 1081- Consumers Payment System Protection Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY FERRARA Director of Government Affairs
PETER J LARKIN President & CEO
THOMAS F WENNING Exec. VP & General Counsel

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1081 (112th), S. 575 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 177 Death Tax Repeal Act; S. 7 Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform; S. 13 Fair Tax Act of 2011; H.R. 25 Fair Fax Act of 2011. H.R.4- Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY FERRARA Director of Government Affairs
PETER J LARKIN President & CEO
THOMAS F WENNING Exec. VP & General Counsel

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: S. 7 (112th), S. 13 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.R. 177 (112th), H.R. 25 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Healthcare Reform, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. S. 575 Debit Interchange Fee Study Act of 2011; H.R. 1081 Consumers Payment System Protection Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY FERRARA Director of Government Affairs
PETER J LARKIN President & CEO
THOMAS F WENNING Exec. VP & General Counsel

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 1081 (112th), S. 575 (112th)

Affiliated organisations

OrganisationLocation
COBORN'S, INC. St. Cloud, MN, US

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.