4th Quarter - Report

MERCK & CO, INC. for MERCK & CO INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$820,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Manufacturing MAN

Drug Quality and Security Act (HR 3204)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE New —
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3204 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform (H.R. 3309)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3309 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Alzheimer's education (no specific bill); 340b (no specific bill); maternal health education (no specific bill); National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act (H.R. 1074); Hepatitis C education (no specific bill); adult vaccine policies (no specific bill); medication adherence (no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE New Deputy CoS, Sen. Bob Graham
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1074 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Comprehensive tax reform (no specific bill); transfer pricing of intangibles (no specific bill); territorial tax system (no specific bill); deferral of taxation of foreign earned income (no specific bill); tax base erosion (no specific bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE New Deputy CoS, Sen. Bob Graham
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Non-interference in Medicare Part D (no specific bill); Medicaid-style rebates in Medicare Part D (no specific bill); Low Income Subsidy Copays in Part D (no specific bill); Independent Payment Advisory Board (S. 351, H.R. 351)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE New Deputy CoS, Sen. Bob Graham
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 351 (113th), H.R. 351 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership (no specific bill); biologic data exclusivity (no specific bill); US-EU trade agreement (no specific bill); trade promotion authority (no specific bill); treatment of intellectual property in India (no specific bill); Playing Fair on Trade and Innovation Act (HR 3167); additives in beef cattle (no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE New Deputy CoS, Sen. Bob Graham
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3167 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Deficit reduction (no specific bill); ADAP funding (no specific bill); Sequestration of FDA user fees (S. 1413, H.R.2775)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE New Deputy CoS, Sen. Bob Graham
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ANGELA M STEWART —
JASON BENJAMIN VAN PELT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1413 (113th), H.R. 2775 (113th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Access to over-the-counter medications (no specific bill); compounding (no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELI JOSEPH —
JEROME MURRAY —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.