Mid-Year Report — BIFMA INTERNATIONAL for BIFMA (2007)

Firm

BIFMA INTERNATIONAL

Client

BIFMA

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Submitted comments on a petition to DOT to regulate flexible polyurethane foam (FPF) and certain products made with FPF as a Class 9 hazardous material.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRADLEY PETER MILLER	N/A

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Continued work on development of an ANSI Sustainability Assessment Standard for business and institutional furniture. Several stakeholders from EPA are participating.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRADLEY PETER MILLER	N/A

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

1) Became a national partner of the U.S. Fire Administration's Smoking & Home Fires Campaign. 2) Signed on to a letter the NAM Coalition on CPSC sent to the House Subcommittee on Financial Services encouraging approval of sufficient funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRADLEY PETER MILLER	N/A

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Government Issues GOV

Federal Prison Industries Reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRADLEY PETER MILLER	N/A

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Made association members aware of the need for employer comments on improvements to the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Didn't contact agency directly, only informed companies of the opportunity.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRADLEY PETER MILLER	N/A

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

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.