1st Quarter - Report

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Period 1st Quarter 2016 Filed Apr 20, 2016 Signed by Karin F.R. Moore

Official filing
Firm
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
Client
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
Income
—
Expenses
$1,566,548
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.

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER —
NANCY KOHLER WILKINS —

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

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER —

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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

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/ HR 4382 - Food Waste Child Nutrition Dietary Guidelines/Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee FDA Funding/Reform Food Safety Modernization Act Obesity SNAP Sodium Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

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

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

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