2nd Quarter - Amendment

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

Period 2nd Quarter 2008 Filed Mar 1, 2010 Signed by James H. Skiles, Vice President & General Counsel

Official filing
Firm
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
Client
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
Income
—
Expenses
$1,430,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 21, 2008 $1,420,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Mar 1, 2010 $1,430,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 5724, US-Colombia TPA (entire bill); No bill #, US-Panama TPA (entire issue); No bill #, US-South Korea FTA (entire issue).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONISHA PRIMLANI —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 5724 (110th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

S 2928, BPA-Free Kids Act of 2008 (entire bill); HR 6228, Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2008 (entire bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHERRI LEHMAN —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6228 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S 3080, Imported Ethanol Parity Act (entire bill); S 3031, To amend the Clean Air Act to limit the use of ethanol to meet the renewable fuel standard (entire bill); HR 6134, To restore certain fuels provisions enacted by section 1501 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (entire bill); PL 110-140, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (renewable fuels standard).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
EILEEN HARLEY Professional Staff Member, House Rules Comm.
GEOFFREY MOODY —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 6134 (110th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

HR 2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (increased funding for FDA); No bill #, 09 Labor/HHS Appropriations (increased funding for CDC); No bill #, 09 Agriculture Appropriations (increased funding for FDA); HR 3161 & S 1859, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (increased funding for FDA); H.R. 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007 (entire bill);H.R. 3624, Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 (entire bill); H.R. 3485, Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere (TRACE) Act of 2007 (entire bill); H.R. 3484, Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall (SAFER) for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2007 (entire bill); No bill #, Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008 Discussion Draft (entire draft); H.R. 5904, The Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act (Safe FEAST Act) of 2008 (entire bill); S. 1776, Imported Food Security Act of 2007 (entire bill); S. 654, Safe Food Act of 2007 (entire bill); No bill #s, general discussions/issues relating to food safety, FDA and USDA; HR 2419, Food, Conservation and Energy Security Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) (commodity reform).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
EILEEN HARLEY Professional Staff Member, House Rules Comm.
SHERRI LEHMAN —
GEOFFREY MOODY —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 654 (110th), H.R. 3610 (110th), H.R. 5904 (110th), H.R. 3485 (110th), H.R. 3624 (110th), H.R. 2642 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 1776 (110th), H.R. 3161 (110th), H.R. 3484 (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.