3rd Quarter - Report

MARS, INCORPORATED for MARS, INCORPORATED

Period 3rd Quarter 2009 Filed Oct 20, 2009 Signed by Deborah Atwood, Director of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy

Official filing

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
MARS, INCORPORATED
Client
MARS, INCORPORATED
Income
—
Expenses
$400,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

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
3rd Quarter - Report (this page) Oct 20, 2009 $400,000 Replaced
3rd Quarter - Amendment Aug 17, 2011 $410,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Regulation of commodity markets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD Dep. Assoc. Admin. for Cong. & Fed. Affairs, EPA

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Sugar trade issues Trade barriers to U.S. processed food exports

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD Dep. Assoc. Admin. for Cong. & Fed. Affairs, EPA

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Agriculture AGR

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition: H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 & S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Cocoa sustainability: agricultural development and food security needs in West Africa, and public-private partnerships in development countries Listing of cocoa on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and Executive Order 13126 lists H.R. 2997 & S. 1406, Department of Agriculture appropriations bills for FY 2010: funding for USDA cocoa research programs Sugar policy issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD Dep. Assoc. Admin. for Cong. & Fed Affairs, EPA

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2997 (111th), S. 1406 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), S. 510 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General tax reform issues Taxation of incentive compensation Estate and gift tax reform Pay-Go legislation H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act & America's Healthy Future Act (Senate Finance Committee proposal): monitoring of tax provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD Dep. Assoc. Admin. for Cong. & Fed. Affairs, EPA

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3200 (111th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition: H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 & S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Child nutrition: S. 934, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD Dep. Assoc. Admin. for Cong. & Fed. Affairs, EPA

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: S. 510 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), S. 934 (111th)

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.