4th Quarter - Report

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

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$890,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

No bill # -- NAFTA Mexican trucking issue (entire issue).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONISHA PRIMLANI —

Contacted: White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

No bill # -- TSCA reform/chemical legislation for consumer products (entire issue).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN SHANAHAN New Spec. Asst to the Asst Sec. for Labor-Mgmt (DOL)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 1679 -- An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce (tax on sweetened beverages); HR 3200 -- To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes (tax on sweetened beverages).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHERRI LEHMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 3187 -- Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act (ethanol tax credit and import tariff); No bill # -- ethanol mandates (entire issue); S 1666 -- A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to satisfy certain conditions before issuing to producers of mid-level ethanol blends a waiver from certain requirements under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes (ethanol blend levels); HR 2996 -- Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment and related agencies for the the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (lifecycle analysis of biofuels); HR 2454 -- To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy (entire bill); S 1733 -- A bill to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (entire bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
GEOFFREY MOODY —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th), H.R. 3187 (111th), H.R. 2996 (111th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

S 510 -- A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply (entire bill); HR 2749 -- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes (entire bill); HR 2997 -- Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (FDA funding); S 1406 -- An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30. 2010, and for other purposes (FDA funding); HR 3590 -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (food stamps); No bill # -- Obesity (entire issue); No bill # -- Food and beverage advertising to children (entire issue).

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

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), H.R. 2997 (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.