3rd Quarter - Amendment — MARS, INCORPORATED for MARS, INCORPORATED (2009)

Firm

MARS, INCORPORATED

Client

MARS, INCORPORATED

Income

—

Expenses

$410,000

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	Oct 20, 2009	$400,000	Replaced
3rd Quarter - Amendment (this page)	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.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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

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

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Regulation of commodity markets

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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition, specifically 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

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

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

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

Agriculture AGR

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition, specifically 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 developing 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

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

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

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

Lobbyist	Covered 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); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3200 (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.