3rd Quarter - Amendment

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

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$820,000
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
3rd Quarter - Report Oct 19, 2009 $810,000 Replaced
3rd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Mar 1, 2010 $820,000 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

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONISHA PRIMLANI —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); 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
SCOTT FABER —
SHERRI LEHMAN —
GEOFFREY MOODY —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

HR 2749 -- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes (bisphenol A).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2749 (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 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: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th), H.R. 2996 (111th), H.R. 3187 (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); No bill # -- Obesity; No bill # -- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Partnership Training Institute Network (entire issue); 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); S 934 -- A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren and protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs by updating the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (entire bill); HR 1324 -- To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren and protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs by updating the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (entire bill); No bill # -- Food security (entire issue).

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

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1324 (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.