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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 3200 -- To provide quality, affordable health care for all Americans (tax on sweetened beverages); No bill # -- tax on sweetened beverages; No bill # -- advertising tax.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

No bill # -- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Partnership Training Institute Network (PTIN) (entire issue); No bill # -- Reform of US Sugar Program (entire issue); No bill # -- Food Security (entire issue); HR 1398, S 558 -- Nutrition labeling of food in restaurants (entire bills); S 1406, HR 2997 -- Appropriations for USDA, FDA, etc. (funding for FDA); 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 (entire bill); S 510 -- A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply (entire bill); HR 875 -- To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, etc. (entire bill); HR 1105 -- Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes (children's advertising); No bill # -- Obesity. .

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1105 (111th), H.R. 2997 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), H.R. 1398 (111th), H.R. 875 (111th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

No bill # -- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (entire issue); No bill # -- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (entire issue); No bill # -- Korea Free Trade Agreement (entire issue); No bill # -- NAFTA Mexican trucking issue; No bill # -- Generalized System of Preferences (entire issue).

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Health Issues HCR

No bill # -- Affordable Health Choices Act (food stamp issues).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

No bill # -- Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act (as of July 13, 2009, HR 3187) (entire issue); No bill # -- Ethanol mandates (ntire issue); No bill # -- Ethanol blend levels (entire issue); HR 2454 -- To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy (lifecycle analysis of biofuels and climate change issues); HR 2996 -- Making appropriations for the Department of Interior, environment, etc. (lifecycle analysis of biofuels).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Security Council (NSC)

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