2nd Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM

Period 2nd Quarter 2009 Filed Jul 17, 2009 Signed by Stacey Hughes, Partner

Official filing
Firm
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
Client
NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM
Income
$30,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1718, concerning the treatment under IRC for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Dpty. Staff Dir.
RACHEL JONES HENSLER U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir.

Contacted: SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1718 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

C.W. Bill Young Stem Cell Therapeutic Act - issues pertaining to diversity of registry and issues pertaining to the reauthorization of the act; H.R. 716 & S. 488 concerning health plan coverage for individuals participating in cancer clinical trials. H.R. 877, concerning stem cell research; H.R. 1230, concerning the National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Dpty. Staff Dir.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 488 (111th), H.R. 1230 (111th), H.R. 877 (111th), H.R. 716 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for labor, health and human services specific to CW Bill Young Stem Cell Therapeutic Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Dpty. Staff Dir.
JEFF MURRAY U.S. House of Reps., Judiciary Comm., Intern

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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.