4th Quarter - Report

DOW LOHNES GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES LLC for AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

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

Legislative proposals to amend the Internal Revenue Code, provisions related to the last-in-first-out inventory accounting method and the withholding tax, including the President's proposed FY 2012 budget, H.R. 674, S. 89, and S. 164.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
M KENNETH BOWLER —
MICHAEL SCRIVNER Chief of Staff, Hon. Norman F. Lent, Jr.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 674 (112th), S. 89 (112th), S. 164 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Legislative proposals related to prompt pay discounts for drugs and biologicals under Medicare Part B, including S. 733 and H.R. 905; federal policy regarding proposed changes to Medicare drug reimbursement average sales price (ASP) formula; ASP generally (in the context of Deficit Reduction).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
M KENNETH BOWLER —
NORMAN LENT —
KENNETH D SALOMON —
MICHAEL SCRIVNER Chief of Staff, Hon. Norman F. Lent, Jr.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 733 (112th), H.R. 905 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

Legislative proposals related to pharmaceutical pedigree anti-counterfeiting, wholesale transaction documentation, and electronic tracking, including H.R. 1483, H.R. 3026, and S. 1584; legislative proposals related to drug shortages, including H.R. 2245 and S. 296.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
M KENNETH BOWLER —
PETE LEON Legislative Director, Hon. Eliot Engel

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1584 (112th), H.R. 3026 (112th), S. 296 (112th), H.R. 1483 (112th), H.R. 2245 (112th)

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.