Mid-Year Report — AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION (2007)

Firm

AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$197,701

What was lobbied

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

Sports/Athletics SPO

S.651 - Promoting Lifelong Active Communities (PLAY) Every Day Act - Promotes the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families and communities across the United States

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARBARA HIDEN	N/A
WILLIAM A MCMANUS	N/A
SUSAN NEELY	N/A
JUDITH THORMAN	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 651 (110th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

nutrition science and to protect the federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs. H.R.2633 - Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention (HELP) America Act - Bill would create a task force on childhood obesity and re-define Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value (FMNV) among other things. S.100 - Healthy Sudents Act of 2007 - Amends the Natl. School Lunch Act to establish a Commission to improve school meals and develop new nutritional standards for school food programs. Requires such standards to ban foods of minimal nutritional value. S.771 - Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value" to conform to current

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARBARA HIDEN	N/A
WILLIAM A MCMANUS	N/A
SUSAN NEELY	N/A
JUDITH THORMAN	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 771 (110th), S. 100 (110th), H.R. 2633 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S.1041 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow employees to form, join or assist labor organizations without a secret ballot election and forces mandatory arbitration. H.R.800 - Employee Free choice Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow employees to form, join or assist labor organizations without a secret ballot election and forces mandatory arbitration.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARBARA HIDEN	N/A
WILLIAM A MCMANUS	N/A
SUSAN NEELY	N/A
JUDITH THORMAN	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1041 (110th), H.R. 800 (110th)

Torts TOR

civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity. S.1323 - Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - A bill to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity. H.R.2183 - Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - A bill to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARBARA HIDEN	N/A
WILLIAM A MCMANUS	N/A
SUSAN NEELY	N/A
JUDITH THORMAN	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1323 (110th), H.R. 2183 (110th)

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.