3rd Quarter - Report — AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS for AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS (2012)

Firm

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Client

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Income

—

Expenses

$34,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

House and Senate FY 2013 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bills; C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program; National Cord Blood Inventory

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Torts TOR

Blood center inclusion in bill H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Health Care Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152) with regard to Medical Device Excise Tax

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.I. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152) with regard to Medicare and Medicaid, NIH funding issues; health IT

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER	—
JAMES MACPHERSON	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of

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.