3rd Quarter - Report — AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION (2009)

Firm

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$36,470

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

Oppose human rights violations in Iran

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER New	—

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Transportation TRA

Support public health provisions in the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU Support passage of the Compete Streets Act Support passage of Clean Low-Emission Affordable New Transportation Efficiency Act Support using recovery act transportation funding for projects to improve public health

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
GEORGES C BENJAMIN	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—
SUSAN L POLAN	—

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS)

Health Issues HCR

Support public health and prevention provisions in health reform legislation Support for efforts to improve health equity for all Americans in health reform legislation Support improved affordability provisions in Congressional health reform proposals Support a "public option" as a insurance choice in health reform proposals Support efforts to combat the obesity epidemic Support passage of the Prevention First Act Support efforts to improve global health assistance Support soft drink tax to finance health reform Support for ending the ban on federal funding of needle exchange programs Support strengthening the public health workforce in health reform legislation Support efforts to address language access in health reform legislation Support for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER New	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Increase funding for federal discretionary health spending in the budget resolution Increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Increase funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration Increase funding for the Indian Health Service Support increased funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Support increase funding for Title X family planning Support funding for global and domestic tuberculosis control Support increased funding for CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory and Environmental Health Tracking Network Support increased funding for CDC climate change activities Support funding for global health programs generally Support funding for Title VII and VIII programs at HRSA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER New	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Support public health provisions in House and Senate climate change and energy legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Tobacco TOB

Support Implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

General advocacy to strengthen federal food safety laws Support Food Safety Enhancement Act (with amendments)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER New	—

Contacted: White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

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.