4th Quarter - Report — AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION (2009)

Firm

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$29,862

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.

Tobacco TOB

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Transportation TRA

Support public health provisions in the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU Support passage of the Complete 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: White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

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 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	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

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	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Support public health provisions in House and Senate climate change and energy legislation Support of EPA endangerment finding for greenhouse gases

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

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	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Support for the Healthy Families Act Support for paid sick leave for public health emergencies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
GEORGES C BENJAMIN	—
JESSECA BOYER	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.