1st Quarter - Report — AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION (2009)

Firm

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$35,929

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.

Environment/Superfund ENV

Support public health provisions in climate change and energy legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

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

Tobacco TOB

Support the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

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

Transportation TRA

Support public health provisions in the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU Support passage of the Compete Streets Act

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

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

Health Issues HCR

Support public health and prevention provisions in health reform legislation Support passage of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 Support passage of the Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 Support for efforts to improve health equity for all Americans in health reform legislation Support passage of the HEART for Women Act Support for improving children's mental health system in health reform legislation Support efforts to combat the obesity epidemic Support passage of the Prevention First Act Support efforts to improve global health assistance

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

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Support passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009 Support increased funding for Medicaid in the stimulus legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); 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 domestic tuberculosis control Support increase funding for the National Center on Health Statistics Support funding for public health in the economic stimulus bill Support funding for public transportation in the economic stimulus bill Support funding for health IT in the economic stimulus bill Support funding for pandemic influenza preparedness in the economic stimulus bill

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LISA NICOLE BASSFORD	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

General advocacy on food safety issues Support passage of the Food Tracking and Safety Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LISA NICOLE BASSFORD	—
DONALD HOPPERT	—

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

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.