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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Nursing home quality; Medicare part D reform; drug prices; S-Chip legislation; HR4; S484; S424; S3815

Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); UNDETERMINED; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Bills named: H.R. 4 (110th)

Education EDU

Trade School regulation

Contacted: UNDETERMINED; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Creating long term energy alternatives; CAFE standards; Fuel economy; HR6

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); SENATE; UNDETERMINED; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (110th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Hospital infections; health information technology; clinical trials registration; HR 1561; HR 1174

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); UNDETERMINED; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1174 (110th), H.R. 1561 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

Biogenetic Bill; PDUFA Reform; prescription drug safety; generic drugs; best buy drugs; comparative effectiveness; Medicare Part D; FDA drug safety; FDA reform; drug reimportation; HR 1561; S484; HR 4 S 1082; S467; S468; S424; HR 2184; HR 2090; S3807; S623

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); UNDETERMINED; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 2184 (110th), H.R. 1561 (110th), H.R. 2090 (110th), H.R. 4 (110th)

Homeland Security HOM

ID Theft data broker

Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); UNDETERMINED; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Transportation TRA

CAFE standards; backover; auto salvage/vehicle titling; car seat testing; kids and cars; S1948; S694, HR 1216

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; UNDETERMINED

Bills named: H.R. 1216 (110th)

Banking BAN

Credit card practices impacting vulnerable communities; Financial privacy, Risk based pricing regulations; payday loans; ID theft, credit card reform; predatory lending; check hold study; notice of breach; security freeze; oral checks; EFTA; payroll cards; stored value cards; Reg E; S. 264, HR 2146; HR 928; S 239; S495; S806

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); UNDETERMINED

Bills named: S. 264 (110th), H.R. 928 (110th), H.R. 2146 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Predatory lending; store value cards; ID theft; security freeze; check hold study; oral checks; payroll cards; notice of breach; credit card practices; Reg E; financial privacy; payday loans; data privacy; student loans; check holds; S264; S1178; S495: HR 958; S239; S806; HR 928

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; UNDETERMINED; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 958 (110th), H.R. 928 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

XM/Sirius Merger; cell phone portability; DTV consumer education; Carterphone petition; preemption petition; net neutrality; Internet Freedom Preservation Act; media ownership; broadband competition; cable prices and competition; satellite radio merger; Wireless Innovations Act; cable ala carte; broadband data collection; early termination fees; Family and Consumer Choice Act; HR2648; S1492

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); UNDETERMINED; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 2648 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

Hospital infections; drug safety; drug cost; health information technology; Medicare Part D; Biogenetics;comparative effectiveness;S484;S3807; S467; S468; HR 2184

Contacted: UNDETERMINED; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2184 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HHS appropriations; Section 1013; comparative effectiveness; paying for S-Chip; PDUFA Reauthorization; CPSC Reauthorization

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); UNDETERMINED; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Insurance INS

S-Chip extension and improvement; Medicare part D; HR 4

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); UNDETERMINED; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Bills named: H.R. 4 (110th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Security freeze; SSN protection, data privacy; Safety Act of 200; dietary supplement; Health Information Technology; Food Safety; Furniture tipover; CPSC reauthorization; Pool & Spa Safety; Glass Furniture injury prevention; product safety; kids and cars; china and food safety;Cell phone portability; digital television conversion; student loans; vegetable/fruit safety section 123 Farm Bill; S1082; S495; S1178; S2663: HR4040; S2045; HR 1561; S1561;S484;S694;HR1216

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; UNDETERMINED; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 1216 (110th), H.R. 4040 (110th), H.R. 1561 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Creating long therm energy alternatives; HR 6

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); UNDETERMINED; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (110th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Food safety; country of origin of food; Sect 123 Farm Bill; Genetically modified food labeling; clone labeling; preemption of state and local food safety regulations; campylobactor standard; CO in meat labeling; regulation of fresh vegetables and fruit; HR 992; S414

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); UNDETERMINED; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Bills named: H.R. 992 (110th)