1st Quarter - Amendment

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Period 1st Quarter 2009 Filed Mar 1, 2010 Signed by James H. Skiles, Vice President & General Counsel

Official filing
Firm
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
Client
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
Income
—
Expenses
$730,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report Apr 17, 2009 $720,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) Mar 1, 2010 $730,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

No bill # -- Ethanol tax credit and import tariff (entire issue); No bill # -- Ethanol mandates (entire issue); No bill # -- Ethanol blend levels (entire issue); No bill # -- Lifecycle analysis of biofuels (entire issue).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
GEOFFREY MOODY —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

S 593 -- Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009 (entire bill); S 2928 (110th Congress) -- BPA-Free Kids Act of 2008 (entire bill); No bill # -- Review of chemicals; No bill # -- BPA (general).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

No bill # -- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (entire issue); No bill # -- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (entire issue); No bill # -- Korea Free Trade Agreement (entire issue); No bill # -- NAFTA Mexican trucking issue.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONISHA PRIMLANI —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

S 510 -- FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (entire bill); HR 759 -- Food & Drug Globalization Act of 2009 (entire bill); HR 875 -- Food Modernization Act of 2009 (entire bill); HR 1332 -- Safe FEAST Act of 2009; HR 1105 -- Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (Commerce, State, Justice -- 1) FDA funding and 2) Explanatory Statement dealing with FTC study); S 1 -- American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (sections dealing with 1) school nutrition/feeding programs and 2) food stamps/consumer choice; HR 5904 (110th Congress) -- Safe FEAST Act of 2008 (entire bill); No bill # -- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation/ Partnership Training Institute Network (entire issue); No bill # -- Obesity.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER —
EILEEN HARLEY Professional Staff Member, House Rules Comm.
SHERRI LEHMAN —
MONISHA PRIMLANI —
MARY C SOPHOS —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1332 (111th), H.R. 759 (111th), H.R. 875 (111th), H.R. 5904 (111th), H.R. 1105 (111th)

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.