3rd Quarter - Report — VCA - VISION COUNCIL OF AMERICA; THE VI… for VCA - VISION COUNCIL OF AMERICA; THE VI… (2009)

Firm

VCA - VISION COUNCIL OF AMERICA; THE VISION COUNCIL

Client

VCA - VISION COUNCIL OF AMERICA; THE VISION COUNCIL

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

The Vision Care for Kids Act; Centers of Excellence/DOD & VA Funding for Eye Trauma Research; NEI funding within NIH/HHS; Import Export Issues such as 10+2 Trade issues and compliance with DHS requirements; Various Health Care Reform proposal as they impact overall health care model and vision care and medical products and reimbursement rates for vision care professionals; Regulations such as the implementation of CPSIA and FDA drop Ball Q&A Guidelines rewrite

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT W SCHELLING	Policy Analyst & GR Coordinator
EVE ZARTMAN-BALL	Sr. Director, Public Affairs & Advocacy

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

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.