Mid-Year Report — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS, DB… for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS, DB… (2007)

Firm

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS, DBA ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLOOD & BIOTHERAPIES

Client

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS, DBA ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLOO

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

What was lobbied

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

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

disaster preparedness for the blood supply

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CARYL AUSLANDER	N/A
THERESA LAUERHASS WIEGMANN	N/A

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

blood safety initiatives blood safety initiatives in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief health information technology legislation (S. 1693)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CARYL AUSLANDER	N/A
THERESA LAUERHASS WIEGMANN	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: S. 1693 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursement for blood, transfusion medicine and cellular therapies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CARYL AUSLANDER	N/A
THERESA LAUERHASS WIEGMANN	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

appropriations for blood safety initiatives in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief appropriations for National Institutes of Health

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CARYL AUSLANDER	N/A
THERESA LAUERHASS WIEGMANN	N/A

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

biomedical research funding at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CARYL AUSLANDER	N/A
THERESA LAUERHASS WIEGMANN	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); 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.