DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE U.S., INC. for DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE U.S., INC.

Torts TOR

Contacted: White House Office; Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

* Free Trade Agreement negotiations: Korea, Panama, Andean countries, and Malaysia; U.S. Department of Agriculture: Market Access Program; U.S. trade preference programs Continued from 16: India: tariffs, taxes and discriminatory non-tariff barriers; Thailand: discriminatory customs and marketing regulations and excise tax regime; WTO: tariff and non-tariff elimination for distilled spirits in agriculture, trade facilitation, and other negotiations; WTO: geographical designations for distinctive distilled spirits; World Health Organization: alcohol policy; Free Trade Agreement negotiations: Korea, Malaysia, Panama, Andean countries; Russia: WTO accession and excise stamps; U.S. Department of Agriculture: Market Access Program; EC: distilled spirits regulations; U.S. trade preference programs China: Intellectual property; Latin America: regional tariff, tax and other barriers to distilled spirits (continued on the following ADDENDUM PAGE) 4

Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 2488 - to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits S. 998 - to amortize unfinished goods Beverage alcohol taxes

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Bills named: H.R. 2488 (110th), S. 998 (110th)

Advertising ADV

Distilled spirits advertising and marketing practices

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Continued from 17: Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Highway & Safety Administration, Department of Health & Human Services, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Department of Treasury, Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, Department of Agriculture Distilled spirits product information Drunk driving/transportation and underage prevention issues HR3043/S.1710 - Departments of Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Act, 2008 - to reduce underage drinking

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)

Bills named: H.R. 3043 (110th), S. 1710 (110th)