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Automotive Industry AUT

HR 818, to require advertising for any automobile model to desply information regarding the fuel consumption and fuel cost for that model, and for other purposes

Contacted: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 818 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 2917, to amend the Internal Revnue code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs HR 2966, to prohibit the tax deduction for prescription drug advertising Proposals to fund health care reform by eliminating the federal tax deduction for prescription drug advertising Proposals to fund health care reform by taxing sugared beverages

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2966 (111th), H.R. 2917 (111th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

HR 3126, to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, as it relates to the FTC Proposals to reauthorized the Federal Trace Commission FTC changes to guidelines on the use of endorsements and testimonials

Contacted: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3126 (111th)

Beverage Industry BEV

Proposals to restrict the advertising of sugared beverages to children Proposals to restrict the advertising of alcholic beverages

Contacted: SENATE; Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations, provision to require a multi-agancy working group to study and make recommendations regarding food marketing to children Proposals to restrict the marketing of certain food products to children

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB)

Bills named: H.R. 1105 (111th)

Pharmacy PHA

HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 as it affects the taxation or content of pharmaceutical advertising HR 2175, to prohibit as indecent the broadcasting of any advertisement for a medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction Proposals to require a moratorium on the advertisng of new prescription medications Proposals to extend Food and Drug Administration authorit to advertising for over-the-counter medications

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 2175 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th)

Computer Industry CPI

S 139, The Data Breach Notification Act, requiring notice to consumers of security breaches HR 22231 Data Accountability and Trust Act, sets standards for consumer data security FTC proposals to extablish principles for online behavioral advertising Proposals to oversee the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 22231 (111th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

HR 3458, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a broadband policy, safeguard consumer rights, spur investment and innovation and for related purposes HR 1084, to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany S 379, the Performance Rights Act, to provide compensation to artists for use of sound recordings HR 848, the Performance Rights Act FCC Notice of Inquiry on content ratings for television commercials FCC Notice of Inquiry on product placement or embedded advertising Proposals to amend the Children's Television Act as relates to advertising to children

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 848 (111th), H.R. 3458 (111th), H.R. 1084 (111th)