1st Quarter - Report — CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… (2009)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Client

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Income

—

Expenses

$720,000

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 (this page)	Apr 17, 2009	$720,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment	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.

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MONISHA PRIMLANI	—

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

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).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER	—
MARY C SOPHOS	—

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

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).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT FABER	—
GEOFFREY MOODY	—

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

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.

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

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

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