3rd Quarter - Report — AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION (2011)

Firm

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$14,127

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Support for the Healthy Families Act Support for paid sick leave for public health emergencies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LUCY MELCHER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Transportation TRA

Support strengthening public health provisions in federal transportation program reauthorization legislation Support legislation to provide for Graduated Driver Licensing

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Public health recommendations for the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LUCY MELCHER	—

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Oppose cuts to the Medicaid program (budget and deficit reduction proposals) Oppose cuts to the Medicare program (budget and deficit reduction proposals)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Increase funding for federal discretionary health spending in the budget resolution Increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Increase funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration Oppose efforts to reduced discretionary health spending in deficit reduction proposals Support for continued funding of the Prevention and Public Health Fund Oppose cuts to food safety programs in FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill Oppose cuts to nutrition programs in FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill Oppose efforts to restrict FDA implementation of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in Agriculture Appropriations bill Support funding for Title X programs Support funding for HRSA MCH programs Support for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—
LUCY MELCHER	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Oppose efforts in general to weaken public health protections under the Clean Air Act Support for EPA Cross-State Air Pollution rule Support EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants Oppose legislation to overturn EPA greenhouse gas rules

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Tobacco TOB

Oppose efforts to weaken FDA authority over tobacco products Oppose legislation to exempt many cigars from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DONALD HOPPERT	—

Contacted: White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Education EDU

Support the inclusion of provisions that recognize health and well-being as essential elements of ESEA reauthorization

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LUCY MELCHER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

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.