3rd Quarter - Report

ABBOTT LABORATORIES for ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$890,000
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.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade issues regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GROVE —
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Proposals to clarify employee labor status

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —
CYNTHIA B SENSIBAUGH —

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Agriculture AGR

Initiatives regarding infant nutrition

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
THOMAS EVERS —
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Implementation of Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation of Public Law 111-152, The Reconciliation Act of 2010 S.319, The Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2011 Reauthorization of The Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 2010 Reauthorization of The Medical Device User Fee Act of 2010 Policies for FDA product approval reform FDA proposals to enhance imported product safety

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN P FORD —
JASON GROVE —
ROSEMARY T HAAS —
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —
ADELE R WITENSTEIN —

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 319 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation of Public Law 110-275 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquistion Program Proposals to expand competitive bidding for DMEPOS S.17, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act H.R. 675, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 Proposals to give Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services authority to use the least costly alternative reimbursement policy Policies to enhance patient access to medicines in Medicare Reimbursement protocols for HIV diagnostics Medicare payment proposals

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: S. 17 (112th), H.R. 675 (112th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Implementation of Public Law 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Section 1502

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GROVE —
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Proposals to reform domestic and international tax structures R&D Tax Credit, Controlled Foreign Corporation look-through

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROSEMARY T HAAS —
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —
CYNTHIA B SENSIBAUGH —
ADELE R WITENSTEIN —

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 1249 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON GROVE —
ELAINE R LEAVENWORTH —
KRISTEN DW MORRIS —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1249 (112th)

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.