4th Quarter - Report — MARS, INCORPORATED for MARS, INCORPORATED (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

MARS, INCORPORATED

Client

MARS, INCORPORATED

Income

—

Expenses

$520,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

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
4th Quarter - Report (this page)	Jan 20, 2010	$520,000	Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment	Aug 17, 2011	$570,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Estate gift tax reform General corporate and international tax issues Monitoring of tax provisions in health care legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Sugar trade issues Trade barriers to U.S. processed food exports

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Agriculture AGR

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition, specifically H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 & S 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Cocoa sustainability: agricultural development and food security needs in West Africa, and public-private partnerships in developing countries Importation provisions in Customs reauthorization legislation, S. 1631, Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009 Commodity speculation reform legislation and regulatory initiatives: H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 977, the Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act; Restoring American Financial Stability Act (draft Senate Finance Committee bill); S. 1691, the Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act of 2009 Listing of cocoa on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and Executive Order 13126 lists Department of Agriculture appropriations for FY 2011: peanut, rice, and cocoa research Sugar program issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN New	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 977 (111th), S. 1691 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), S. 1631 (111th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Regulation of commodity markets Commodity speculation reform legislation and regulatory initiatives: H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, H.R. 977; the Derivatives Markets Transportation and Accountability Act; Restoring American Financial Stability Act (draft Senate Finance Committee bill); S. 1691, the Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 977 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th), S. 1691 (111th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Legislation and regulation concerning safety of imported foods, food processing safety, and nutrition, specifically H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 & S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Child nutrition: S. 934, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 Child nutrition reauthorization legislation (no bill yet) Nutrition labeling

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN New	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 934 (111th), S. 510 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Harkin-Engel Protocol: USDA Consultative Group on Child Labor in Imported Agricultural Commodities

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Advertising ADV

Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Tentative Proposed Nutrition Standards

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH ATWOOD	—
ERIC OLSEN	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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.