To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.

Matters before Congress related to alcoholic beverages, including labeling, taxation, advertising reform proposals, and appropriations for these agencies and programs: TTB, FCC, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Department of the Treasury, FTC, FDA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, NIAAA, and Department of Health and Human Services; amendments to the Higher Education Act. Specific legislative interests include: Beer Tax Rollback Act, HR1305, S866; HR52; NAS/IOM Report to Congress on Underage Drinking, alcohol ingredient labelling and related legislation.

Client expense: $75,936 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Oppose H.R. 2252 (Alcohol Tax Equalization Act of 2003) Oppose H.R. 791 (Domestic Spirits Tax Equity Act of 2003) Support H.R. 52 (to repeal luxury tax on beer) Support S. 809 (to return excise tax rate on beer to pre-1991 level) Support H.R. 1305 (to return excise tax rate on beer to pre-1991 level)

Client expense: $680,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Matters before Congress related to alcoholic beverages, including labeling, taxation, advertising reform proposals, and appropriations for these agencies and programs: BATF, FCC, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Department of the Treasury, FTC, FDA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, NIAAA, and Department of HHS; amendments to the Higher Education Act. Specific legislative interests include: The Beer Tax Rollback Act, H.R.1305, S.866; H.R.52, NAS/IOM Report to Congress on Underage Drinking.

Client expense: $93,373 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Treasury, Dept of