Wildfire Response Act of 2003

Matters before Congress related to alcoholic beverages, including labeling, taxation, health claims, dietary guidelines, advertising (billboards, zoning/density, sponsorship of sports events), .08 blood alcohol concentration, and sales to minors; 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 Departments of Labor & HHS. Specific legislative interests include: The Beer Tax Rollback Act, HR1305, HR52, S809; Stop Underage Drinking Act, HR4888, S2718; Excise Tax Reform and Simplification Act, S1962; Labor, HHS appropriations, S2810, HR5006; Consolidated appropriations, HR4818; sense of the House on alocohol advertising and college sports, HR575; Special Occupation Tax on Alcohol, HR4520; To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Reduce the Rate of Tax on Distilled Spirits to its pre-1985 Level, S1457, HR2950.

Client expense: $92,889 · 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), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)