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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 1341 G street NW Flr 5 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 61458-1406
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6. House ID# 353940050
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2015 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Robert Raben |
Date | 10/20/2015 1:25:10 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
LEGISLATION IN THE 114TH CONGRESS
S.1014, Personal Care Products Safety Act
The Breast Cancer Fund continues to meet with staff from Senator Feinsteins office and other HELP committee offices to encourage legislative action on the issue of safety of Personal Care Products. The Breast Cancer Fund supports action that would remove toxins and regulate Personal Care Products and Cosmetics.
H.R.2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015
The Breast Cancer Fund supports this bill and has been meeting with House and Senate offices to persuade members to take up the bill in the Senate.
S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
The Breast Cancer Fund opposes this legislation without amendments, as it would do little to strengthen the current TSCA law, but continues to work with members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to improve and strengthen the bill.
S. 725, Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act
The Breast Cancer Fund supports this legislation because it would mandate the testing of chemicals for their health risks, including potentially hazardous, cancer-causing chemicals currently being used in a variety of consumer products.
S. 821, BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act
The Breast Cancer Fund continues to meet with staff from Senate offices to encourage legislative action on the issue of bisphenol-A, which has been linked to increased rates of cancer, as well as other significant health problems. The Breast Cancer Fund support action that would ban bisphenol-A from the linings of canned food, foods marketed to children, and food storage containers.
H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2016 (NDAA)
The Breast Cancer Fund supports an amendment to NDAA that directs the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out research, development, test, and evaluation activities with respect to breast cancer, to implement the recommendations of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee to prioritize prevention and increase the study of chemical and physical factors in breast cancer (IBCERCC).
HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
The Breast Cancer Fund contacted House and Senate offices about increasing federal funding for the following:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Programs, National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Programs, Environmental Health Labs Biomonitoring Program
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The Breast Cancer Fund contacted Senate offices about preserving the current Design for the Environment program in the EPA.
FUTURE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS:
The Breast Cancer Fund visits Senate offices to support an amendment to the Senate NDAA that directs the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out research, development, test, and evaluation activities with respect to breast cancer, to implement the recommendations of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee to prioritize prevention and increase the study of chemical and physical factors in breast cancer (IBCERCC).
The Breast Cancer Fund supports this legislation to reform the FDAs regulation of cosmetic and personal care product ingredients based on mounting evidence that several ingredients of common cosmetic products have been linked to negative environmental health impacts, including breast cancer.
The Breast Cancer Fund supports ongoing efforts to reintroduce legislation that would compel manufacturers to provide complete and accurate product labeling of chemicals used in consumer products. Such labeling is a critical step in removing carcinogenic, and otherwise hazardous, materials from consumer products.
The Breast Cancer Fund supports ongoing efforts to reintroduce legislation in the House that would mandate the testing of chemicals for their health risks- including potentially hazardous, cancer-causing chemicals currently being used in a variety of consumer products.
The Breast Cancer Fund continues to talk with staff from Senate offices about the introduction of legislation in the Senate to reform the FDAs regulation of cosmetics and personal care product ingredients to prevent the use of chemicals found to have negative health and environmental impacts.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT:
FDA Advocacy
In addition to meeting with Congressional staff on the matter of bisphenol-A (BPA), the Breast Cancer Fund has also met with members of the FDA management team concerning the FDAs ongoing cosmetics regulation negotiations and the FDAs transparency policies more generally.
P.L. 110-314 - The Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvement Act
The Breast Cancer Fund lobbied in support of the provision that bans the use of phthalates in the manufacture of childrens toys. We are now monitoring implementation of this law; working on preserving the law's phthalates provision through the legislative and regulatory process; and urging expeditious research and regulatory action as required by the legislation.
Lobbying: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Department of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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