Lobbying Relationship

Client

The Toy Association, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

The Toy Association, Inc.

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  • Shipping/Product importation delays; Section 301 tariffs, PNTR and exclusion process;
  • children's product safety issues; SHOP Safe Act - illicit products/e-commerce and online marketplace regulation; CPSC funding; connected products/internet of things; children's online safety - data privacy and security issues; and battery safety.
  • Toxic Substances Control Act implementation; application of chemical regulations to children's products; alignment of international chemical requirements.

Duration: to

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Small Business, Education, Homeland Security, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Science/Technology, Manufacturing, Transportation, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $5,352,951 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Federal Maritime Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1063: ETEACH Act

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.1298: Port Performance Act

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.1519: PORTS Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

S.1732: Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.697: Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

H.R.2576: Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

Sponsor: John Shimkus (R-Ill.)

S.63: Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2015

Sponsor: David Vitter (R-La.)

H.R.615: DHS Interoperable Communications Act

Sponsor: Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.1421: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)

H.R.1910: Put a Woman on the Twenty Act of 2015

Sponsor: Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.)

S.696: Safe Chemicals Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.1009: Chemical Safety Improvement Act

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.63: Made In America Manufacturing Act of 2013

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.615: Market Based Manufacturing Incentives Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)

H.R.1421: Advancing Innovative Manufacturing Act of 2013

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.1910: Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2013

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

S.330: Consumer Recall Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.1165: Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.847: Safe Chemicals Act of 2011

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.6191: Cancer-Free Label Act of 2012

Sponsor: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)

H.R.6601: Carcinogen-Free Label Act of 2012

Sponsor: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)

S.1946: Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

S.913: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.1223: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2012

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.4455: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain bags for toys.

Sponsor: Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5489: To modify and extend the suspension of duty on certain cases or...

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

H.R.5490: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain injection-molded ABS or PP...

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

S.2506: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on D-Galacto-D-mannan.

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.2561: A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain educational...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2562: A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain cases or...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2564: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain zippered cases of...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2565: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain carrying cases of...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2566: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain plastic stylus pens...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2567: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain headphones, AC...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.3045: A bill to extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on certain...

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.3046: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain injection-molded ABS...

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.4040: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.2045: CPSC Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.940: Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)

S.287: Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

H.R.1452: Import Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

S.577: Import Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: James Lankford (R-Okla.)

H.R.3308: Building STEAM Education Act of 2019

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.3321: STEM to STEAM Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)

S.3073: SANTA Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.3431: INFORM Consumers Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.5573: PROTECT Kids Act

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.6058: SHOP SAFE Act of 2020

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.266: Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.7756: INFORM Consumers Act

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

H.R.8134: Consumer Product Safety Inspection Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

S.936: INFORM Consumers Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.1843: SHOP SAFE Act of 2021

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.3429: SHOP SAFE Act of 2021

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4996: Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

H.R.5502: To require online marketplaces to verify certain information regarding...

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Rachel Derby Senator Mel Martinez - LC & Senator George LeMieux Director of Federal Government Affairs Director of Government Affairs
Rebecca Mond Unpaid Intern Jane Harman Director of Federal Government Affairs Director Of Federal Government Senior Director, Federal Government Affairs Sr Director, Federal Government Affairs
Peter Sandel Legislative Assistant, The Honorable Henry Bonilla (TX-23)
Rachel Hedge Director of Federal Government Affairs
Andrew Hackman Vice President of Government Affairs
Andy Hackman Vice President of Government Affairs
Ed Desmond Henry Hyde The Honorable Henry Hyde
Leigh Moyers n/a
Jennifer Gibbons n/a
Owen Caine n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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