Lobbying Relationship

Client

Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund

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Lobbying firm

NVG, LLC

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  • Tobacco-related issues in the FY 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related Agencies Appropriations bill.
  • Issues related to flavors in tobacco products, including menthol. FDA rulemaking on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Issues related to regulation of e-cigarettes, including premarket approval applications.

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Tobacco

Spending: about $1,970,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1301: Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

H.R.792: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

S.772: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

S.2410: Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.4435: Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal...

Sponsor: Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)

H.R.4800: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.83: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

S.1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.1461: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1639: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

H.R.5297: Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.982: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

S.275: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.5961: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.2976: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

H.R.2339: Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act...

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.2411: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.1258: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.1498: SAFE Kids Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.1541: Tobacco-Free Youth Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

S.655: SAFE Kids Act

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

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.7614: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.7286: Quit Because of COVID-19 Act

Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)

S.4524: Quit Because of COVID–19 Act

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.2185: Quit Because of COVID–19 Act

Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)

S.2622: Quit Because of COVID–19 Act

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.901: Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023

Sponsor: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.)

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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?
Jane Loewenson Health Fellow, Senator George Mitchell (1993) Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on children and families of the Senate and Labor and Human Resources committee, Senator Christopher Dodd (chair and ranking member) (1993-1997) Senior Health Policy Advisor, Senator Thomas A. Daschle (1997-2004) children and families of the Senate and Labor and ranking member) Daschle. Health Fellow, Senator George Mitchell. Human Resources. ranking member).
Irene Bueno Legislative Assistant, Congressman Ed Roybal Legislative Assistant, Senator Alan Cranston Special Assistant to the Asst. Secy. for Legislation, Dept. of Health & Human Services Deputy Assistant Secy. for Legislation, Dept.of HHS Special Assistant to the President, White House Legislation, Dept. of Health & Human Services
Lisa Foster Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Jack Reed
Andrea LaRue ​Rules Cmte Counsel, Senator Christopher Dodd (2002-2003); Counsel, Senator Thomas A. Daschle (1998-2002); Legislative Assistant & Dist rict Director, Congressman Michael A. Andrews (1989-2002)
Julio Lainez Legislative Director, Rep. Seth Moulton; Legislative Aide, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Systems Administrator, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Abby Bownas n/a
Patricia Griffin n/a
Eden Shiferaw 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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