Lobbying Relationship

Client

Cigar Association of America, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

CIGAR ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.

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  • Cigar Excise Tax Monitor federal tobacco excise tax
  • Education regarding the cigar industry Cigar excise taxes Issues related to the FDA Proposed Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars Monitoring of FDA regulation of cigar industry
  • Issues related to the FDA Proposed Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars.

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Tobacco, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Postal, Manufacturing

Spending: about $2,793,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), U.S. Senate,, Y Y, Y

Bills mentioned

S.976: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2193: Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

H.R.2887: No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

S.1837: Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2017

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

H.R.1136: FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.522: Protecting And Retaining Our Children's Health Insurance Program Act of...

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.2058: FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.522: A bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive...

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.2058: Charity Transparency Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.39: No Budget, No Pay Act

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

S.743: Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

S.39: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.174: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.255: Cuba Reconciliation Act

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

H.R.833: Agricultural Export Enhancement Act of 2011

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

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

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.216: Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.1706: Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2011

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

S.1403: IDEA Full Funding Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.365: Budget Control Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.625: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

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

H.R.1108: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

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

S.1027: PACT Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.1342: Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.1893: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.976: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

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

H.R.1489: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder...

Sponsor: John Barrow (D-Ga.)

H.R.2633: HeLP America Act

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

H.R.3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

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

H.R.3963: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

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

H.R.4081: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2008

Sponsor: Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1362: Accountability in Contracting Act

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

S.1147: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.1676: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009

Sponsor: Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4439: Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010

Sponsor: Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

H.R.1400: To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain...

Sponsor: John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.)

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.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.5178: Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.5846: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the chief...

Sponsor: John Sarbanes (D-Md.)

H.R.5486: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for...

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

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

S.3112: Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4645: Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

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

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

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

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

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

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.579: Federal Tobacco Act of 2009

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.2: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

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

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

H.R.1261: Youth Prevention and Tobacco Harm Reduction Act

Sponsor: Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)

H.R.1432: Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2009

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2932: To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain...

Sponsor: John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.)

H.R.5513: Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5689: Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.5912: To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain...

Sponsor: John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.)

S.2685: Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2008

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

S.1022: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the...

Sponsor: Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)

S.1023: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the...

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.2084: SCOTT Act of 2019

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

S.9: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.1854: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)

S.1541: Tobacco-Free Youth Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

S.1258: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2411: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

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

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

H.R.293: Youth Vaping Prevention Act of 2019

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.1498: SAFE Kids Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.655: SAFE Kids Act

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

H.R.4272: TPS for Victims of Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019

Sponsor: Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2463: Choose Medicare Act

Sponsor: Cedric Richmond (D-La.)

H.R.1856: Ending Homelessness Act of 2019

Sponsor: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

S.411: MOM­MA’s Act

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

S.438: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.1314: Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021

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

H.R.2786: Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.)

H.R.4536: Welfare for Needs not Weed Act

Sponsor: Tom Rice (R-S.C.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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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?
CRAIG WILLIAMSON President
Wendell Ford U.S. Senator
Tim Hutchinson U.S. Senator
Stanford Parris U.S. Representative
NORMAN F. SHARP n/a
Christine Hewitt n/a
Norman Sharp n/a
Norman Sharp Mr. n/a
L. Andrew Zausner n/a
Rob Mangas n/a
K. Laurie McKay n/a
Allison Shulman n/a
Bob Maples n/a
Katie Phillips n/a
Ken Kies n/a
Pat Raffaniello n/a
Jim Carlisle n/a
Andrew Zausner Mr. n/a
Robert Mangas Mr. n/a
Kenneth Kies Mr. n/a
Patrick Raffaniello Mr. n/a
James Carlisle Mr. n/a
Wendell Ford Mr. n/a
Robert Maples Mr. n/a
Laurie McKay Ms. n/a
Allison Shulman Ms. n/a
Laurie McKay Mr. n/a
Elizabeth Pritchartt n/a
Tyler Menzler n/a
David Ozgo n/a
Brian Fojtik 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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