• Affordable footwear initiative - S 1, A bill to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America's middle class through measures that modernize the nation's infrastructure, enhance America's energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, and for other purposes; S 730, A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear, and for other purposes.Design piracy - HR 2196, To amend title 17, United States Code, to extend protection to fashion design, and for other purposes. Pending free trade agreements - Executive Branch actions re these issues. Berry Amendment, Federal prison industries and military apparel procurement - HR 1, Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; HR 2647, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes; S 1390, An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
• Technical correction to PL 110-314, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (HR 4040, toy safety) - HR 1815, To clarify the applicability of certain provisions in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, and for other purposes; S 374, A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses; SConRes 13, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014. Children's product safety standards - HR 1046, To ensure the effective implementation of children's product safety standards under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008; S 374, A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses; HR 1815, To clarify the applicability of certain provisions in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, and for other purposes; HR 968, To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses; HR 1465, To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses; HR 1027, To exempt second-hand sellers of certain products from the lead content and certification requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008; S 608, A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to exclude secondary sales, repair services, and certain vehicles from the ban on lead in children's products, and for other purposes; HR 1692, To amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act to exempt ordinary books from the lead limit in such Act; HR 1587, To amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain off-highway vehicles, and for other purposes; HR 1510, To amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain all-terrain vehicles, and for other purposes; S 389, A bill to establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products, and for other purposes; HR 1105, Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
• Employee Free Choice Act - HR 1409, To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes; S 560, A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during the organizing efforts, and for other purposes. Labor issues involved in the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - S 181, A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
• To add Paraguay to the list of countries eligible to be designated as ATPDEA beneficiary countries - HR 1837, To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to add Paraguay to the list of countries that are eligible to be designated as beneficiary countries and ATPDEA beneficiary countries; S 780, To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to add Paraguay to the list of countries that are eligible to be designated as beneficiary countries and ATPDEA beneficiary countries.Trade enforcement - HR 496, To amend United States trade laws to eliminate foreign barriers to exports of United States goods and services, to restore rights under trade remedy laws, to strengthen enforcement of United States intellectual property rights and health and safety laws at United States borders, and for other purposes. Trade issues involving Afghanistan and Pakistan - S 496, A bill to provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes; HR 1318, To provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes; HR 1886, To authorize democratic, economic, and social development assistance for Pakistan, to authorize security assistance for Pakistan, and for other purposes. Legislation relating to Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act - potential legislation. Miscellaneous trade issues - HR 1105, Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; HR 2847, Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; S 1298, An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.] Burmese trade restrictions - HJRes 56, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes; SJRes 17, A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.] Philipines trade issues - HR 3039, To provide for preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines. National goods mopvement improvement fund - HR 2355, To establish a National Goods Movement Improvement Fund to provide funding for infrastructure projects that will improve the movement of goods, mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods, and enhance the security of transported goods.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009

General Issues: Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Environmental/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Government Issues, Agriculture

Spending: about $580,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of,, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Treasury - Dept of