2nd Quarter - Report — COBANK, ACB for COBANK ACB (2016)

Firm

COBANK, ACB

Client

COBANK ACB

Income

—

Expenses

$200,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Utilities UTI

USDA Appropriations; RUS programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH B TYREE	—

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

GSM Export Finance Program; Free trade agreements; TPA; Cuban Embargo Legislation

Foreign entity interest: Limited Foreign Interest

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN CAVEY	—
LAUREN STURGEON New	Professional Staff - Environment & Public Works Committee

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Farm Credit Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Banking BAN

Derivative reform legislation; Farm Credit Administration Regulatory Proposals; CFTC regulations impacting financial regulatory reform legislation; Prudential Regulators Derivatives Regulatory Proposals; CFTC Re-authorization

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN CAVEY	—
LAUREN STURGEON	Professional Staff - Environment & Public Works Committee
SARAH B TYREE	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Farm Credit Administration

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Derivatives reform legislation; Farm Credit Administration regulatory proposals; CFTC regulations impacting financial regulatory reform; Prudential Regulators derivatives regulatory proposals; CFTC re-authorization

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN CAVEY	—
LAUREN STURGEON New	Professional Staff - Environment & Public Works Committee
SARAH B TYREE	—

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Farm Credit Administration

Agriculture AGR

Appropriations; budget; derivatives reform legislation; implementation of the 2014 Farm bill; CFTC Re-authorization; USDA Rural Development Programs; USDA Rural Utilities Service Programs; legislation to regulate the labelling of genetically engineered food ingredients.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN CAVEY	—
LAUREN STURGEON	Professional Staff - Environment & Public Works Committee
SARAH B TYREE	—

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Farm Credit Administration

Telecommunications TEC

Universal Service Reform; Broadband funding; Intercarrier Compensation Reform; Connect America Fund; Rural Utilities Service Programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH B TYREE	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Farm Credit Administration; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.