4th Quarter - Report — SEABOARD CORPORATION for SEABOARD CORPORATION (2009)

Firm

SEABOARD CORPORATION

Client

SEABOARD CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$40,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Issues regarding food aid warehousing and logistics.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues regarding international taxation reform, cap-and-trade legislation, corporate taxation, and personal taxation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to foreign assistance, food aid, agricultural, economic, and political issues in the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

General issues relating to federal ethanol mandates, the ethanol import tariff, and ethanol tax credits. Also, issues relating to the biodiesel industry and cap-and-trade legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)

Immigration IMM

General issues pertaining to electronic employment verification and comprehensive immigration reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

General issues relating to food safety, particularly as it applies to the meat industry. Including, the issues of pork safety and the H1N1 Influenza outbreak and Chinese poultry safety in the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations committees.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

General issues regarding the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Agriculture AGR

General issues relating to the animal agriculture industry, both production and processing, with an emphasis on the pork industry.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Among other things, issues regarding the H1N1 Influenza outbreak, free trade agreements, the ban on Chinese poultry imports, etc.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R JAMES	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JOSEPH WALKER	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

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.