2nd Quarter - Report — TYSON FOODS, INC for TYSON FOODS, INC (2011)

Firm

TYSON FOODS, INC

Client

TYSON FOODS, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$600,170

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Food Safety Issues USDA/GIPSA issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW D MIKA	—
CHARLES PENRY	—
NORA VENEGAS	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Market access for US Beef to Korea, Japan, China Market access for Tyson beef to Mexico US Korea Free Trade Agreement Market access for US Chicken to China, Russia, Ukraine Congressional repeal of Mexican trucking pilot program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID MENOTTI	—
MATTHEW D MIKA	—
CHARLES PENRY	—

Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Extending renewal diesel tax credits and alternative fuel mixture credit. Eliminating corn ethanol tax credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID MENOTTI	—
CHARLES PENRY	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Ethanol policy-general outreach to discuss negative impacts of raising blend level to E15, corn ethanol mandates, tax policies, tariff policies. General discussion on extension of renewable diesel tax credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID MENOTTI	—
CHARLES PENRY	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Comprehensive Immigration Reform, IMAGE HR 2164 Legal Workforce Act Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW D MIKA	—
CHARLES PENRY	—
NORA VENEGAS	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2164 (112th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Executive order on Chesapeake Bay General environmental issues impacting agriculture

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID MENOTTI	—
CHARLES PENRY	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.