4th Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (2019)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Client

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$250,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Issues related to truck weight limits;

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANTHONY EBERHARD	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
DONALD F. GRADY	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Implementation of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R.2 & S.3042), including provisions related to dairy; The FY 2020 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills, provisions related to ice cream research, FDA funding and dairy related programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
DONALD F. GRADY	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th), S. 3042 (116th)

Immigration IMM

Legislation regarding an agricultural guest worker program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANTHONY EBERHARD	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
DONALD F. GRADY	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Ratification of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement provisions related to dairy; Section 301 tariffs; Bilateral trade agreements with the EU, Japan, United Kingdom; US-China Trade Deal provisions related to dairy ; Oppose geographical indications that seek to restrict the use of common food names; EU intervention stocks of skim milk powder; India trade deal provisions related to dairy; Export certificate process between USDA & FDA; USTR Resources;

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
DONALD F. GRADY	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2020 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills (H.R.5961 & S.2976), provisions related to school nutrition programs and other provisions related to dairy; H.R. 832, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019; H.R. 3521, School Milk Nutrition Act; S. 1810, Milk in Lunches for Kids Act; Eligible milk within the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); H.R. 4487, Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act; S. 1669, CURD Act; Proposed changes to USDA school meals program regarding the types of milk that may be served in such programs and enforcement of the reimbursable meal requirements; Implementation of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (P.L. 114-216) and the Nutrition Facts Panel and Serving Size rules; Enforcement of National School Lunch Program provisions that require non-dairy fluid milk substitutes to meet the nutritional equivalency standards of milk; Child nutrition reauthorization bills, provisions related to dairy

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
DONALD F. GRADY	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1669 (116th), H.R. 832 (116th), H.R. 5961 (116th), H.R. 4487 (116th), S. 1810 (116th), S. 2976 (116th), H.R. 3521 (116th)

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.