1st Quarter - Report — PET FOOD INSTITUTE for PET FOOD INSTITUTE (2020)

Firm

PET FOOD INSTITUTE

Client

PET FOOD INSTITUTE

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

1. Passage and implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; H.R. 5430 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act 2. China market access, and Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Peoples Republic of China 3. Other tariff and trade disrupting issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MORGAN BEACH	—
PETER TABOR	—

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 5430 (116th)

Agriculture AGR

1. Ingredients and by-products used in pet food, including the release of a report titled Pet Food Production and Ingredient Analysis 2. Pet food's role in the agriculture industry

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MORGAN BEACH	—
PETER TABOR	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Animals ANI

1. General pet food and related pet issues, including the creation of a Congressional Pet Caucus 2. Business and supply chain impacts as it relates to being an essential business during the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 3. Coordination and research regarding the FDA's investigation into the potential link between diet and dog health

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MORGAN BEACH	—
PETER TABOR	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Transportation TRA

1. Transportation issues to pet food manufacturers and other agriculture stakeholders

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MORGAN BEACH	—
PETER TABOR	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

1. Additional funding for the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine specifically for feed ingredient approvals for the fiscal year 2021 2. Additional funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to further amplify efforts to prevent diseases, like African Swine Fever (ASF), from entering the United States; S. 2107/H.R. 4482 Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MORGAN BEACH	—
PETER TABOR	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 2107 (116th), H.R. 4482 (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.