4th Quarter - Report

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$340,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Canada's provincial and national ingredients strategy US-Mexico-Canada Agreement provisions related to dairy Section 232 and 301 tariffs Bilateral trade agreement with the EU, Japan, United Kingdom Oppose geographical indications that seek to restrict the use of common food names World Health Assembly resolution on infant and young child feeding

LobbyistCovered 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 New Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES —

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

Agriculture AGR

Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R.2 & S.3042), including provisions related to dairy. FY 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills (H.R. 5961 & S. 2976), provisions related to ice cream research, FDA funding and dairy

LobbyistCovered 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 New Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES —

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

Bills named: H.R. 5961 (115th), H.R. 2 (115th), S. 3042 (115th), S. 2976 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Legislation regarding an agricultural guest worker program

LobbyistCovered 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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2019 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. 4101, School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017; Eligible milk within the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); 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; H.R.4828,CURD Act; S.2322,CURD Act; 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. H.R.6022 and S.3019, the Accurate Labels Act;

LobbyistCovered 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 New Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES —

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

Bills named: S. 2322 (115th), H.R. 4101 (115th), H.R. 5961 (115th), H.R. 4828 (115th), S. 3019 (115th), H.R. 6022 (115th), S. 2976 (115th)

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.