1st Quarter - Report — THE KROGER CO. for KROGER CO (2017)

Firm

THE KROGER CO.

Client

KROGER CO

Income

—

Expenses

$40,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Monitor and federal activity related to CHOICE Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitor legislative and administrative action on appropriations and budget.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Agriculture AGR

Monitor legislative and federal activity related to Reauthorization of the H.R. 2642 (113th Congress), the Agricultural Act of 2014

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitor legislative and federal activity related to tax reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Health Issues HCR

Monitor legislative and administrative action related to health care policy. Monitor legislative activity related to H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 1628 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Provisions in the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA) included in H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. Law 113-235); additional proposals to modernize multiemployer plans; and final guidance related to MPRA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN New	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 83 (115th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act H.R. 772/S. 261

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW GRIERSON PERIN	—

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 261 (115th), H.R. 772 (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.