1st Quarter - Report

SEABOARD CORPORATION for SEABOARD CORPORATION

Period 1st Quarter 2009 Filed Apr 20, 2009 Signed by Ralph Moss, Vice President of Government Affairs

Official filing
Firm
SEABOARD CORPORATION
Client
SEABOARD CORPORATION
Income
—
Expenses
$30,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

General issues pertaining to food safety as applies to the meat industry.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN JEREMIAS —
RALPH MOSS —
JOSEPH WALKER —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Foreign Relations FOR

Food aid for foreign countries programs. Issues with these countries: Haiti, Ecuador, Guyana, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Argentina, Bermuda, Sierra Leone, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Lesotho, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Uganda, Peru, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Guinea, Liberia

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN JEREMIAS —
RALPH MOSS —
JOSEPH WALKER —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

U.S. aid to countries which constrict the ability of American companies to do business and constrict transparency; specifically the Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN JEREMIAS —
RALPH MOSS —
JOSEPH WALKER —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

General issues pertaining to federal ethanol mandates, the ethanol import tariff, and ethanol tax credits.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN JEREMIAS —
RALPH MOSS —
JOSEPH WALKER —

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

General issues pertaining to the Employee Free Choice Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN JEREMIAS —
RALPH MOSS —
JOSEPH WALKER —

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Immigration IMM

General issues pertaining to electronic employment verification and comprehensive immigration reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN JEREMIAS —
RALPH MOSS —
JOSEPH WALKER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

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.