4th Quarter - Report

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. for DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC

Period 4th Quarter 2016 Filed Jan 20, 2017 Signed by J.S. Stone - Vice President Government Relations

Official filing
Firm
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.
Client
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC
Income
—
Expenses
$200,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Worked on passage of H.R. 5325 - the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN —
JS STONE —

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

Bills named: H.R. 5325 (114th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Communicated industry priorities and challenges with potential GMO labeling regulation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN —
JS STONE —

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Continued to work towards passage of TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement). U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations - we are opposed to the EU's proposal to use geographical indications (GIs) to block our use of many generic product names, even in the U.S. market.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN —
JS STONE —

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

Retirement RET

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); S. 2147 and H.R. 4029; S. 1631 and H.R. 2844; and proposed regulations related to MPRA.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN —
JS STONE —

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

Bills named: H.R. 2844 (114th), S. 1631 (114th), H.R. 4029 (114th), H.R. 83 (114th), S. 2147 (114th)

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.