3rd Quarter - Report — BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS for CJ AMERICA, INC. (2026)

Firm

BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Client

CJ AMERICA, INC.

Income

$90,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Manufacturing MAN

Provide guidance and strategic counsel with regard to regulations and legislation that could impact CJ America, Inc.

Foreign entity interest: Please see registration filing for reference

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSEPH GARY LAI	Sp. Asst. to POTUS for Leg Affairs; LD Sen. Wicker; Mil. Leg. Asst. Sen Wicker; Policy Advisor Sen. Voinovich; Policy Advisor Sen. Hagel; Intern U.S. Trade and Development Agency
JONATHAN MANTZ	N/A
MAYA SEIDEN	Intern, WH Counsels Office; Intern, Rep. Sam Gejdenson; Sp. Asst to Cab Sec., WH; Advisor to CoS, Energy Dept.; Sp Asst to Sec of Energy; Sen Advisor, Off of Dep. Sec of State; CoS Office of the Dep Sec of State for Management and Res.
HUNTER STRUPP	Staff Dir, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Asia Policy Analyst, HFAC; Staff Asst, Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee; Leg Asst, Rep. Ed Royce; Leg Corr, Rep. Ed Royce; Intern, Subcommittee on Africa
FRED TURNER	COS, Sen. Menendez; COS, US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; COS, Rep. Hastings, Associate Staff of House Rules Committee
BILL VINEY	Aide to Rep. Scott Klug
ERSKINE W WELLS	Dep COS Sen. Wicker; COS Rep. Palazzo; Leg Asst Sen Wicker; Intern Sen. Cochran

Contacted: White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Provide guidance and strategic counsel with regard to regulations and legislation that could impact CJ America, Inc.

Foreign entity interest: Please see registration filing for reference

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSEPH GARY LAI	Sp. Asst. to POTUS for Leg Affairs; LD Sen. Wicker; Mil. Leg. Asst. Sen Wicker; Policy Advisor Sen. Voinovich; Policy Advisor Sen. Hagel; Intern U.S. Trade and Development Agency
JONATHAN MANTZ	N/A
MAYA SEIDEN	Intern, WH Counsels Office; Intern, Rep. Sam Gejdenson; Sp. Asst to Cab Sec., WH; Advisor to CoS, Energy Dept.; Sp Asst to Sec of Energy; Sen Advisor, Off of Dep. Sec of State; CoS Office of the Dep Sec of State for Management and Res.
HUNTER STRUPP	Staff Dir, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Asia Policy Analyst, HFAC; Staff Asst, Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee; Leg Asst, Rep. Ed Royce; Leg Corr, Rep. Ed Royce; Intern, Subcommittee on Africa
FRED TURNER	COS, Sen. Menendez; COS, US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; COS, Rep. Hastings, Associate Staff of House Rules Committee
BILL VINEY	Aide to Rep. Scott Klug
ERSKINE W WELLS	Dep COS Sen. Wicker; COS Rep. Palazzo; Leg Asst Sen Wicker; Intern Sen. Cochran

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Provide guidance and strategic counsel with regard to regulations and legislation that could impact CJ America, Inc.

Foreign entity interest: Please see registration filing for reference

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSEPH GARY LAI	Sp. Asst. to POTUS for Leg Affairs; LD Sen. Wicker; Mil. Leg. Asst. Sen Wicker; Policy Advisor Sen. Voinovich; Policy Advisor Sen. Hagel; Intern U.S. Trade and Development Agency
JONATHAN MANTZ	N/A
MAYA SEIDEN	Intern, WH Counsels Office; Intern, Rep. Sam Gejdenson; Sp. Asst to Cab Sec., WH; Advisor to CoS, Energy Dept.; Sp Asst to Sec of Energy; Sen Advisor, Off of Dep. Sec of State; CoS Office of the Dep Sec of State for Management and Res.
HUNTER STRUPP	Staff Dir, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Asia Policy Analyst, HFAC; Staff Asst, Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee; Leg Asst, Rep. Ed Royce; Leg Corr, Rep. Ed Royce; Intern, Subcommittee on Africa
FRED TURNER	COS, Sen. Menendez; COS, US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; COS, Rep. Hastings, Associate Staff of House Rules Committee
BILL VINEY	Aide to Rep. Scott Klug
ERSKINE W WELLS	Dep COS Sen. Wicker; COS Rep. Palazzo; Leg Asst Sen Wicker; Intern Sen. Cochran

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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.