2nd Quarter - Report

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Period 2nd Quarter 2019 Filed Jul 16, 2019 Signed by Colin Newman

Official filing
Firm
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION
Client
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$370,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Issues related to truck weight limits;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD F. GRADY Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.

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

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
DONALD F. GRADY Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2020 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. 832, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019; H.R. 3521, School Milk Nutrition Act; S. 1810, Milk in lunches for Kids Act; Eligible milk within the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Legislation to codify the term "natural cheese" in federal statute; 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; 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; Child nutrition reauthorization bills, provisions related to 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 Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES —

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

Bills named: H.R. 832 (116th), H.R. 5961 (116th), H.R. 3521 (116th), S. 2976 (116th), S. 1810 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Ratification of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement provisions related to dairy; Section 232 and 301 tariffs; Bilateral trade agreement with the EU, Japan, United Kingdom; US-China Trade Deal provisions related to dairy ; 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 Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES —

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

Agriculture AGR

Implementation of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R.2 & S.3042), including provisions related to dairy; Implementation of the FY 2019 and FY 2020 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills, 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 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); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 3042 (116th), H.R. 2 (116th)

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.