NESTLE USA for NESTLE USA

Agriculture AGR

Child Nutrition programs; funding, access and maintenance of strong nutrition standards. Development of national standard for biotechnology labeling; H.R. 1599, the Safe and Affordable Food Labeling Act of 2015 and S. 764, The Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Act.

Foreign entity interest: To the degree that public policies benefit Nestle USA, so too will its parent company, Nestle S.A., benefit.

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 764 (114th), H.R. 1599 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General corporate and international tax issues related to tax reform and bilateral tax treaties. Section 385 regulations proposed by the Treasury Department.

Foreign entity interest: To the degree that public policies benefit Nestle USA, so too will its parent company, Nestle S.A., benefit.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

2017 Agriculture Appropriations related to sufficiency of FDA funding.

Foreign entity interest: To the degree that public policies benefit Nestle USA, so too will its parent company, Nestle S.A., benefit.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Labeling issues pertaining to ingredients, claims and revisions to Nutrition Facts. Regulations implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act. S. 3108 Food Recovery Act of 2016.

Foreign entity interest: To the degree that public policies benefit Nestle USA, so too will its parent company, Nestle S.A., benefit.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 3108 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor standards including labeling for agricultural commodities, ingredients and packaging. Provisions in the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) of 2014 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; additional proposals to modernize multiemployer plans; and final regulations related to MPRA.

Foreign entity interest: To the degree that public policies benefit Nestle USA, so too will its parent company, Nestle S.A., benefit.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Medical Foods Equity Act. S. 2736/H.R. 5210 Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act.

Foreign entity interest: To the degree that public policies benefit Nestle USA, so too will its parent company, Nestle S.A., benefit.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 5210 (114th), S. 2736 (114th)