4th Quarter - Report — WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL for WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL (2014)

Firm

WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL

Client

WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL

Income

—

Expenses

$29,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Vessel air emissions; Vessel discharge legislation (House and Senate), regulations and permits; Vessel and cargo safety and security programs (container security, container weighing, cyber security); CBP programs: ACE, exports, form elimination, seal changes, 10+2 rule, C-TPAT. Surface transportation; Shipping Act; Rotterdam Rules; Whale ship strikes; Vessel capacity issues; Invasive pests; Offshore energy development; Sanitary food transport; abandoned seafarers legislation.

Foreign entity interest: All foreign entities listed in the LD-1 have an interest in the lobbying issues above.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN BUTLER	—
CHRISTOPHER L KOCH	CoS Sen McCain; FMC Chairman
DOUGLAS B SCHNEIDER	—
BRYAN WOOD-THOMAS	—

Contacted: Bureau of the Census; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Maritime Commission; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Minerals Management Service; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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.