3rd Quarter - Report

CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION for CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION

Period 3rd Quarter 2016 Filed Oct 20, 2016 Signed by Julia Gustafson

Official filing
Firm
CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION
Client
CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$25,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General background and discussion of re-establising commercial relations with Cuba. General background and recommendation for the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIA GUSTAFSON Counsel and Director, Legislative Affairs
CASSANDRA ANN KUBALL Director of Trade and Industry Affairs

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

General background and recommendations for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans process. Monitoring regarding federal nutrition policy. General background and recommendations regarding FDA proprietary information/protection of trade secrets and confidential information of the food industry.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIA GUSTAFSON Counsel and Director, Legislative Affairs
KAILEE MARIE TKACZ Director, Food & Nutrition Policy

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 and S. 764, related Senate legislation Monitoring regarding federal nutrition policy. General background and recommendations regarding agricultural biomass. General background and recommendations regarding the nutrition facts label. General background and recommendations regarding FDA proprietary information/protection of trade secrets and confidential information of the food industry.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIA GUSTAFSON Counsel and Director, Legislative Affairs
KAILEE MARIE TKACZ Director, Food and Nutrition Policy

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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