2nd Quarter - Report — MARS, INCORPORATED for MARS, INCORPORATED (2017)

Firm

MARS, INCORPORATED

Client

MARS, INCORPORATED

Income

—

Expenses

$720,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General corporate and international tax issues; issues related to tax reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRAD G FIGEL	—
PETER ROWAN New	—

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to energy savings and climate change.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRAD G FIGEL	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Agriculture AGR

Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization, maintaining strong nutrition standards; development of a national standard on GMO labeling; Farm Bill reauthorization and implementation, including sugar policy reforms; cocoa sustainability; international trade issues; appropriations funding for international aid and development programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRAD G FIGEL	—
PETER ROWAN New	—

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Supporting FDA voluntary guidance on sodium; supporting on time implementation of Nutrition Fact Panel; maintaining robust funding of FSMA.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRAD G FIGEL	—
PETER ROWAN New	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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.