3rd Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (2017)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Client

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$260,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FY 2018 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act amendments related to Cuba trade and travel Canada's provincial and national ingredients strategy North American Free Trade Agreement provisions related to dairy Bilateral trade agreements with countries in the Asia Pacific region Oppose geographical indications that seek to restrict the use of common food names FY 2018 State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, provisions related to funding for the United Nations (WIPO)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD New	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
BETH HUGHES	—

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

Agriculture AGR

2018 farm bills, including provisions related to dairy in Titles I and IV.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD New	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

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

Immigration IMM

Legislation regarding an agricultural guest worker program

Lobbyist	Covered 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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2018 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies bills, provisions related to school nutrition programs; Eligible milk within the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Proposed changes to USDA school meals program regarding the types of milk that may be served in such programs; Codification of a definition of "natural cheese" within the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Proposed changes to the rules governing the use of ultrafiltered milk in making cheeses subject to federal standards of identity; Implementation of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (P.L. 114-216) and the Nutrition Facts Panel and Serving Size rules; H.R. 3444, The Food Recovery Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD New	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

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

Bills named: H.R. 3444 (115th)

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.