1st Quarter - Report — MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES… for MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES… (2017) | LegiList

Firm

MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES-BENZ USA)

Client

MERCEDES-BENZ USA (FKA DAIMLER/MERCEDES-BENZ USA

Income

—

Expenses

$490,000

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Free Trade Agreements - NAFTA renegotiation; TTIP, EU-US General; Colombia scrapping program

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAKE JONES	—
JEFFREY WERNER	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Super Truck II appropriations

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Phase II HD GHG regulation

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax Reform - Border Adjustable Tax (BAT)

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—
JAKE JONES	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office

Manufacturing MAN

Investment - Daimler U.S. footprint

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAKE JONES	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Automotive Industry AUT

GHG Mid-term Review; Education re: autonomous vehicles

Foreign entity interest: Mercedes-Benz USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is headquartered in Germany.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOANNA FOUST	—
JAKE JONES	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office

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.