3rd Quarter - Report — DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. for DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC (2016)

Firm

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.

Client

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC

Income

—

Expenses

$200,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Supported H.R. 2393, legislation to repeal the Country of Origin Labeling requirements on beef, lamb, pork and chicken.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN	—
JS STONE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2393 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Worked on passage of H.R. 5325 - the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN	—
JS STONE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 5325 (114th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Worked for passage of national GMO food labeling regulations to be administered by the Secretary of USDA.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN	—
JS STONE	—

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Continued to work for positive trade provisions for U.S. dairy and agriculture producers in the final terms of TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) Free Trade Agreement. U.S. - EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations - we are opposed to the EU's proposal to use geographical indications (GIs) to block our use of many generic product names, even in the U.S. market.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN	—
JS STONE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Retirement RET

Provisions in the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA) included in H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. Law 113-235); S. 2147 and H.R. 4029; S. 1631 and H.R. 2844; and proposed regulations related to MPRA.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JACKIE KLIPPENSTEIN	—
JS STONE	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4029 (114th), H.R. 2844 (114th), H.R. 83 (114th), S. 1631 (114th), S. 2147 (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.