3rd Quarter - Report — CHS INC. for CHS, INC (2018)

Firm

CHS INC.

Client

CHS, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$170,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to apprenticeship programs H.R. 4570 Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017, issues related to pre-dispute arbitration agreements

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH TERESA GALLO	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 4570 (115th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Issues related to the Renewable Fuel Standard

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN T ENGELEN	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Issues related to position limits rules

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN T ENGELEN	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, provisions related to the conservation title, provisions related to trade promotion programs and provisions related to the Federal Grain Inspection Service exceptions

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH TERESA GALLO	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the North American Free Trade Agreement Issues related to soybean trade with China Issues related to Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs Issues related to USTR's Section 301 investigation Issues related to Peru's Countervailing Duty case against U.S. corn

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID WYATT COBB	—
JOHN T ENGELEN	—
SARAH TERESA GALLO	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Issues relating to the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH TERESA GALLO	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

All provisions of H.R. 3264, The Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel and Alternative Fuels Extension Act of 2017 Issues related to the implementation of H.R. 1, An Act to provide reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 2018, provisions related to Section 199A, Qualified Business Income

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN T ENGELEN	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3264 (115th), H.R. 1 (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.