2nd Quarter - Report — NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL for NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL (2019)

Firm

NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL

Client

NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL

Income

—

Expenses

$380,000

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Electronic Logging Device and Hours of Service exemption for the livestock industry.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL CARL FORMICA	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Transportation TRA

Electronic Logging Device and Hours of Service exemption for the livestock industry.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL CARL FORMICA	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

The importance of maintaining current market access to Mexico, Canada, Japan, and China. General education on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Lifting market access restrictions to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Ecuador, European Union, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Seeking to overturn retaliatory tariffs against U.S. pork caused by the enactment of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on steel and aluminum and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on Chinese intellectual property.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS DAVID GIORDANO	—
DANIELLE SIKES	—
MARIA CARIDAD DE LOS ANGELES ZIEBA	—

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Monitor implementation of P.L. 115-334, the Agriculture Act of 2018. Monitor progress of Livestock Mandatory Reporting Reauthorization. General education on the importance of immigrant labor for the agriculture industry workforce. General education on the regulation of foods produced using animal cell culture technology.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DUSTIN BAKER	—
NICHOLAS DAVID GIORDANO	—
DANIELLE SIKES	—

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Reporting of air emissions from livestock farms under environmental statutes. EPAs Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States final rule defining the scope of Waters of the United States as defined in and protected under the Clean Water Act; RIN 2040-AF30; June 29, 2015; 80 FR 37053. General education on nuisance lawsuits against pork producers in North Carolina. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to amend the release notification regulations under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); RIN 2050-AH00; November 14, 2018; 83 FR 56791.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL CARL FORMICA	—

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Immigration IMM

General education on the importance of immigrant labor for the agriculture industry workforce.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DUSTIN BAKER	—
NICHOLAS DAVID GIORDANO	—
DANIELLE SIKES	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Animals ANI

Monitor implementation of P.L. 115-334, the Agriculture Act of 2018. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Draft Guidance for Industry #187, Regulation of Intentionally Altered Genomic DNA in Animals, to address animals with intentionally altered genomic DNA developed through use of genome editing technologies, as well as techniques such as rDNA in genetic engineering. General education on the regulation of foods produced using animal cell culture technology. General education regarding the global spread of African Swine Fever and its possible ramifications to the U.S. pork industry. Impact of California Proposition 12, Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (2018), on the pork industry.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DUSTIN BAKER	—
MICHAEL CARL FORMICA	—
NICHOLAS DAVID GIORDANO	—
DAN KOVICH	—
DANIELLE SIKES	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

General education on the importance of immigrant labor for the agriculture industry workforce.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DUSTIN BAKER	—
NICHOLAS DAVID GIORDANO	—
DANIELLE SIKES	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

EPAs Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States final rule defining the scope of Waters of the United States as defined in and protected under the Clean Water Act; RIN 2040-AF30; June 29, 2015; 80 FR 37053. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to amend the release notification regulations under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); RIN 2050-AH00; November 14, 2018; 83 FR 56791.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL CARL FORMICA	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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.