1st Quarter - Report

U.S. BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION for U.S. BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$400,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

GMO Labeling.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIAN T BAENIG —
BRANDON REEVES —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Implementation of the 2018 Sugar Program; Legislation effecting the US Sugar Program. *Public Law No: 115-334 -All provisions related to the domestic sugar program, any legislation affecting current law, and implementation of the sugar program *H.Con.Res.7 Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar-producing and -consuming countries should be eliminated. H.R. 4521, legislation relating to U.S. sugar policy S. 2568, legislation relating to U.S. sugar policy H.R. 3705, legislation relating to U.S. sugar policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIAN T BAENIG —
BRANDON REEVES —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 7 (116th), S. 2568 (116th), H.R. 3705 (116th), H.R. 4521 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade agreements and legislation effecting US sugar policy. *Bilateral and regional trade agreements as they relate to sugar access into the U.S. market - USMCA -African Growth and Opportunity Act *Multilateral trade negotiations as they relate to sugar access into the U.S. market -Doha Round *H.Con.Res.7- Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIAN T BAENIG —
BRANDON REEVES —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 7 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Sugar beet research funding. Disaster funding provisions. *Public Law 116-20- Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 *H.R. 4378 -Provisions relating to disaster payments to cooperative processors *H.R. 1865 -Provisions relating to disaster payments to cooperative processors

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIAN T BAENIG —
BRANDON REEVES —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 4378 (116th), H.R. 1865 (116th)

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.