2nd Quarter - Report — CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… for CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCE… (2018)

Firm

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Client

CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

Income

—

Expenses

$403,406

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

NAFTA Renegotiation Section 232 Investigations of Steel & Aluminum

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN FOLKERTS New	USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator
NANCY KOHLER WILKINS	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FDA Food Safety Funding: HR 3258, S. 1603

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1603 (115th), H.R. 3258 (115th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Consumer Product Labeling Reform Uniformity in Consumer Product Ingredient Disclosure Protection of Proprietary Business Information

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

National Bioengineered Food Disclosure P.L. 114-12-6 and Proposed Regulation Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food Safety Modernization Act Defense Food Ingredient Restriction HR 1625 Consumer Product Labeling Reform FDA Dietary Fiber Guidance Vending Machine Calorie Labeling Rule

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN FOLKERTS New	—
MICHAEL RICHARD GRUBER	—
NANCY KOHLER WILKINS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1625 (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.