1st Quarter - Report — WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL for WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL (2015)

Firm

WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL

Client

WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL

Income

—

Expenses

$27,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Vessel air emissions; Vessel discharge legislation, regulations and permits; Vessel, cargo and crew safety and security issues (overweight containers, cybersecurity, container scanning); CBP programs (export automation, form elimination, seal changes, 10+2 rule, C-TPAT benefits, ACE); Surface transportation bill; Rotterdam Rules; Vessel capacity issues; Whale ship strikes; Invasive pests; Vessel inspection fees; Offshore energy development; Sanitary food transport.

Foreign entity interest: All foreign entities listed in the LD-1 have an interest in the lobbying issues above.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN BUTLER	—
CHRISTOPHER L KOCH	CoS Sen McCain; FMC Chairman
DOUGLAS B SCHNEIDER	—
BRYAN WOOD-THOMAS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Minerals Management Service; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of the Census; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Federal Maritime Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

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.