2nd Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (2017)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Client

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$290,000

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act amendments related to Cuba trade and travel Canada's provincial and national ingredients strategy North American Free Trade Agreement provisions related to dairy Bilateral trade agreements with countries in the Asia Pacific region Oppose geographical indications that seek to restrict the use of common food names World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on rules pertaining to marketing of milk products to children FY 2018 State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, provisions related to funding for the United Nations (WIPO)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD New	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
BETH HUGHES	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Agriculture AGR

2018 farm bills, including the Dairy Forward Pricing Program and the National Organic Program, as well as incentive programs in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to encourage consumption of milk and dairy products; Sugar program reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD New	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
BETH HUGHES	—
RUTH DYK SAUNDERS	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2017 and FY 2018 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies bills, provisions related to school nutrition programs; Eligible milk within the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Proposed changes to USDA school meals program regarding the types of milk that may be served in such programs; Codification of a definition of "natural cheese" within the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Proposed changes to the rules governing the use of ultrafiltered milk in making cheeses subject to federal standards of identity; School Milk Nutrition Act; Implementation of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (P.L. 114-216) and the Nutrition Facts Panel and Serving Size rules; World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on rules pertaining to marketing of milk products to children; and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - incentive program for milk and dairy foods

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD New	Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Director for Sen. John Hoeven; Prof Staff; Senate Agriculture Committee; Acting Leg Director, Dep Leg Director and Leg Asst for Sen. Norm Coleman; Leg Asst for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Leg Corr and Staff Asst for Rep Hulshof
RUTH DYK SAUNDERS	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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.