2nd Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (2018)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Client

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$380,000

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

Canada's provincial and national ingredients strategy North American Free Trade Agreement provisions related to dairy Bilateral trade agreements Oppose geographical indications that seek to restrict the use of common food names FY 2018 and FY 2019 State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations bills (S.3108), provisions related to funding for the World Health Organization (WHO)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD	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
DONALD F. GRADY New	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES	—

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

Bills named: S. 3108 (115th)

Agriculture AGR

2018 farm bills (H.R.2 & S.3042), including provisions related to dairy. FY 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills (H.R. 5961 & S. 2976), provisions related to ice cream research and FDA Funding

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD	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
DONALD F. GRADY New	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 5961 (115th), S. 2976 (115th), H.R. 2 (115th), S. 3042 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Legislation regarding an agricultural guest worker program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANTHONY EBERHARD	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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2018 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills (H.R.5961 & S.2976), provisions related to school nutrition programs and other provisions related to dairy; H.R. 4101, School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017; 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; H.R.4828,CURD Act; S.2322,CURD Act; Implementation of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (P.L. 114-216) and the Nutrition Facts Panel and Serving Size rules; Enforcement of National School Lunch Program provisions that require non-dairy fluid milk substitutes to meet the nutritional equivalency standards of milk.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CARLIN	—
ANTHONY EBERHARD	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
DONALD F. GRADY New	Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Jim Costa; Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant, Rep. Jim Marshall.
BETH HUGHES	—

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

Bills named: S. 2322 (115th), H.R. 4828 (115th), H.R. 4101 (115th), H.R. 5961 (115th), S. 2976 (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.