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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1901 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, #1100 |
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| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 39132-12
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6. House ID# 326530000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2023 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| 12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: ANGELA BEZON TIWARI |
Date | 4/20/2023 9:44:13 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Matters pertaining to the FY23 Agriculture, FDA and EPA Appropriations.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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John |
Hollay |
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Mollie |
Van Lieu |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues related to the 2018 Farm Bill Implementation; "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018"; Specialty Crops, Produce Food Safety' Nutrition standards for national school lunch/breakfast programs; Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Program; Nutrition Innovation Strategy; matters pertaining to COVID-19; CARES Act; Families First Coronavirus Response Act; HEROES Act; matters pertaining to COVID-19,
specifically the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and Farmers to Families Food Box Program; USDA food system transformation program; HR2918: Continuous Improvement and Accountability in
Organics
[Rebeckah Adcock did not lobby the Administration this lobby cycle]
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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John |
Hollay |
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Mollie |
Van Lieu |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
269 Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act. Overall development of Food Safety Policy; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Food Safety - Provisions related to Fruits and Vegetables; Food Safety Guidance regulations and tractability related to fresh produce; FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
[Rebeckah Adcock did not lobby the Administration this lobby cycle]
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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John |
Hollay |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Improving school meals; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; other nutrition programs related to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption; School kitchen equipment funding; SNAP/GusNIP; TEFAP; section 32 commodity purchases; WIC; Child Nutrition Reauthorization; Produce Prescriptions; White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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Mollie |
Van Lieu |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Proposed and Finalized regulations related to the H-2A Guestworker Program; E-Verify; Guestworker programs; immigration reform; S. 874 - Farm Operations Support Act;
[Rebeckah Adcock did not lobby the Administration this lobby cycle]
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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John |
Hollay |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
EPA regulations on crop protection tools; Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017
[Rebeckah Adcock did not lobby the Administration this lobby cycle]
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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John |
Hollay |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Port issues affecting the produce industry; rail operations issues; infrastructure legislation; issues related to ELD implementation; hours of service regulations; implementation of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act; HR 1696 - The Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2023; HR 1013 - The American Port Access Privileges Act of 2023; HR 471 - The SHIP IT Act;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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John |
Hollay |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Robert |
Guenther |
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Rebeckah |
Adcock |
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USDA, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
USDA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |