Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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 ANI

16. Specific lobbying issues

Legislation

oH.R. 1818/S. 2990 Big Cat Public Safety Act
oH.R. 2790 Humane Cosmetics Act
oH.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act
oH.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act
oH.R. 2651 Horseracing Integrity Act
oH.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
oH.R. 1847/S. 2957 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act
oH.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act
oH.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act
oH.R. 113/S. 1706 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act
oH.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act
oH.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017
oH.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act
oH.R. 2 Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
oH.R. 4691 Welfare of Our Friends Act of 2017
oH.R. 4693 Puppy Protection Act of 2017
oPuppy Mill bill by Rep. Costello (not yet introduced)
oAnimal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced)
oH.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act
oH. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations
oH.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act
oH.R. 2083/S. 1702 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
oH.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act
oH.R. 3197 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act
oH.R. 2887 No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017
oH.R. 4879 Protect Interstate Commerce Act
oH.R. 3668 Sportsmens Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act
oH.R. 2327/S. 1014 Puppies Assisting Wounded Service members
oH.R. 3133 Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act
oH Res. 401 Urging China, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India, and all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against the trade
oH.R. 3792 Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2017
oH.R. 717 ESA Listing Reform Act
oH.R. 4202/S. 2971 Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act
oH.R. 1274 State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act
oH.R. 2603 Saving Americas Endangered Species Act
oH.R. 3131 Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
oH.R. 4460 Disaster Recovery Reform Act
oS. 2556Welfare of our Furry Friends (WOOFF) Act
oH.R. 5315 Planes Ensuring Total Safety (PETS) Act
oH.R. 4941 Keep Our Pets Safe Act of 2018
oH.R. 2/S. 3042 - 2018 Farm Bill
oH.R. 4647, the Recovering Americas Wildlife Act
oH.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act
oH.R. 5697 - Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
oS. 1419/H.R. 2810 - National Defense Authorization Act

Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies

oPotential revisions to the Endangered Species Act regulations
oAnimal Welfare Act enforcement
oTrophy hunting import policy
oHorse Protection Act Rule and enforcement
oAnimal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records
oRevisions to the Animal Welfare Act licensing standards
oWild Horse policy
oPolicy on promoting the development and implementation of using nonanimal methods for testing
oIntroduction of gray wolves
oNew findings under the Endangered Species Act
oMarine Mammal Protection Act
oInternational Wildlife Conservation Council
oOffshore energy projects impacting marine mammals

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

oFY19 Appropriations

 Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Welfare Act enforcement funding
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Horse Protection Act enforcement funding and rulemaking
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records
Agricultural Research Service Animal Welfare Coverage
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Investigative and Enforcement Services funding
Food Safety and Inspection Service Humane Methods of Slaughter Enforcement funding
Agriculture Office of Inspector General Animal Fighting Enforcement Funding
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Veterinary Medical Services Act Funding
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Emergency Management Systems funding
Class B random source dealers block licensing
Horse slaughter defund amendment
Predators control methods in Wildlife Services

 Labor HHS
Computational toxicology funding
21stcentury science
Chimpanzee retirement
Nonanimal alternatives

 Interior
Bureau of Land Management proposal to allow the slaughter of wild horses
Preserving the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
National Park Service rule on trapping and hunting in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge land and on National Park Service land
Bureau of Land Management program of nonlethal fertility control for wild horses and burros, opposition to slaughter or euthanasia of wild horses
National Center for Computational Toxicology program funding
Preserving protections for Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes region and Wyoming
Increasing funding for wildlife trafficking and ESA listings

 Defense
Military trauma training

 Commerce, Justice, Science
Preserving the MMPA
Marine Mammal Commission funding

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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